You know, I’m not a big fan of the guy’s work over the last ten years, but I feel a bit more secure with him doing Marlowe than I do a lot of people trying it.

Awesome news. perfect match.

W O W.

I am so excited by this news–Miller is really getting his due. I think his move to cinema has really brought out his creative side again.

I’m proud and excited for my idol.

Scratchie, you telling us a man who’s read the works of Chandler, Hammett, McDonald and Spillane doesn’t know what film noir is? I would like to know the name of the mental institution that let you out last Christmas?

Even though this is a lot of work on his schedule, I say good for Frank.

It would appear some people are confused in regards to what book shave to do with film. the fact Miller has READ Hammett, Chandler, MacDonald, Spillane (which a more than heapinghelping of Sin City is lifted from ), Cain, et al. has absolutely nothing to do with film. Roman noir which is commonly referred to as ‘hard-boiled’ fiction, has little to do with film noir. Had Miller continually referenced the works of Huston, Aldrich, Welles, Siodmak, Fuller, et al, then i might have some confidence. Rodriguez was the director, miller makes comics. HOw does that suddenly qualify him as a director???

Doesn’t seem like a good match to me — Miller might be good on a Hammet adaptation. In fact, as I think about it, Red Harvest would be right up his alley. But the archetypal Miller hero is exactly the opposite of Philip Marlowe, the man who goes down those mean streets who is not himself mean. Whereas Miller’s protagonists have largely triumphed over the mean streets by being even meaner and more ruthless than those around them.

That’s not to say Miller couldn’t get this right. But those that think he’s a perfect fit because he can do the atmosphere, IMHO, are missing that the core of the Marlowe novels is that Phil himself is a tragic fish out of water in that world, and that’s very different than the kind of character Miller’s shown us in the past.

–Cliffy

Hey, I say let him at it. I’ll take a John Dahl neo-noir over anything with the name Frank Miller on it any old day.

Actually Scratchie, I’m pretty sure you’re the one who doesn’t know the first thing about noir or at the very least, seem to know only one thing about noir and have assumed that it’s all exactly the same.

So you have to understand “noir” but I guess knowing storytelling doesn’t mean anything if you don’t know “noir”. The man knows his business. Just cuz people are jealous that he’s getting work and they’re working at McDonald’s and he working because he knows what he’s doing…that’s just sad. You naysayers are probably the same types cheering the death of Bart Allen.

I’m not getting excited about anything Miller does, he has a long way to go to regain any industry credibility with me. I’m quite tired of his phoned-in garbage, masquerading as funny books.

Frank Miller needs to stop writing All Star Batman and Robin.

I’m not a Miller-hater, but it’s logical to have some serious doubts about this:

1. Why is Miller getting a second solo-directing job before anyone has seen his first?
2. Can Miller do a serious film noir? Sin City is much closer to noir-parody than actual noir. Hopefully he doesn’t take the success of Sin City to mean that all his movies should be like that.

Frank Miller isn’t nearly a safe of a bet as Rian Johnson would be. He did the fantastic neonoir Brick two years ago.

I have to agree with aNDRWgREGORY. Frank Miller’s worst stuff is way better than your best. The man is an idol to the depth of comics today. Then to say that he doesn’t know Nor because a movie was made a decade after the comic book was released. Are you F”in kidding me?

Think about comics before Miller, How about Batman in the 60’s, when Adam West’s was an accurate portrait of the caped crusader, and not a cheese pop culture side note. I am sure you can provide me with a laundry list of indy comics that no one has ever heared of. But show me one “commercially” successful artist, besides Stan “Fin” Lee, who changed the face of a whole industry?

And as a director, have you ever taken a look at Sin City the movie and Sin City the comic book? When ever a comic book movie is released, the fan boys have to jump up and scream that the movie is nothing like the comic book. Then a movie comes out and is the most exact comic book movie ever made, and now the fan boys move on to how the story line does not jump into the stringent guidelines of Mcjobers definition of style.

You are never going to be happy, and cyanide pills might be the perfect condiment for your morning wheaties. Do the rat race a favor and off yourself, so industrious illegal aliens might take your place at the grill and get a stab at Horatio Alger’s dream.