My thoughts on the movie The Spirit

I rented the movie The Spirit because I have always liked the comic book style movies. In my opinion, the movie was good although there were some things about it that either confused me or I did not like. But first some background on the film, the setting was very interesting to me because it was set in Central City and the time period, in my guess, was around the 1920's or 1930's. There is a big gangster feel to the movie and the way it was created adds a comic book feeling to it. The film makers used a combination of digital and real life filming and a black and white color base to create the comic book look. Although it is classified as an action/adventure, among other things, I thought there was a bit of comedy in it, there are many times throughout the movie that made me laugh, like the Spirit's attention to women. The one thing I really liked about the movie was the old detective style it used; the movie was narrated by the Spirit in the old monologue style, so that he says everything, even what he is thinking. One thing that confused me was the character of Death, she was called Lorelei, and she always seemed to be waiting for the Spirit but he would refuse her or say something like "it is not that time yet." Another thing that confused me was the background story of the Spirit, he seemed to have a long lost love, or rather two, but then his character dies and comes back to life (somehow) but he hides his identity from those he loves. I just did not understand why he would do that. Back to the parts I did like, I enjoyed the mystery of it all and the fact that there was some mystery behind the hero of the story that even he is trying to figure out. Overall I enjoyed watching it but I would probably not put it over 25 on my favorites list.