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5. Like many superhero movies (e.g., Tim Burton's Batman), the hero's and villain's origins are intertwined. How are heroism and villainy related? Compare the Spirit and Octopus. What are their respective strengths and weaknesses?

The Family Corner

The Spirit is rated PG-13 for "intense sequences of stylized violence and action, some sexual content and brief nudity." There's a lot of over-the-top cartoon violence ranging from deathless, pointless duels to bloody fatalities. There is some crude language and repeated misuse of God's name. There's a lot of vamping and suggestive behavior by female cast members, such as a scene in which a woman sits on a photocopier and admires the printed result (which is later used to identify her) and one in which a woman wrapped in a towel provocatively drops it to distract the hero. I think there's a flash of rear nudity in the latter, but no other nudity or sexual content that I can recall (though like I said the movie's fading fast).

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