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jediduck95 2012-05-25 16:27:01

Great characters

When you think there will never be another creative movie made byHollywood, sin city and batman begins comes out. Frank Miller's Sin City introduces great characters who are interestingto watch. The colors (or lack thereof) bring the emotion to thecharacters and the stories. The whole movie seems like a horribledream.Another great thing about the stories of sin city is that you don'tknow who is going to die. With other super heroes or some villains youknow they will most likely survive so that they can make twenty moresequels until they hire Schumacher and he screws the whole franchiseup. The many interesting characters can be brought down as soon as theyare introduced. Even the secondary characters are somewhat interesting.They're not exactly thugs that stand in the background.The few problems I had with the movie is how some of the lines weredelivered and how some of the shots looked. Rodriguez tries to makemovies fast so they won't cost too much to make. But Frank miller is who is to applause here. He created the story, thelook, and the characters which are the best qualities of the movie.

King 2012-05-24 19:58:02

Feels like you're watching a good comic book.

I didn't know what to expect going into the theater, just praying that Sin City wasn't another bad adaptation of "comic book to silver screen" style movie. Good thing though, like many in the theater I imagine, I was pleasantly surprised by the experience. It's hard not to recognize any of the characters with all the star power in the lineup. Great job by the casting director as everyone blended well together contributing their part to the story. Much of the movie has a strong feel that you're reading a graphic novel with characters talking to themselves, jumps between several plots, and unreal action sequences. That's what makes it fun to watch!! The girls of Sin City are tantalizing and dangerous, while the guys are heroes or plain evil. If you're looking for sex, violence, & comedy in a fantasy setting much like a comic book, Sin City won't disappoint you one bit.

buiger 2012-05-23 04:44:18

Now, this is what I call an Art film with a capital 'A'

I will be very blunt in my initial comment on this film: It is aScandal that this film has been totally overlooked by the Academy. Ifever there was a movie more deserving of an Oscar for thecinematography, make up, set decoration and special effects than SinCity, then I haven't seen it!The "feel" of the film is absolutely extraordinary, the styleincomparable, never seen before, totally out of this world (which isexactly the point). I don't give a 9 lightly, and if the screenplay hadbeen up to par with the rest, this would have been a pure 10/10. Thismotion picture is pure cinematic art at it's best.My compliments to all involved!

2012-05-22 17:40:57

Awesome!

This review is from: Sin City (DVD) I can't wait for this movie to come out on DVD so I can watch over and over and over...

Karina Montgomery 2012-05-19 16:44:30

Too brutal and gratuitous to appreciate the stunning visuals.

pjmuck 2012-05-19 08:18:30

Every middle-aged, comic book geek's wet dream

Before you read into my review as the ramblings of some whiny feminist,consider that I am a man who normally likes a good action film with areasonable amount of violence, sex, etc. Now consider that I found thisfilm extremely insulting. Could this film be any more chock full of bad, sexist clichés? Yes, thefilm is visually stunning and original to look at, but the film noir,Chandleresque narrative storytelling gets tiresome after a while, theviolence is ridiculously over the top, and worst of all: behind the eyecandy lies a pathetic concept that falls under the weight of it's owncreator's ignorance, especially towards women. You've got to lovepeople like Frank Miller who would swear that they're trying to makebold advances towards representing women equally by introducing femalecharacters that are strong and independent, only to fall flat on hisface in the process by making ALL of the female characters eitherhookers, exotic dancers, drug addicts, or lesbians. (Nothing againstlesbians here, but my point being that EVERY woman in this film is theproduct of a MALE fantasy, and a sad one at that - sad as in the typeof guys who are pushing 50 and live at home, go to comic conventions,and jerk off to Star Trek reruns). Miller clearly doesn't have a clueabout women. Hell, even the purest female character here, an 11 yearold VIRGIN (very important to state that here, as Miller thought to aswell), can't resist the temptations of Sin City, as she matures into a19 year old exotic dancer who has the hots for "pushing 60" BruceWillis. Woo hoo! Another male fantasy cliché! Are you counting?Overall, incredibly dumb and immature.

2012-05-18 12:23:58

wow

I was lucky enough to get to see a preview of this movie, and let me say that Miller and Terinteno Have teamed up to make a gritty masterpiece of this underground comic book hit! Fans of the original comic books should be pleased, and I think an entire group of folks who have never heard of this comic book genius will be pleasantly surprised. And on top of all this Jessica Abla is one of the Hottest women alive!(I'd have watched the movie just to see her).

2012-05-17 21:37:32

good individual stories but ...

I finally got to watch Sin City last weekend. Let me tell you. i was soexcited. The movie posters and trailers really hyped me up with thecell shading style of the movie. Rodriguez and Miller has seamlesslyblended the art of comic shaded style imagery with live actionperfectly. The CG backdrop was awesome! So awesome that it made JudeLaw's Sky Captain flick looked like child's play. However, as much as iloved the well crafted images and narrative story telling, i wasshunned by the fact that it tells three stories one after another.The most striking thing that you see in this movie is the dark sense ofthe movie. Rodriguez and Miller cleverly mixed dark colors like Blackand White and Grey with just a few notable bright colors like thebright gold color of Goldie's hair or the bright yellow for YellowBastard. The individual noir style script for each stories is so wellwritten that it blends well with the dark ambiance of the Sin Cityfeel. Add to that the comic style shading and camera pans, and you gotyourself a true unique cinema masterpiece.On the down side, (now, I do realize that this is a retelling of 3different books) and don't get me wrong either, it is a film thatconsist of three different stories. Each story was so well made that itkept you to the edge to your seat each time. But, hey i am a writer myself and my believe is that you need just one really good climax to agood movie and it is for a good reason. I was so excited on the firstchapter about Marv but then it ends so quickly and suddenly it moved toanother different story about Dwight and after that we are taken backin time for the Hartigan story and we get to see Marv again putting upa cameo in a bar. Each story moves too fast for me to feel any empathyfor each character and as a story ends you find yourself trying tosympathize with a set of different characters. In my opinion Marv'sstory was the best and unfortunately it was the first story in thefilm. I am not saying that the two other stories were bad but it fellshort of my expectation and to my dismay it got me disinterested.In the end, i will have to commend Robert Rodriguez for pulling such anambitious project. It is the most impressive comic stylized movie i'veseen so far. Although i won't be back to watch it in the theater again,i will be sure to pick up a DVD copy. Like i said I love the firstchapter but i'll skip the last two.

2012-05-15 09:14:07

Great Film.

To begin, do not let children see "Sin City." It's way too much for them. In fact, if this film was shot using traditional color schemes, there's no doubt it would be rated NC-17 because of the violence. That being said, "Sin City" is a great ride of a film. It's Chandler-on-steroids, pulpy and over-the-top. The characters say things that no one could ever get away saying, do things that no one could survive doing, and act like no one else would ever act. You can tell the actors involved (especially Rourke, Murphy, Dawson and Owen) are having a great time when they're up on the screen. This movie is every actor's dream, to go overboard, and many of these people are relishing their moment to do so. Also, the look of the film is completely compelling. It is a near perfect comic-to-screen translation, which brings me to the only real flaw of the film: the length. Because it is so faithful to the source material, it goes on for probably ten minutes too long. However, if you let yourself fall into the world that is being created in front of you, you can (and probably will) have a great time. Not for everyone, for sure, but great for the people it's aiming to please.

wickedrebel 2012-05-14 23:36:27

Extraordinary

This is by far Rodriguez's best work so far, how he managed to put inall the stories together, of course with the help of Miller,nonetheless this is a great film no matter what people say. To thosewho are saying that it is to violent, to much sex content, let me saythis, that is what our world is coming to so deal with it. This couldvery well be the future of a major city even a country such as Cuba,note the similarities such as technology, situation and other thingslike that. However if you 2 dimensional critics get out of your littleboxes, you would see that this film is great in its artistic style aswell. The camera angles, the effects, the acting every thing is superb.I do not consider this a perfect film, but I do rank it a 10 out of 10,and I do believe future film makers will want to see this film and takemany of its contents to use in their own films. I recently readRodriguez and Miller are already planning what will be Sin City 2 and Icannot wait to see that one and I am sure it will be something artisticas well as innovative.

movie_man2006 2012-05-05 08:29:43

Impactating and Excepcional, Sin City is the Best Movie of the Year.....and I mean it this time........

Sin City is a one of a kind experience. Robert Rodriguez and FrankMiller have not only created a live-action comic book, but the bestmovie of the year. Everything is so detailed and perfect, and thismovie have a lot going for it. Robert Rodriguez has great ideas, likeusing black-and-white with a few colors. If the movie was colorful, itprobably would have rating problems, for all the stories are violent,but in a way that is exaggerated and funny. All three stories areperfect and the casting is excellent. The three main characters (MickeyRourke, Bruce Willis, and Clive Owen) are perfect, especially MickeyRourke's Marv, the best acting in his entire career. Benicio del Toroand Nick Stahl are superb. Elijah Wood and Devon Aioki, even withoutopening their mouthes, are amazing. The rest of the cast also deservesthumbs-up for their actings are great. The screenplay is amazing andthere are some gruesome scenes (Jackie Boy's big mistake; and YellowBastard's "guns" taken out), but it all works just fine. Theexaggerated style is also a great idea, and some scenes that are likecomics to make the violence less.....violent. Quentin Tarantino's sceneis also good, and the dialogues in this movie are remarkable and trulymemorable. Just like this movie. Sin City is one of the best actionnoir movies ever, and an excellent example of how comic book moviesshould be made.

C Brown 2012-05-04 18:03:08

slick, stylistic

The movie is well produced and edited. While directed by severaldirectors, the feel is still fluid without giving up the flavor ofeach. Holds true to the comic and doesn't really compromise. Some ofthe violence is a bit graphic so better to keep the under 14 crowdaway. Definitely worth the trip to the theater.Outstanding performance from Mickey R. Acting through all the makeup,he was still able to emote well. Perfect vehicle for Bruce and if youcan get past the ick factor of the "relationship" you'll see one of hisbetter efforts.The old town sub plot is a bit strained and is the weakest part of themovie which contributes to the less than perfect 10 rating I dished.The usage of silhouettes and the comic-like use of shadow and light(especially during the graphically violent scenes) is used to superbeffect.

billcr12 2012-05-04 00:14:02

Super cool

Sin City is a Frank Miller graphic comic brought to the screen byMiller as co-director along with Robert Rodriguez. It is violentlyentertaining ride from start to finish. Mickey Rourke is Marv, wearingsuch incredible prosthetics, that I didn't realize it was him until Iread the credits. There are several story lines and Rourke's is myfavorite. He awakens next to a murdered prostitute and is framed bycorrupt policemen. He is in and out of the story while seeking the realkiller and uncovering a web of deception.The second most interesting character is Rutger Hauer as CardinalPatrick Henry Roaring, a rather nasty man of the cloth with disgustingtastes; a deeply disturbed individual. The confrontation between theCardinal and Marv(Rourke) is one of the most vicious and memorablescenes since Michael Madsen's ear cutting scene in "Reservoir Dogs." Ofcourse co-director Rodriguez is good friends with Quentin Tarantino's,and Q.T. directed one of the segments here.Bruce Willis also appears as a older cop in bad health trying to save astripper played by the beautiful Jessica Alba, in a father-daughterrelationship which is one of the plot lines from Miller's books.Many other characters appear including Brittany Murphy and RossarioDawson as prostitutes and the aforementioned Michael Madsen as a cop.The ensemble is without weakness and this looks like a comic booktranslated to film with vivid colors of same. A sequel is in the worksand I have high expectations.

Ole Laursen 2012-05-03 10:13:15

A cartoon movie, for good and for bad

I was persuaded to go see the movie because of its good reviews. Iexpected to be entertained with an action-filled plot.There was lots of action, lots of blood, lots of stupid cartoonishclichés, ala violence is the only solution to injustice, the ever socorrupt authorities, there is only one purpose with women (and it isnot to clean the house or cook), and so on. But there was little plot.The stories are simply too obvious. I found the movie boring,down-right stupid in its wrecked portray of the extremely fictionalBasin City, and also a bit disgusting.I guess the movie is just like the cartons of Frank Miller. If you likethose, go see the movie, you will probably enjoy it. The specialeffects are extraordinary, and the movie feels very much like a livecartoon.If you, like me, never really enjoyed the Batman movies, I recommendyou stay away. Its just too far out.

ryannaughton1138-1 2012-04-27 08:44:57

I am beyond words

this movie is rad. perhaps the raddest movie ever made. it's got goodactors, a fast pace a visually stunning. the film is told in threestories that center around a fictional city were crime runs out ofcontrol. The first story tells about mentally unstable man named Marvsearching for the person who murdered his one true love. The secondtells of man named Dwight who must stop a conflict between his alliesand a powerful mob. The third tells of a cop who tries to protect agirl he saved 8 years ago. This film is truly a live action comic bookfrom the violence to the dialog. what makes this film stand out fromother comic book films is that you know what the characters arethinking in important moments. the nudity in this film might turn somepeople off but hey this a guy's film. A truly great popcorn film thisis.

suspiria10 2012-04-27 01:53:12

S10 Reviews: Sin City (2005)

Frank Miller's celebrated noir comic series makes a stunning leap tothe big screen. This stylized adaptation contains three stories (fourif you count the wraparound featuring "The Man") that intertwine inmany ways. First tale involves a cop (Bruce Willis) on the eve ofretirement. His last assignment follows the trail of a11-year-old whowas kidnapped and possibly murdered by a sadistic child molester whohappens to be a senator's son. The second tale (and the best) featuresMarv (Mickey Rourke, hands down the best role of his career) on thehunt for a silent killer who took out Goldie (Jaime King) a kin-naturedprostitute who showed poor stone-faced Marv a good time. There will behell to pay and Marv will settle the score. The third and final taleconcerns Dwight (Clive Owen) a thug with a new face who is set onreclaiming his woman and will put the hurt on the joker who had put thebeating on her. That story winds down in a prostitute town that cleansup their messes and solve their own problems through the brute force ofMiho (Devon Aoki)."Sin City" is possibly the most faithful comic adaptation that you'llsee. The film is quite literally a comic panel come to life. The starkblack and white photography (with bits of color) perfectly captures invivid detail the world of "Sin City". Every aspect of the film is nearperfection from the strong musical score to the editing (whichseamlessly jumps around the tales but never leaves you in the dark) andthe cast. Wow the cast is phenomenal I mean we've got Bruce Willis,Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Powers Boothe, Rosario Dawson, Benicio DelToro, Michael Clarke Duncan, Carla Gugino, Clive Owen to just name afew. I've read many of a review criticizing the actors but I felt theyall do a bang up job as their respective characters. "Sin City" issimply amazing.

gurlpower07 2012-04-25 19:17:52

Wooohooooooooo, at last a mainstream neo-noir s*x and violence flick!

Sin city was a major hit, some may say its all style over substance butthis is neo film noir making at its big budgeted best and its very OKto be ALL about style in a movie like this. All the characters in thiscomic book movie are non-sympathetic, everyone is out to get each otherand look after themselves and sex lingers on the surface always.The composite cartoonish imagery is like Dick Tracy brought up to date,with the violence and smelly atmosphere turned up to number 11.The direction is great, some of the dialog is clunky, but I found thatto add to the charm and not to take away from it, also the thestructure owes a lot to pulp fiction, and old pulp type movies ingeneral.Quite violent but gets away with it because of the cartoon qualities(LOL).Now lets see if the sequels hold up!A cool movie all in all, they should make more of these!

spypsycho 2012-04-25 11:14:51

Sin City: Booze, Broads and Bullets at Their Best!

The best way to shoot as film noir is in black and white, and SinCity's director, Robert Rodriguez, seemed to know that well. Sin Cityis a wild, ferocious pack of violence, gore, S-M/leather-dressed babes,mutilations and hardcore motherf***ers that kill people either to getrevenge for the death of a prostitute or to save a sexy 19-year oldtable dancer from a multiple child-rapist. Not the average people'sidea of a film noir but it's still good. The best of its kind actually,Sin City brings comic book adaptations to movies to a whole new levelwhere it's hard to reach. Because Sin City is not simply inspired by acomic book. It IS the comic book.Director Robert Rodriquez, alongside with the creator of the comic bookseries that inspired this movie, takes us to a trip in a decayed citythat is ruled by corrupted politicians and cops, through the stories ofthree men that include a lot of women. First, is a story of revenge.Marv, exceptionally played by a Frankenstein-face-shaped Mickey Rourke,wakes up next to a dead hooker who had given him the time of his lifeand promises that he will take revenge. Then comes the story of amodern knight, Dwight (Clive Owen), who tries to save the city'sprostitutes from the mob and the pimps. The third story is about adecent and actually good police officer by the name of Hartigan (BruceWillis) who gets set up by the state's corrupted governor (PowersBoothe) whose son is a child-rapist pervert (Nick Stahl). And if thissuper-star cast is not enough to impress you, add the hottest JessicaAlba you've ever seen, the tight-leather dressed Rosario Dawson, thedrunk and crazy Benicio Del Toro, the massive Michael Clark Duncan, thecannibal Elijah Wood and finally the seductive Brittany Murphy.And it's not only the exceptional acting that makes this movie unique.Rodriquez decided to use as a script and as a storyboard the comic bookitself, and that is why he called in its creator to co-direct themovie. The entire movie is created with computer graphics except ofcourse the actors, their props and some small sets. One would imaginean effect similar to the one in "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow"where the result looked rather fake-ish and idiotic. What Rodriquezmanaged to accomplish is a city with the dark and sinister feeling thatFrank Miller's city ought to have. Inside their black and whiteenvironment, one can notice certain colorful objects such as a babe'slipstick, another one's blonde hair, one's blue, green or golden eyes,red shoes and red blood. And there is a lot of it. Shown either darkred or fluorescent white, blood is something this movie is not missingat. And that is because Rodriguez and Miller did not use some cheaptricks and cuts to get their movie a PG-13 rating like many Hollywooddirectors use to do. They went all the way. They even hired Rodriguez'spal, Quentin Tarantino, as a "special guest director" for one dollar,to do a scene where Dwight talks with a corpse inside a car full ofdead bodies.Those of you who feel disgusted by the description so far, don't gowatch the movie, it gets much worse. You might be used to Rodriguez asa family director for his last lame movie series, "Spy Kids", but inSin City Rodriguez shows his true self making a movie alike legendary"Pulp Fiction" but in black and white. Forget the innocent little Frodoand get ready to face a bloodthirsty cannibal. In fact, forgeteverything you knew about movies until know. Sin City is anuncompromising vision that does not care about critics and acclaims.Miller's dark and sinister imagination does not get changed in any waybesides that it gains movement and life. It's the first time we see acomic book so perfectly and so purely transferred to the big screenunlike the recent rapisms of classic comic books like Spiderman and theFantastic Four. One must be warned: most people are not going to likeSin City. And I can't blame them of course. It's brutal, raw, violentand sick. But that is what makes it what it is. Not "Robert Rodriguez'sSin City" or "Quentin Tarantino's Sin City", but a pure, authentic"Frank Miller's Sin City".

tucsontim58 2012-04-25 12:20:05

Not bad, A bit fragmented and hard to follow,

They tried to go overboard but thats just part of why I liked it somuch. Imaginative, Not the run of the mill. If people think it does'tmake sense, the're right. If they think it should, they should stayhome and watch COPS or something.The colors and or lack of is a bit strange, but this movie couldn'thave been filmed differently without compromising the comic book(adult) style. nothing is perfect, nothing is real, There is a message(sort of) but don't take anything seriously,or you'll spoil theexperience.The critics hate it, thats why I saw it and I'll buy the video when itis released.

mottaboy66 2012-04-24 16:51:15

Good clean violent fun!

With the slew of second rate comic-to-movie adaptations that Marvel hasbeen churning out, it's a wonder more and more people haven't caught onand realized that comic books have their own format that simply can'tbe translated to movies that well. Luckily director Robert Rodriguezrealized that it would be stupid to try and change one of his favoriteseries of comic books: Frank Miller's "Sin City", in order to bring itto the silver screen. Instead he simply copied Miller's graphic novelsdown to the exact detail in cinematic form, bringing the stories tolife in all their grizzly glory. I knew nothing about Miller's work orabout the Sin City universe going into the movie, but I was still blownaway by it. I remember coming out from the theater not only impressedby the technical achievements the film managed to pull off, but alsofloored by the dark yet sinisterly wicked stories and dialogs thatMiller came up with. The cast is littered with big names and familiarfaces, from Bruce Willis (playing his typical hardened old cop role) toMickey Rourke playing the rough and tough street fighter Marv, acharacter that I for one think everyone wishes they could be just like.Jessica Alba stars as the main eye candy of the film, though I foundmyself more drawn to the duel Kill Bill sword wielding samurai valkyriechick Miho in all honesty. As for Benicio Del Toro, what can I say?Johnny Depp had to have been their first choice for a character thatinevitably ends up as a severed head, but he makes a good second. Sowhat can you expect from "Sin City"? A gritty underground universe; agreat deal of insightful dialog and interior monologues; and a wholelot of killing and blood. The successful emulation of Miller's comicbook style is a testament to the director's awesome cinematographicskills, and the actors all put their best feet forward. BOTTOM LINE:This has to be the first time a comic book has been successfully beenadapted to the big screen. This movie has everything: cops and robbers,grunt brawlers, sexy warrior women, Nazis, ninja wolf boys, corruptpoliticians, hit men, talking dead men and yellow bastards. Check itout if you want some juicy, stylish entertainment.