Sin_City

Sin City

Thoughts:

Damn, who the hell ISN'T in this movie? Any more celebrities and we'd have to allot time for acceptance speeches. I'd hate to see the payroll for this film, but at least I know I'm in for some kick-ass performances.

The trailer reminds me of something Quentin Tarantino might have put together (which isn't surprising seeing as he helped direct Sin City for the mighty salary of $1), which doesn't work in the film's favor. I tried to like his stuff. Really, I did. I watched Kill Bill, From Dusk 'Til Dawn, and Pulp Fiction and didn't like ANY of them mainly because the dialogue sucked. He didn't write this one, though, so maybe it'll be okay.

Sin City based on a comic book and the director has (wisely) kept that feel for the movie. I've seen that in music videos, but never in a movie, so that intrigues me. I want to see if the story moves as furiously as the pages of the book would if I were reading it. Plus, I want to see how the characterizations work. This kind of approach was attempted with Dick Tracy waaaaaaay back when and it succeeded in keeping the ink-on-your-fingers feel of the comic strip, but it took a lot of costumes, some really skilled makeup artists, and fantastic set design to do it. Sin City is completely digital, except for the actors, so the set design isn't limited to what can be manufactured with plywood and paint. That should give the computer geniuses and the director more freedom to put what is in their imaginations on screen, but it also gives them no excuse to fail in recreating the hyper-real feel of a comic book world. Good luck, guys. You're gonna need it.

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Afterthoughts:

That. Rocked.

Okay, so it's something that I won't take my little sister to see until she's, say, 40, no matter HOW much she loves Elijah Wood, but I have to say that was an awesome movie.

It was JUST LIKE reading a comic book. Black and white with splashes of color here and there (a la Schindler's List), fantastic-looking characters, and a pace that made my head swim when I wasn't going, "eww." Yes, "eww." I don't like a lot of blood and guts, okay? The stuff in this movie was animated so it wasn't as bad, but it was still gross. That and some of the descriptions of the characters' activities. Elijah Wood played a cannibal, for crying out loud. A bespectacled, kung fu, ass-kicking cannibal, but a cannibal nonetheless. Oh, and Clive Owen can kiss me ANYtime. He appeals to the bad-boy side of a girl. Not usually my type, but I'll make an exception this time. He's no Josh Groban, but he's pretty damn hot all the same.

The whole movie was astounding to watch. Not just the characters, though the costumes and the acting were great, but the whole look of the movie was gorgeous. None of the cars could burn unleaded gasoline. For you guys, most of the women were stick-thin and wearing little, if any, clothes. For the ladies, most of the men were tall, dark, handsome, and dangerous (I bet Bruce Willis feels pretty good about the fact that he scored a leading man role where he gets to make out with a hot chick barely old enough to remember Moonlighting). The black-and-white combined with the seemingly constant wind and rain created a stark, chilling world with a dash of romance.

There are several storylines that weave through the movie, but they are all intertwined and play to your primal side. The antiheroes do things that are just as terrible as the villains', but you echo sentiments last heard from the Six Merry Murderesses.

My Advice:

See it NOW. Something will be lost if you don't see it on the largest screen you can, but come with a strong stomach and an appetite for Casablanca packing a Colt 45.