...Not only is SIN CITY the ultimate guy movie, it may be the coolest movie since PULP FICTION. SIN CITY has many memorable characters, my favorites were Marvin played by Micky Rourke and Jackie Boy played by Benicio Del Toro. Both characters are played to the helt and take advantage of the creative licence that's issued when playing characters from a comic book. The flick is divided into 3 short stories...I liked the first which featured Marvin best.
SIN CITY is directed by Robert Rodriguez. It's nice to see him come back to "blood and guts" after boring his adult fans for 3 years with the SPY KIDS franchise. Each scene in SIN CITY is memorable and awesome to look at. Mostly filmed in a silvery black and white with dashes of color (mostly red...to show blood) the comic book world really comes to life. The flick reminded me of a fantasy world where men rule and are worshiped by hot chicks that are packing guns and knives. Feminists will not like this movie.
SIN CITY may be the most original movie I've ever seen. I rate it a "9". It will definately make my best movie list for 2005.
If you like violence, blood, witty dialogue, nudity, larger than life characters...go see this movie.
If you want to check out other Rodriguez movies check out FROM DUSK TILL DAWN starring George Clooney. Before SIN...this was his best.
Sticking with the comic book theme....check out 2000's UNBREAKABLE starring Bruce Willis (who is also in SIN CITY) and Samual L. Jackson. The movie isn't based on a comic book but deals with many comic book themes. IT was my favorite movie of 2000.
....looking forward to reading other opinions regarding SIN CITY.
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I would have to agree with Jamie on the quality of Sin City. Although, I wouldn't even classify it as part of the comic-book movie genre since that would compare it to such movies like Spiderman, Superman, X-men, etc. It will most likely spawn a slew of look-a-like films such as Pulp Fiction did in the years after it came out (see Two Days in the Valley).
The movie had gratuitous violence (I saw grown adults walk out after a half hour of the film), excess nudity, and Jessica Alba. Great acting throughout the movie, especially to Benecio del Toro and Elijah Wood, despite having no dialogue plays a perfect serial killer. Could have cast a stronger actor than Clive Owen in the role of Dwight since his acting talents hold the intelligence and depth of a pencil sharpener.
The movie scene is looking pretty bleak until we hit May, so the film is definitely worth a second look if you don't shock easily. 8 out of 10.
So...you don't like Clive Owen? ...the next James Bond?If he gets "OO" status...he's going to be a big star.
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