Thumbs-Up for Sin City
Sin City is definitely true to its name and I was pleasantly surprised to see how true it held to the original comic books – which I happen to own, or rather, Duncan now owns (cha-ching!). Just like the original books, the scenes are largely black & white and have the feature of well placed color that really draws focus exactly where it does the story the most good. One comparison I heard made to how Sin City was shot was to that of Raging Bull. In my opinion: not even close! The use of color in key areas adds such intensity that an already violent scene has the tendency to just erupt off the screen.I won’t put any spoilers in here but I will say that this film portrays an aggressive gritty set of stories that are simply enhanced with the use of nudity and violence to the point where your attention is captured and held throughout the scene. Although Bruce Willis and Jessica Alba seem to be getting top billing for this movie, my personal favorite character was Marv played by Mickey Rourke, who is this sort of an unstoppable juggernaut that you half sort of start liking – even though he doesn’t have too many redeeming qualities. Good guy? I wouldn’t insult Marv that way, but he was my favorite due to his somehow believable attitude in a totally impossible character. (This will make sense once you have seen the movie.)
Bottom line: If you like new methods of telling old stories, and can get past your issues of sex, violence and vice, then you will probably find yourself enjoying this picture. If not, go see something else.
Bonzai Movie Score: 8 out of 10
posted by Bonzai @ 3:40 PM
1 Comments:
I know nothing about the comics, or it history, but I love the look of it, and I can't wait to see it
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