Frank Miller’s Sin City. I have but three little words for it – OH. MY. GOD. This movie was absolutely f*#@ing incredible!!! And to hell with any of the idiotic, useless movie critics out there who thought otherwise. I loved this movie. I saw it like three times before it left the theatres. Visually, it is stunning. The stark black and white interspersed with bits of color really gets your attention. The stories are involving, the characters are interesting and unique, the women are incredibly hot. Admittedly it is very violent, and there a few scenes that I could have done without (for example, Clive Owen forces Benicio Del Toro’s head into a toilet and holds it there for several seconds to intimidate him. When Benicio pulls his head out, he spits out quite a bit of very yellow water, which stands out all the more since everything else in the scene is black and white). Even the more vulgar, distasteful scenes, though, still very much fit into the theme and mood of the film, so you can appreciate their being in the movie, even if you don’t really enjoy watching them.
I especially like the ending of the movie, which ties in well with the beginning of the film to really complete the stories and tie everything together. The movie certainly isn’t for everyone, but if you like gritty, dark, violent pulp fiction, then you’ll love this movie. I can’t wait for this to come out on DVD. However, to be fair, there are a few negatives. While most of the performances are pretty damned good, Bruce Willis kind of looks like he’s just going through the motions at times. Also, this being pulp fiction, some of the dialogue is pretty over the top. Michael Madsen especially (who’s generally a great actor that I really like) seems to have trouble delivering some of the lines, and they come out kind of flat. But these minor faults can certainly be forgiven in what is overall a fantastic film.
And of course no conversion about Sin City would be complete without talking about the women in the movie. Jessica Alba not surprisingly is incredibly sexy, and gives a wonderful performance. She is just all around a great actress. Alexis Bledel also does a great job with her character (and she's REALLY cute). Rosario Dawson is really fun to watch (and has a couple of great lines), and Jaime King and Brittany Murphy do passable jobs with the roles that they have (although both have somewhat smaller roles). My absolute favorite, though, has to be Devon Aoki’s silent killer prostitute Miho. She is just so cool!
Well, I’ve probably gushed enough about this wonderful, incredible movie. I’m sure there’s plenty of people out there who’ll disagree with me, but as far as I’m concerned this is without question the best movie so far this year. It’s worth seeing over and over and over again. Of course, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is out today (I'll definitely be seeing that this weekend), so we’ll have to see how it compares. I’m a big enough fan of Johnny Depp, Tim Burton, and the original story and movie that I fully expect this one to give Sin City a good run for its money (and maybe in a few weeks or so when I actually get caught up with my blog, I’ll be able to tell you how they compare).
Oh, one final note. While checking out imdb’s entry on Sin City (to make sure I spelled everyone’s name correctly), I noticed an entry for Sin City 2 that says it’s supposedly due out in 2006. We can only hope!!!
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