Journal FortKnox's Journal: Movie Review: Sin City [No Spoilers] 7
You don't normally see me make a movie review. That's cause I usually like everything I go to, and when I don't like something, its god awful.
But once in a blue moon I'll watch something and think its so fantastic I have to share. This is a movie people don't already know is good (like the LoTR trilogy). Last time I felt this way was when I saw the Matrix at the movie theater (before everyone figured out it was so good).
Anywho, just finished watching Sin City on Starz this afternoon (while the kids napped). Yeah, I'm waaay late on this (2 kids == not many chances to go to the movies), but this is something I know some have missed.
What can I say? Well, first off it was gory... not just bloody... gory. Really nasty gore, but its, surprisingly, not that bloody (the B&W thing made it that way). But if you can avoid that, I'd say... in a word, exquisite.
Let me say that I don't dig 'artsy' movies... at all. Art in B&W? Overused. Usually when someone puts something in B&W, they are already at a disadvantage in my eyes. I went into this (mostly) B&W movie with this mindset. After watching it, I don't know how it could be that good and in color. The B&W really made for a better movie, and that means a lot coming from me...
The acting was fantastic, especially Mickey Rourke (just did an absolute great job. I was a big fan of Ron Perlman as Hellboy, but now I'm convinced Rourke could do a better job). The style was very graphic novel. The villans you hated, and the heros weren't all that 'good'. Very dark, but done just perfectly. One I plan on buying.
Best of all? There'll be a Sin City 2 and Sin City 3.
But once in a blue moon I'll watch something and think its so fantastic I have to share. This is a movie people don't already know is good (like the LoTR trilogy). Last time I felt this way was when I saw the Matrix at the movie theater (before everyone figured out it was so good).
Anywho, just finished watching Sin City on Starz this afternoon (while the kids napped). Yeah, I'm waaay late on this (2 kids == not many chances to go to the movies), but this is something I know some have missed.
What can I say? Well, first off it was gory... not just bloody... gory. Really nasty gore, but its, surprisingly, not that bloody (the B&W thing made it that way). But if you can avoid that, I'd say... in a word, exquisite.
Let me say that I don't dig 'artsy' movies... at all. Art in B&W? Overused. Usually when someone puts something in B&W, they are already at a disadvantage in my eyes. I went into this (mostly) B&W movie with this mindset. After watching it, I don't know how it could be that good and in color. The B&W really made for a better movie, and that means a lot coming from me...
The acting was fantastic, especially Mickey Rourke (just did an absolute great job. I was a big fan of Ron Perlman as Hellboy, but now I'm convinced Rourke could do a better job). The style was very graphic novel. The villans you hated, and the heros weren't all that 'good'. Very dark, but done just perfectly. One I plan on buying.
Best of all? There'll be a Sin City 2 and Sin City 3.
you need to get into comix boy (Score:2)
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And let's just forget about DKR2. Yech.
I loved the movie. (Score:1)
Wikipedia has a good article on Sin City [wikipedia.org], and here's Wired's ar [wired.com]
Re:I loved the movie. (Score:2)