Sin City (2005)

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[Michael Gary Scott]

This movie blew me away when I first saw it and I have been anticipating its sequel forever. Rourke gives a great performance. 4.5/5

[CoolioD1]

The Rourke part was easily my favourite

Edited February 5, 2015 by CoolioD1

[IndustriousAngel]

I love the comics but I didn't really make friends with this adaption. What's wrong here is that it's trying too hard to get the look right, to the point where it looks not like a movie but like a slideshow made up from album frames. Movies, especially action movies, are about movement (cinematography from greek kinesis = movement), and where the comic has a superb action frame, the movie adaption needs a corresponding superb action scene, not some stills. Where the comic has iconic shots of Nancy enchanting the crowd, the movie would need a superb strip dancer, not pretty but wooden Jessica Alba.

 

Apart from those misunderstandings, it's ok - the cast is mostly excellent (I really like Elijah Wood in creepy roles), the production design fits and the colours and editing are good.

[CaptainJackSparrow]

Come on guys.... This needs more "A" votes.

[Squaremaster316]

****1/4 out of *****

 

It's definitely uneven in terms of acting, with almost all the guys giving solid performances and almost every female character ranging from mediocre to cringe-worthy, with Brittney Murphy(RIP) being the slight exception.

 

However, unlike Eli Roth's Torture porn crap, this film turns sadism into true art.

[CJohn]

I will rewatch it in the next few days. It can't be as bad as I remember it to be. 

[luna]

frank miller is a fascist.

[department store basement]

A very well-written movie heavy on visuals whose acting is so terrible that I can't give the film any higher than this grade.

 

75/100 - B