Adapting a comic book series to film is one thing but translating it into a live-action motion picture in a manner that it brings the pages to life in an almost literal sense while mirroring the events frame to frame is something truly extraordinary. And that's what Sin City is: something never done before, something never seen before, and something never experienced before.Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel series of the same name, Sin City is presented in 3 primary chapters (That Yellow Bastard, The Hard Goodbye & The Big Fat Kill), each lifted directly from the novel & is presented in a non-linear & overlapping order (unless you're watching the "Recut, Extended & Unrated" version). A non-related short segment named The Customer Is Always Right also exists but it only serves in bookending the whole narrative.Directed, produced, photographed, edited & scored by Robert Rodriguez, Sin City remains the most accomplished film of his career. Also sharing the direction credit is Frank Miller himself & Quentin Tarantino is in as guest director for filming one scene. Cinematography is jaw-dropping gorgeous & groundbreaking, editing is deftly carried out & music is perfectly suitable. In short, Sin City is a marvel of technical filmmaking & an astonishing work of cinematic art.Featuring an ensemble cast of Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Brittany Murphy, Devon Aoki, Jaime King, Alexis Bledel, Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Elijah Wood, Benicio del Toro & many more, everyone delivers a fantastic performance but the standouts for me were Rourke & Wood, both featured in my favourite story of the three; The Hard Goodbye. While Rourke impresses the most as the unstoppable beast, Marv, Elijah followed him closely with his sinister rendition of Kevin; a mute cannibalistic serial killer.Sin City may not be a flawless film on an overall scale but it still remains one of the most stylish, inventive, faithful, original & visually path-breaking films to come out in the 21st century. An extraordinary achievement in genre-filmmaking & a breathtaking cinematic ride from start to finish, this visual extravaganza from Rodriguez & Miller is nothing short of a cinematic feat and is a must for every cinema lover out there. An instant classic. An unforgettable experience. A technical masterpiece.
"She's a dyke, but God knows why. With that body of hers she could have any man she wants."Second (forced) viewing and this is still utter dreck - shallow, mean-spirited, gimmicky, misogynistic, and obnoxiously edgy for the sake of it all the time without a break. It's the kind of laughably cartoonish crapsack worldbuilding that you'd expect from a 12-year-old trying to write "the darkest, most bloodiest story ever!", and said 12-year-old would still have had too much dignity to write Holy Terror. I don't even think the style saves this, because while it does occasionally manage to convey an impressive level of detail, it feels so (deliberately) artificial that it robs everything here of any kind of physicality or weight; nothing here matters, it's just a bunch of ~dark and cool stuff~ happening and it never thinks trying to make you care is worth it, because Miller thinks wanting more than ~dark and cool~ from art is for pussies and queers, and Rodriguez and Tarantino are a couple of gutless enablers who really should have known better (although to the latter's credit, the one scene he directed also coincidentally happens to be the best scene in the film). Please, guys, reassure me that the comics aren't this fucking hideous.
"Care for a smoke?"My (film noir-ish) reaction to the film-Night time. A little after 8:00 PM.Lousy dogs barking outside loud enough to be heard outside this lousy town, but they don't matter. At least not at the moment because I just got done revisiting a goddess...She calls herself City...Sin City to be exact. She's not like any other of those comic broads you see in those graphic novels. I always thought graphic novel was just some artsy term for comic book, but I'm getting off topic. She isn't like some comic book broad. She IS a comic book broad. A goddess that leaped off the page and onto celluloid. A fantasy out of a dream and into reality. The kind of dame you wouldn't mind killing for or dying for, better yet. Even my heart grows a buldge for such a damn fine dame. Images as orgasmic as the actors involved, especially that one Clive bloke and that motherfucker Benicio. There's tits in here too if you're into that kind of softcore shit. Enough grit to sink your teeth into and enough smoke gets in your eyes to satisfy your average chain-smoker's habit without inhaling. Enough cards are put on the table to make sure that everybody wins.Sin City is the kind of beautiful babe I wouldn't mind running into in a dark alley. In Modern English-This film is fucking awesome.
