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Saw this today with Jesus Pimp. I thought it was a pretty awesome experience. It's not so much a story driven movie as it is an art exhibition - the art of noir - the art of cinematography - the art of comic books coming to life. The stories are gripping by themselves, but they would be nothing without the awesome packaging.
The themes are very very very grim and the gore is absolutely... fantastic. Just be warned.
I've been describing it like this: Take what you know about noir, then take what you know about comic books, then add frank miller's fucked up mind and a dash of quentin tarentino, and turn the volume up to 11. The pacing is so fucking fast that in the middle of the movie, when it's going at half speed (which is still about as fast as a Darren Aronofsky film) it tends to actually drag. However, it picks it up again for a nice ending.
Great stuff.
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