Gilda

Loved it. I was just a bit disappointed with Jessica Alba. The point of the character is that she's a stripper, and Alba, of course, couldn't do a topless scene. In a movie like this, it makes no sense whatsoever to have a stripper who never takes her top off.

You get so much more out of it if you've read the graphic novels. Many, many of the scenes are direct grabs from the graphic novels. By the way, if you're getting them, you want the latest printing, and you want to get The Hard Goodbye (Marv), The Big Fat Kill (Dwight and Miho), and That Yellow Bastard (Hartigan).

I've seen it twice already, and the woman who plays "Deadly Little Miho" Devon Aoki, has now knocked Halle Berry off my top ten most beautiful women on the planet (Grace Park, Aishwarya Rai, Linda Park, Grace Nakamura, Monica Belucci, sweetpea, Devon Aoki, Michelle Yeoh, Yunjin Kim, and Ming-Na Wen)

What I found impressive was how little the green screen effects were evident. Had I not known, I never would have guessed that most of this movie was actors in front of a green screen.

It's a gorgeous looking movie, a sure bet for an Academy Award nomination for cinematography, or I'm not the wife of of one of Batman's arch enemies (geek test).

I also didn't quite buy Bruce Willis as Hartigan. I didn't quite buy him as as 59 in the opening scenes, and there's no way he's pushing 70 in the later ones. He plays younger than he actual age; he looked like a guy in his 40's not his 60's.

On the other hand, Devon Aoki, Jaime King, Clive Owen, Brittney Murphy, ah hell, the entire rest of the cast nailed their characters.

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"WHAT IS SIN CITY?"
A very good movie.

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Damn. I've never read the comics but I went to see this based on my Hero Roger Ebert's review.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is one of the best movies I've ever seen. The acting was superb, the script was perfect, the action was awesome and the style is unbelievable. I'd go see Sin City again. This is what being a movie fan is about. Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, and Bruce Willis delivered outstanding performances. I really don't know what to say about the movie besides the fact that it's perfect...and I'm saying that without a clue about the comics.

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ratbastid

On a week's reflection, you know what struck me most about the film? The pacing and the scale. It would have been really easy to turn it into a big-booming action romp, but they didn't do that. They kept the soliloquies and long, slow dialog scenes. The quiet moments the make punctuation out of the action... Hartigan going mad in his prison cell. Marv's surprisingly thoughtful narration. It's simultaneously a huge film with big events and a major story arc, and a movingly personal and intimate story, told on both scales at once. It's both about the city, and about the people in the city, and it never loses sight of either of them.

sailor

I loved this movie. The style, the acting, the cinematography, the story... The only thing I can complain about is that the pacing seemed a bit off in the middle story, but man... I loved it. Seen it twice now. Fucking great movie.

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lurkette

I must go see this again. It's been a long time since I walked out of a movie so completely enamored of a film. I had dreams about it for days (biting the necks of people who pissed me off a la Rosario Dawson, being a detective on the trail of a serial killer, etc.) The mood of it just stuck with me. And the lust. (Hot damn, Carla Gugino didn't make your list, Gilda? You're a hardass! Not that I'd kick Devon Aoki out of bed for....anything.)

Definitely going to read the comics, now.

And to chime in on the Alan Moore stream, I fucking LOVED "From Hell" - another one that just crawled inside my head and sat there making crazy noises for days after I finished it. I was so disappointed with the movie.

And I've heard rumors of a Watchmen movie with William Macy as Rorschach...anyone heard same? IMBD has the director as the same guy who directed The Bourne Supremacy...didn't see it, but from what I heard at least he can put together a decent adaptive narrative.

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aberkok

Yup. Forgot to mention how From Hell was one of my favourites and disturbed me to no end. How is it that you can love a book so much even though the themes touched upon can make you depressed for two months? That's the way I felt after reading From Hell and Watchmen.

I think the William Macy casting was just a rumour. I don't believe any final casting has been done.

I'll be happier if they mess up Batman or Superman, even. But not this... not this...

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FngKestrel

Just saw a commercial for the DVD release of Sin City on August 16th. w00t!

iamtheone

Diddo. I felt exactly as this.... Was pretty to watch, but it left me feeling a bit empty. Maybe I need another sitting.

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Anxst

I've yet to see this.....I couldn't find a babysitter for the life of me. Still, based on what I hear here, it will be very like the graphic novels, which I adore. I started reading Frank Miller long ago, and I keep hoping they'll make his take on 300 (The Battle of Thermopylae) into a movie, using the colors in it the way Lynn Varley did in the comic. I've no clue how that would work, but a man can dream, right?

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FngKestrel

FYI, the DVD that was released today is severely lacking in special features. It only has a making of featurette. The good 2-disc version is slated for release in December.

m0rpheus

Dammit dammit dammit. So you mean I'm going to have to get two copies cuz I'm damn well not waiting for December. *sigh* oh well I guess that means I'll have a copy for myself and the other I'll loan out to people...

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FngKestrel

Heh, didn't think of it that way. A loaner.

Redjake

Just watched this movie again last night on DVD at a friend's house. I completely forgot how awesome this movie was. This movie was just as good the second time. I love it.

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the_marq

When are the studios going to stop doing this shit? How many people have two copies of Lord of the Rings for the exact same reason?

If I just wanted to watch the movie again... I'll download it. If you want me to buy the DVD then give me a compelling reason to do so, releasing two versions of the same film is just gouging.

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Mr.Deflok

The official term for it is DOUBLE DIPPING. I've been known to succumb to it many times.

This time however I got Sin City on UMD and'll get the 2 Disc Version on DVD this Christmas.

The movie is more than just a film, it's a piece of art, moreso - a masterpiece*

*imo, if you disagree go fuck yourself I don't care

ChistledStone

Saw it an hour ago.

Beautiful.

Bloody. Violent. Heated.

Beauty...

(and yes I agree with Gilda, if a parole officer can take her top off and walk around her house and then speak to her parolee without her shirt on, I think the stripper should take off her shirt. And more. But they had to keep it R I guess...)

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FngKestrel

It was Jessica Alba's no nudity clause that she puts in all her contracts.

Sigh.

Uncle Pony

The wife and I watched it the other night and neither of us were impressed. Mickey Rourke stole the show, and his story was excellent, but the rest was just "meh."