And I didn't mean to imply that all comic books are bloated and tacky. It's a matter of perspective. It'd be like a horror fan going to see Evil Dead 2. If you're expecting classic horror, it's going to seem like the cheesiest, lamest thing on the planet. But if you know going in that what it really is is a slapstick movie done in the style of a classic horror flick, then you know it succeeded greatly.

When I saw Sin City, I wasn't at all prepared for what I was about to see. I am not familiar with the novels - and probably will never read them due sheer lack of interest; I don't like violence and covered my eyes a lot; and I dislike Bruce Willis as an actor. But, after the first 1/2 hour of over-the-top, cheesy lines I stopped taking it seriolusly and had a good time watching and enjoying. It wasn't Noir for me. The look was vaguely noir, but the noir stopped there. It was comical, silly, excessive, and visually beautiful and raw. I won't be buying a copy, nor seeing it again, but I liked it a lot more than I expected.

I don't understand the love of comics just as many people don't understand my love of contemporary dance. Oh well......

I enjoyed the film, like the "look" - but also was dissappointed that the stories didn't all tie together. As for Noir, I was fine seeing this as "comic-book noir." There was lots of cliche and gratuitous sex and violence, but I think that kept it true to it's genre and enabled me to laugh out loud to situations of partial decapitation and emasculation.

But as I left, I wanted to see the Coen Brother's "Man who Wasn't There" - that to me is a great contemporary Noir tale in the classic tradition.

Ignore that man. I saw Sin City. Anditwasgood.