Also being a comicbook virgin and hearing the NPR interview (short version) I think helped me appreciate the film more. It was a lot of fun, made more fun by the swanky company. It's Noir, and sometimes ridiculously Cliche, but the film really seemed to succeed and keeping it like a comic book. It also didn't hurt that all the female character's wardrobe seemed to stop at lingerie - but YMMV with that one
