Frank Miller's Sin City (the movie)

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Claire, Michael Madsen is even more bloated in real life. Just check him out on the fugging it up website. Sad. I almost cried into my computer keys.

I LOVED Sin City. So much fun was had watching it in good company. Elijah Wood was *perfect* as Kevin. Those Converse just abuot kill me. Ah, Marv. Ah, Dwight.

Rosario Dawson, I wonder how many punk rock teens will show up with your haircut at school on Monday. Alos, Rosario, you were really, really, really, really hot.

One of the best on-screen kisses I have ever seen. Yummy. Yummy. Again, yummy.

Nick Stahl, I recognized your voice, you little yellow bastard. I love Nick Stahl's voice.

"She grew up, she filled out." Yeah, girlie, I even liked you. And I don't usually like you. But you, too, were hot.

The movie was hot.

And very well done. I love punk rock comic book noir. Thanks, Frank Miller. Thanks, Rodriguez. Thanks, Q.T., whatever parts you directed. Thanks hot actors and awesome make-up people. That WAS Marv.

[Claire]

Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

Nick Stahl, I recognized your voice, you little yellow bastard. I love Nick Stahl's voice.

I love it that Yellow Bastard reminds me of you, Audra. I hope you're flattered. It's high praise!

Rosario finally proved that she's good for something other than posing at movie (and envelope?) openings for InStyle. Her legs looked insanely long and shapely and her attitude kicked major bootie. She was a good Gail. I'd been skeptical of the starlets, but they did all right (eh, except maybe Brittany Murphy, she was just okay). Jessica Alba was so freaking hot.....amazing.

[mousepod]

BTW, the Best Buy bonus DVD has some nice "behind-the-scenes" stuff. Nobody has PM'ed me for my extra copy, so I assume you all have Best Buy stores nearby. You really shouldn't miss this freebie.

[blueerica]

I *really* liked this movie.

I'll write more about it later.

-e

[Claire]

I forgot to mention Devon Aoki as Miho was scary good.

Dallas was the other extremely hot chick....and she's played by Robert Rodriguez's sister.

And Portland geek alert: When Frank Miller was onscreen as the priest, everyone in our audience was atwitter....including me.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Claire

I love it that Yellow Bastard reminds me of you, Audra. I hope you're flattered. It's high praise!

Rosario finally proved that she's good for something other than posing at movie (and envelope?) openings for InStyle. Her legs looked insanely long and shapely and her attitude kicked major bootie. She was a good Gail. I'd been skeptical of the starlets, but they did all right (eh, except maybe Brittany Murphy, she was just okay). Jessica Alba was so freaking hot.....amazing.

Not offended at all. Oddly flattered. Awwww, poor Murphy. Give the girl a break! Heh. Mmm, Gail. I heart Gail.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Perhaps this post belongs in the LoT confessional.

I love film noir.

I thought Sin City was tacky and bloated. And not a credit to noir.

I went directly home to watch "Out of the Past" to cleanse my palate.

On another note, did Rodriguez really have to list himself as camera op and art director and effects advisor? Isn't a director supposed to have his fingers in every bowl, anyway?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

We finally saw this Saturday night. I really liked it. It dragged a tiny bit near the end but all in all, it was great, lots of fun.

I do love me some gratuitous violence.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I'm going to see it again this weekend with a Frank Miller fan. Can't wait!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

I thought Sin City was tacky and bloated. And not a credit to noir.

You can't think of it as just film noir. It's a comic book done in a film noir style. Of course it's tacky and bloated...it's a comic book.

I was surprised at how well I enjoyed this. I generally have little tolerance for cheese, but when it's done in SUCH a stylized manner, I am much more forgiving. Like Tank Girl. Cheesy as all hell, but the whole think looked and felt like a comic book, so totally expected. I contrast those with Spiderman 2 which probably had fewer corny lines than Sin City, but they stuck out so much more to me because it seemed to be trying so hard to NOT be corny in so many other aspects of the movie.

Like CP, I thought it started to drag a little. Once they went back to the other story line, it just seemed to go on forever. And I kept expecting the story lines to tie in a little more than they did. For example, when Marv showed up at Nancy's apartment, he mentioned that she was endebted to him for saving her from some thug. So when they went back in time and we see nancy again, I was totally expecting Marv to get involved somehow. In the end, I understood that there was no attempt to really tie the stories together, that the whole point was that they were just tangentially related by all taking place in the same city, but in the midst of it, it really felt like they were going to tie together much more cohesively, so I felt a bit let down when they didn't.

But beyond that, I thought it was great.