Frank Miller's Sin City (the movie)

Not Afraid · 04-18-2005, 01:58 PM

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......

€uroMeinke · 04-18-2005, 05:51 PM

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.

04-18-2005, 01:58 PM	#1
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	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......
	Submit to Quotes

04-18-2005, 05:51 PM	#2
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	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. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
	Submit to Quotes