Sin City: Film Noir or Pulp Fiction?

Title: Sin City
Cast: Bruce Willis, Benicio del Torro, Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Jessica Alba, Elijah Wood
Director: Robert Rodriguez; w/ guest director Quentin Tarantino



Popcorn says:

Well what do you expect from a Rodriguez and Tarantino movie? Dark, bloody, hot kickin' ass chicks, and too many bullets flying it's almost mind-blowing. But Sin City is based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, just how faithful the movie was to the comic book i won't be sure until i hit the comic store to check it out. If i ever get to that.

Anyway, artistically i liked the whole black and white texture and how the variation of the blood colors from red to white to yellow. Everyone gets shot, beat up, and left for dead. And they don't seem to die easily, no sir not in the comic books they don't. Storywise, i'm still masticating the totality of it. Overall, i think this film is revolutionary.

Rating: 7 ( ranking of 1-10)

Extra Rice says:

The first ten seconds, you know somebody’s going to get killed. You’re just waiting for that gun or that blade to reveal itself. This is Sin City, and you never forget that. Gotham City and Hell’s Kitchen are pussies compared to this feast of unabated violence.

So this is how it feels to be in a Frank Miller comic book. True to form, you become selectively color-blind, with splashes of color offered every few minutes to maintain your grip on reality. Imagine if it was in full color. It just wouldn’t work.

They’ve got a good cast here, with A-listers Bruce Willis and Benicio del Toro leading the way. Performances were tight. Nothing fancy, but no sloppy scenes either. I think an integral part of casting was the actors’ distinctive voices, as lots of narrations are the norm, lest we forget it’s a comic book.

My favorite part? Definitely Jessica Alba dancing, man. That was worth the price of admission, plus drinks. But that’s just me and I’m a pig. Okay, and Master Frodo. Elijah Wood gave me the creeps.

Verdict? Didn’t like it. It should have stayed in pulp.

I had one of original Sin City graphic novels years ago when it was the cool thing to have. I remembered buying it at cost, then flipping it for twice the price after less than a month so I could afford my Batman addiction. Big Mistake.