[ekm]

Since nobody else is discussing Sin City, I thought I'd lead the pack.

(Forgive the spam):

http://www.quarterto...ncity_erik.html

Now, let's talk. Who saw it?

[SimeSublime]

This is the first I've heard about it. Though the link you gave had this to say:

Sin City is directed by Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids, Spy Kids 2: The Secret of the Ooze, and Spy Kids 3: Turtles in Time)

So did he direct Spy Kids, or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? I just found it amusing.

[ekm]

This is the first I've heard about it.  Though the link you gave had this to say:
So did he direct Spy Kids, or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?  I just found it amusing.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Uh...he did Spy Kids. I was just...kinda...ripping on Spy Kids.

Bad joke.

[floppydisk]

Damn. Beat me to the topic. I saw half of it friday with friends (we snuck in). It was really cool. I liked the Charlie Brown wolf guy.

[Kirby]

Wait... the same guy who made a movie thats suppose to surpass Kill Bill in violance made Spy Kids?

*brain 'splodes*

PS: Heard it's a damn good movie, reminde me to sneak in this week.

[Jane Sherwood]

I haven't seen Sin City (and don't really plan to) and never gave enough of a damn to even think about watching Spy Kids, but since Robert Rodriguez also made one of my Top Favorite Movies (Once Upon A Time In Mexico), I'm left with some weird internal struggle about ripping on him and can't bring myself to do it.

[Icey]

Originally Johnny Depp was going to play Jackie Boy, but due to Benicio del Toro's Wolf Man haircut, Robert and Frank changed their plans. I haven't seen the film yet, but I'm going tomorrow.

[Jane Sherwood]

Since I'm not in the least bit familiar with the comic, I have no idea who Jackie Boy is.

[Madam Corvax]

I've heard that they resurrected Mickey Rourke for that flick. Is he as disgusting and fat as in the Enrique Iglesias video clip as a gangster? Man, that guy was hot fifteen years ago and gone to seed completely since then

[civilian_number_two]

I think if you disagree with the final product, ekm, you probably brought more to the comics than was there. The film is a bit tongue-in-cheek, sure, but those stories are told in still shots, silhouettes, and imagined voices. It's hard to play that mental story as a moving picture. Once you get those bodies in motion, the whole thing is a bit ridiculous. Not to mention that no man, and certainly few women, look like the characters in the comics; with real actors mouthing the lines, with real bodies performing the actions, it's bound to lean more the way of BATMAN the movie than "Dark Knight" the comic book, to use what I hope is an appropriate analogy.

I don't think there would be a "serious" way to play that material, to be honest. This was not ROMEO IS BLEEDING, after all, a real effort at neo-noir; rather it is a big old comic book with over-the-top violence written in and on the page. I'd say your PULP FICTION lament is apt, since Miller's work is by definition pulp fiction. I guess the comparison does you no good if you don't like Tarantino.

[floppydisk]

Yeah, the movie is actually pretty funny if you want to make fun of it.
"He made me WATCH!....." But still remains awesome because of all the action and stuff. Plus the black and white isn't shitty like old movies.

[Xombie]

I'd say the movie is better than good but doesn't rise to the level of very good. Its certainly mainly style and little substance and the movie doesn't run from that.

My biggest problem with the film is that rather than telling three stories, the movie elects to tell the same story three times: Violent man protects (or avenges) his beautiful whore with a heart of gold from one or more murderous psychopaths.

That, and the fact the last psychopath looked way too much like a Ferenghi.

[jariten]

Its not out here yet. Punished again for being British

[SimeSublime]

Don't worry Jariten, you usually beat us

[Icey]

It's been delayed greatly outside of the US because of Cannes, I got lucky and went on a viewing the local Comic book shop threw in the second largest Cinema here in Reykjavik. It was an amazing viewing experience that I will not forget soon, mostly due to the rather voilent content.

My mouth feels moisturized.