Sin City Reviews

Just watch this film!

I dont want to hype this film too much as this provides more scope for disapointment. If you want to decide for yourself, all i'll say is go and see it. If you want to read my gushy feelings about this film, then read on! This has to be one the best films ive seen in years, probably sits firmly in my top 5 films of all time. The black and white with the colour spots is really effective at creating atmosphere. Its stylish, graphic, violent, sexy and fast. If you like films like pulp fiction, kill bill etc then see this movie. If you prefer realistic movies then this isnt for you, as its far fetched to the max. (being based on a comic) Mickey Rourke and Rosario Dawson stole the show for me. Mickey for his character - what an amazing, complicated character! Rosario, as she was the reason i went to see this is the first place, one of the hottest women on this planet! Im still in awe of this movie... I saw it last night, and couldnt sleep last night as my head was full flashing stylised snippets from the movie... remembering parts id forgotten and giggling to myself. It really is quite funny as well... some nice cheesy one liners thrown in here and there. Deffinitely THE movie of 2005, no doubt!

Guilty Pleasure

Liberal fingers have been levelled at this Rodriguez/Miller directorial offering: too violent, overly misogynous, no plot, all flash and no substance.

Which, as usual, is completely missing the point.

This is groundbreaking, rip-roaring stuff with a cast to die for and style in spades. Who says actors can't act without sets surrounding them? There's greenscreen a-go-go here and everyone does their job with aplomb - unlike the limp, technically similar 'Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow'. 'Sin City' IS a graphic novel on screen, and everything Rodriguez and Miller said it would be.

Yes, it's violent - sometimes butt-clenchingly so (how many characters end up losing parts of their genitalia?). Yes, it's misogynistic - female characters are either hookers-with-hearts, damaged waifs or damsels in need of rescuing.

But look at it for what it is: a comic, or graphic novel, brought to life. It's film noir to the max, with characters that are hard-to-like charicatures in a Chandleresque, hard-boiled triptych of pulpy stories. It has it's roots in the films and comics of the thirties and forties - a while before women were seen as equals in the eyes of men - where girls were 'dolls' or 'dames' and treated accordingly. It's stylistic, fantastical stuff - not a reflection of real life. And that's exactly how you should approach it.

Black and white with splashes of vivid colour, 'Sin City' sets a new benchmark. Willis, Rourke, Dawson, Del Toro and even Clive Owen excel in their roles. The three intertwining, overlapping stories - a la Pulp Fiction - are pacy, funny, gory and at times laugh-out-loud funny or toe-curlingly hideous. Gun-toting hookers? Samurai chicks? Beheadings, dismemberment, explosions and gravelly vocieovers? Love, redemption, gang warfare and cannibalism? All present and correct. Take this as it comes and you'll enjoy it - but be warned: Bridget Jones' Diary it ain't.

unpleasent and dissapointing

I had been looking forward to this film and was very dissapointed. The style of the film is interesting but the actual story and characters are unpleasent and not very interesting. I couldn't sympathise with anyone and got fed up with the over the top violence and torture. I've read a few of the comic books and enjoyed them but they didn't translate well into the film. Overall I felt cheated.

garbage

Absolute garbage, one or the worst films ever

[Highly rated reviewer]

The best film of 2005

A great film, which looks amazing, and has a great cast, a good soundtrack, 4 interesting and entertaining stories, and some great characters. The movie is full of dark humour, looks and feels like a comic book, and is wonderfully violent. Also the thought and effort that has gone into converting Frank Miller’s Sin City comics/graphic novels into a live-action film is amazing. On the acting side of things, Mickey Rourke stand out as being great (and perfectly cast) as Marv, Bruce Willis plays Hartigan well, Clive Owen is mostly good as Dwight, and the rest of the cast are just as good and up to the task in their roles (in fact most of the characters in the Sin City comics are brought to life very well, and the right actors and actresses were chosen to play each part). Sin City was the best film of 2005, and also one of the best movies I have seen in the past few years!