and one thing I have to point is....the Music was exceptionally perfect for this film, mainly because.....i never noticed the music....except for one part near the end where i was like "oh crap that ochestration sounds pretty good".....the music basically moved the film along to where it was supplemental rather than reliable.
i was hoping robert was gonna throw some guitar riffs here and there and play his music but no, he did something much better.
mickey was EXCELLENT...
same goes for Clive and Bruce. I was kinda worried about Clive just cause i never really cared for his other movies (havent seen closer) but damn he did a great job too.
Big fat kill was probably my fav of all 3 just cause Miho Rocked that much.
everyone in the audience i was in was clapping after the movie....(i didnt tho cause i really dont see the point in clapping at a movie screen) so it seems everyone there enjoyed it as well.
RR and Frank...BRING ON "To Hell and Back" !
with that said, i didnt get tottally hooked into the movie till big fat kill.
guy getting shot with the arrow in Big fat kill = funniest part of the movie
oh and yea...to those with a weak stomach....be warned....
The Sin City comics are DEFINITELY worth reading. I also think you will get a lot more enjoyment out of the film version after reading the graphic novels.
The Sin City comics are DEFINITELY worth reading. I also think you will get a lot more enjoyment out of the film version after reading the graphic novels.
The comics are nice if you're a completist twat, or total fucking nerd. For the most part the movie is a verbatim translation of the comics, and does a better job of delivering the content.
The only Sin City comic I ever enjoyed was That Yellow Bastard. The rest were just sort of there. All fancy pants Frank Miller art and film noir. :/
Saw the movie and very much enjoyed it, but I've never read the comics.
The way it ended, I kind of thought there was one guy left to kill, but I guess it wasn't strictly needed. I just didn't get the sense that Basin City had been turned around, and that these were in reality just hollow victories. I guess the victories were kept more personal than that.
Just another Rodrigez/Tarintino ego-fest....
It's not terrible, just kinda lame. Cool visuals though. It would've been way too nasty in full color.
Sin City did do one thing that no comic book movie has done(that I can think of). It didn't try to appeal to those outside of the normal comic book audience. I mean, this movie is a 14 year-old boy's wet dream. But for me, I'd rather care about the characters a little before they get their heads smashed in.
Uh, Tarantino directed ONE scene in the ENTIRE movie.
The scene Tarantino did was the one with Jackie Boy and Dwight in the car in The Big Fat Kill. And the only reason he directed that scene was because Rodriguez was trying to seduce him to move over to digital.
Elijah Wood is fucked up... and yeah, that was graphic... but I liked the all-out noir comic style, even if the actual setting was reprehensible(and it was supposed to be).
Arrow-in-chest guy was hillarious. Also loved the brain surgery with a pipe wrench line.
This was one solid, entertaining movie! Everything about it was very, very cool. Characters were fantastic, the storytelling was great, and the action was just plain brutal. Sick ass characters begits sick ass violence, and I'm happy they didn't half ass it. T&A factor all over helped too
Totally. F*cking. Awesome. And I was amazed at how true to the source material they stayed; it was like they took the graphic novels and threw them up onto the screen. I loved the whole damn thing, from start to finish.
The one change (that I noticed) they made, though, was definitely for the better IMO. In the GN for 'The Big Fat Kill',
Becky is gunned down in the alleyway along with Manute and the other mafia goons. In the film she escapes though, and when that happened I briefly said to myself "WTF?" before getting caught up in the film again. But it totally works, because it brings back The Salesman and takes the movie full circle at the very end.
Very cool twist. Great surprise for the GN readers.
Movie got quite a few (nervous?) laughs and "holy sh*t" reactions from the crowd.
Trailers kinda sucked though. Just Dogtown, Amityville Horror, and Revenge of the Sith.
I just got back from seeing it, and I frickin loved it. The perfect mix of style, effects, plot, character development, music, and everything. I highly reccomend it to anyone who is interested.
It was the same guy from the beginning, forgot his name in the comics but hes in "the customer's always right".....if you remember from the beginning he is like "care for a smoke?" which means you know she was gonna get killed.
It was the same guy from the beginning, forgot his name in the comics but hes in "the customer's always right".....if you remember from the beginning he is like "care for a smoke?" which means you know she was gonna get killed.
OH ok. I knew I heard the voice before in the film; I just couldn't place it at the time. The rest of the movie was so... outspoken I almost forgot the beginning.
Can someone give me some background info on the salesman, what he does/represents, and his place in this universe? The movie was awesome I just have never read the comics before and character development for this character in particular I felt was majorly lacking.
Can someone give me some background info on the salesman, what he does/represents, and his place in this universe? The movie was awesome I just have never read the comics before and character development for this character in particular I felt was majorly lacking.
There's nothing more to know, really, at least I don't think there is. That entire opening scene is "The Customer is Always Right," one of many short stories from Sin City that Miller has done over the years. IIRC neither of its two stars even has a name; Hartnett's hitman-for-hire is simply referred to as The Salesman, and I think "The Customer..." is the only story he's ever appeared in. The thing with Becky at the end was completely original to the movie.
It's just a nice, short story that throws moviegoers into the mood and atmosphere of Sin City, getting them warmed up for what comes next.
The only thing I didn't like was the beginning with Willis and Madison. Man the acting was terrible! It was like amateur's actor's night, especially with Madison.
WOW. Great movie through and through. Besides a great story, it was just beautiful in the visuals. I agree with FortNinety, greatest comic book movie I've seen.
I'm having some trouble understanding a little chronology of the movie's events.
If Marv was in the bar when Hartigan came in to see Nancy, that would place that scene before Marv's death. Since Nancy is supposed to have left town after the Bastard was killed, and she was with Hartigan every minute from that bar scene until she got kidnapped, how could she have been there to help Marv during his storyline?
Marv's storyline obviously happens after Hartigan's, because they showed Kevin inside reading when Hartigan was sneaking into the farm, and Marv kills Kevin.
The only way I can figure it is if Nancy never did leave town, but instead went right back ot dancing, even though they show her drive off with all intention of leaving.
And speaking of that Kevin, why didn't he run out and attack Hartigan?
It was the same guy from the beginning, forgot his name in the comics but hes in "the customer's always right".....if you remember from the beginning he is like "care for a smoke?" which means you know she was gonna get killed.
-- it just seemed rather abruptly thrown in there, instead of bringing the movie "full circle," which was obviously the intent. It might have worked better coming after The Big Fat Kill.
Jesus Christ, my mind is totally blown. That movie was amazing. The closest thing to a comic book in movie form. And a completely awesome one at that. I can't even go into all the awesome things. It was just non-stop awesomeness. It actually seemed a lot longer than 2 hours, but that's probably because so much was packed into the movie. I really loved how everything came together in the end. It seemed just like a Tarantino flick. Only this was much better than Tarantino's attempt at over-the-top violence - Kill Bill. Too bad my friends and I were stuck in the front row of the movie theater. Everything was so huge. :lol Definitely glad I went opening night though. The part with the arrow through the body = hilarious. It reminded me of that old Mike's Hard Lemonade commercial. This is one movie I desperately want a sequel to, considering there's four more stories in the graphic novel from what I've read on this forum.
anyone care to spoilerize the contents of these "4 more stories"? And yes a sequel would be cool as all hell but I think this first movie may turn off non comic book viewers/ fans of the series. I give it a good two to three weeks before the movie starts slipping.
I will agree on one thing, there was some bad acting that just popped out of nowhere here and there in the movie. It was good, except for a few places here in there. It was weird.
