Sin City

[TB4000]

If you check out the sites, they already started shooting the live action version of Sin City, Frank Miller's graphic novel, directed by Robert Rodriguez. They showed some of it at that convention over the weekend, and I for one hope they do a decent job with it. Here's the first poster with Dark Angel as the character Nancy.

http://superherohype.com/nextraimages/sincitypanel.jpg

http://www.epix.se/medusa.m_w/miller.sin_city.gif

http://hem.passagen.se/fm4/adatofro.gif

These are basically the storylines that will be in the movie -

Plot #1:
Based on the cult series of graphic novels created, written and illustrated by FRANK MILLER, the film contains three stories that take place in the titular, fictional city, translated from Miller's Sin City, The Big Fat Kill and That Yellow Bastard.

Bruce Willis and Jessica Alba star in the translation of That Yellow Bastard, which follows the story of a cop on the verge of retirement who takes on one final case to save a young girl who has been kidnapped by a lunatic. --- ET Online

Plot #2:
Sin City is a violent city where the police department is as corrupt as the streets are deadly. In this movie, we follow three stories, the central of which is Marv (Mickey Rourke), a tough-as-nails and nearly impossible to kill street fighter who goes on a rampage of vengeance when a beautiful woman, Goldie (Jaime King), he sleeps with for only one night is killed while lying in bed with him. -- imdb.com

[TB4000]

Search isn't picking up the old thread I started on this about the live action version of the Frank Miller comic, but here's some pics from the movie...very nice.

http://img36.exs.cx/img36/8603/sincity-1.jpg
http://img36.exs.cx/img36/8752/sincity-2.jpg
http://img36.exs.cx/img36/9796/sincity-3.jpg

[truMp]

That black&white effect is hot.

[TB4000]

I know you saw Devon Aoki up there in the first pic, and I'm trying to locate bios for some of the characters, but here's hers from the site -

Personality/Motivation:
Miho is the defender of Old Town, and the one woman the girls of Old Town call upon to get rid of troublesome people, like cops, criminals, and abusive johns. Miho doesn't care for racial slurs (like being called a "Jap bitch/whore") and will "play" with her target if such terms are used when referring to her. Such play usually has her putting all her levels into DCV and dodging her opponent's blows while hitting him (usually with contemptuous ease) in return.

Quote: None. Miho never speaks, ever. She might be mute, but I'm not sure.

Powers/Tactics:
As stated, Miho is a whirlwind of death, and slaughters hordes of Mafia, terrorists, criminals, and even cops in her several Sin City appearances. The power pool contains her arsenal, which has contained anything from a swastika-shaped shuriken to a Japanese longbow. Her martial arts are based off of moves seen in the comic series. It seems to be all kicks, with no blocks (Miho dodges instead) or punches.

Miho's flight is to allow her to stand on narrow ledges, street signs, telephone wires, and the like and not fall of. Her 6 levels with combat are to allow her to make some of the incredible shots she takes in the series (like tossing a fighting stick into a gunbarrel, or hurling a shuriken off of a wall and through someone's neck). Miho almost always makes called shots, and uses her levels to counter the hit-location modifiers.

Appearance:
Miho is tiny, standing maybe 4'10" maximum and weighing a mere 80-90 pounds. She has short black hair, a very slim figure, and dark eyes. Normally she dresses in tight jeans and a loose upper kimono, into which is tucked all sorts of weapons. A wakazashi (sometimes two) hangs from her belt.

(Miho created by Frank Miller, character sheet created by Michael Surbrook)

[mr. x]

Miho love you long time

(Miho created by Frank Miller, character sheet created by Michael Surbrook)

Wow, there was nothing philiac about that :rolleyes:

[younggiftedandblack]

THis movie is going to kick all kinds of ass. A comic movie were the creator is deeply involved.

[Deadpool]

I saw the trailer for this. Rasario Dawson is haaawwwt in this movie.

[TB4000]

http://movies.channel.aol.com/movie/main.adp?_pgtyp=pdct&tab=trailers&mid=19736


See, now THAT'S how you do a comic book movie. There was another thread about this flick on here, but teh search didn't take.

[s1eve]

damn, can't play it on a mac. :mad:

[kimpossible]

damn, can't play it on a mac. :mad:

try it again, steve. it worked on mine.

[s1eve]

got it going. and what a cool trailer!

[TB4000]

After viewing this trailer, I wouldn't care if Robert Rodriguez wanted to take on a more popular comic book property in the future *cough*Spider-Man*cough*.

[Cipherous]

Creation of the legendary Frank Miller

All star cast including the lovely and talented Jessica Alba

http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/sin_city.html

[hooligan]

it looks true to it's form. the girl from 2 fast 2 furious was on there. aoki devon or something?

[deez nuts]

what's sin city?

a movie about vegas?

the other sin city thread:

http://forums.yellowworld.org/showthread.php?t=20772

[TB4000]

Can't locate the old thread, but the final poster is out, and the movie is out on April Fool's Day...can not wait.

http://www.comingsoon.net/gallery/Action/Sin_City/finalposter.jpg

[hooligan]

bad linking makes me cry.

[TB4000]

Damn it...here we go.

[Shuriken]

Devon Aoki is Miho.

Go figure.

[pikachupacabra]

I'm really looking forward to this movie. The style and concepts are just amazing. admittedly never heard of the actual COMIC book :( But I kinda stopped paying attention after xmen back in the day, and when i figured out all the 18 and over sections were really really boring anyways.

[TB4000]

Well, they finally have decided on a rating, which shall be R for nudity and pervasive strong violence...;)

Looks like they're keeping everything intact in the movie, except that Jessica Alba's character won't be getting nude like the comics, as she asked not to be...the character in the comics wears only chaps, which are ass-less to boot. I have to go back to Borders and read the stories again to prep myself.

[rice cracker]

Devon Aoki is Miho.

Go figure.

At least they didn't cast Lucy Liu.

/snark

[yoMAMA]

At least they didn't cast Lucy Liu.

/snark

hey, take it easy on her.

:wink:

[rice cracker]

hey, take it easy on her.

:wink:

Aw, man, everyone else gets to diss! Let me have my cheap shots!

[pretense78]

Can not WAIT for this movie. The best looking comic movie it seems to be.

[mr. x]

Well, they finally have decided on a rating, which shall be R for nudity and pervasive strong violence...;)

Looks like they're keeping everything intact in the movie, except that Jessica Alba's character won't be getting nude like the comics, as she asked not to be...the character in the comics wears only chaps, which are ass-less to boot. I have to go back to Borders and read the stories again to prep myself.
I wouldnt if I were you, it'd be like reading the Two Towers to prepare to deconstruct the movie

[YuheiCarreau]

Warning, do not read this post if you haven't already read the comics.





I'm kind of wondering how the film will show the different plots. For those who don't know, the SIN CITY series of comics first told the story of Marv in the original SIN CITY, then the story of Dwight in SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR, then a few more stories (such as SIN CITY: THE BIG FAT KILL, which also featured Dwight), then the story of Hartigan in SIN CITY: THAT YELLOW BASTARD.

SIN CITY and TYB take place concurrently, but DTKF takes place a little earlier in the timeline than those two and BFK takes place a few months later. I'm just wondering if the stories will be presented on their own for 45 minutes each, or if the three will run together for the whole 2 hours. The first approach seems like the best, as both Hartigan and Marv die at the end of their stories and it would probably confuse the hell out of the audience to have Marv, Dwight, and Hartigan in the same city, hanging around the same bars and strip clubs, interacting with the same tertiary characters (Nancy, for example) but never meeting each other. From the trailer it seems that Rodriguez either decided to merge DTKF and BFK, or is going to tell both, because characters like Miho and the dirty cop played by Benicio Del Toro don't show up until BFK.

[Shuriken]

...then the story of Hartigan in SIN CITY: THAT YELLOW BASTARD.

This may sound silly and over-sensitive to some of you, but here goes...

http://www.superherosupply.com/sincitypost.jpg

Although I have four of the Sin City graphic novels — the original Sin City, A Dame to Kill For, The Big Fat Kill, and Family Values — and I marvel at Frank Miller's skill with a pen in each of them, I could not bring myself to buy another in the series, That Yellow Bastard.

In that book, the villain has skin colored with yellow ink while the rest of the drawings are in black & white. While the book makes clear (as I recall) that the character isn't supposed to be Asian, the villain's appearance is too similar to the way that Asian characters — especially bad guys — have been portrayed by comics in previous decades for me to be comfortable with it. So, even though I've had the opportunity to buy That Yellow Bastard (I almost wrote "That Asian Bastard") on several occasions, I decided not to purchase it.

I'm not asking anyone to share my opinion, but in the case of that particular book's approach to depicting its villain, I voted with my wallet.

[YuheiCarreau]

Although I have four of the Sin City graphic novels — the original Sin City, A Dame to Kill For, The Big Fat Kill, and Family Values — and I marvel at Frank Miller's skill with a pen in each of them, I could not bring myself to buy another in the series, That Yellow Bastard.

In that book, the villain has skin colored with yellow ink while the rest of the drawings are in black & white. While the book makes clear (as I recall) that the character isn't supposed to be Asian, the villain's appearance is too similar to the way that Asian characters — especially bad guys — have been portrayed by comics in previous decades for me to be comfortable with it. So, even though I've had the opportunity to buy That Yellow Bastard (I almost wrote "That Asian Bastard") on several occasions, I decided not to purchase it.

I'm not asking anyone to share my opinion, but in the case of that particular book's approach to depicting its villain, I voted with my wallet.

I'm not really sure what you mean. In the comic Junior (the Yellow Bastard) has bright yellow skin and a horrible odor, but nothing about the character design or his actions suggests an Asian connection. He's a rapist and a child molester - which are negative qualities, and ones that are sometimes ascribed to Asian men in popular media, but it's not like he's shown abducting children and dragging them back to his Chinatown lair. He's quite clearly White in the beginning of the story (before he undergoes the medical procedure that makes his skin jaundiced/yellow) and is the son of Senator Roark.

Perhaps you got the wrong impression of the character from a review? IMO the character in the series who is most objectionable to Asians is probably Miho, the silent "Dragon Lady"-ish Japanese assassin. Although Miller depicts here without quite crossing the line into making her a fetish object, this character and one of his previous books, RONIN, says to me that he prefers to depict Japanese through the warped lens of pop culture rather than as normal human beings.

[applehead]

doesn't it remind anyone of that
dick tracy movie?

[Shuriken]

I'm not really sure what you mean. In the comic Junior (the Yellow Bastard) has bright yellow skin and a horrible odor, but nothing about the character design or his actions suggests an Asian connection.

As I said in my post, I was only talking about my personal reaction to the character and not Miller's intentions. And I developed my opinion about the book while leafing through it in a comic-book store. I understand that the character is not supposed to be Asian, but his depiction just reminds me too much of the way Asian villains (of white heroes) have been depicted in previous comics for me to feel comfortable with it.

If you do not feel the same discomfort, more power to you.

[TB4000]

One more day, then we see if all this hype wasn't just bullshit. I seriously hope they captured the book for the most part.

[Banana]

I agree with Shuriken. That charactor caught my attention as well and I don't feel comfortable watching it.

Pass.

[Shuriken]

One more day, then we see if all this hype wasn't just bullshit. I seriously hope they captured the book for the most part.

Andy Klein, the movie critic of L.A.'s City Beat, gave the film a rather lukewarm review. He said that the CGI effects made for a good approximation of the graphic novel's visual style but didn't add anything new for the big screen. He thought that the film would have been more successful as three separate 40-minute films than one long, draining feature.

I'll probably see the movie tomorrow.

[rice cracker]

Nnnnnng...want to seeeeeeee movieeeeeeee...hours to go....

[Faithless]

Devon Aoki is Miho.

Go figure.
Is that "miho", like "where all miho's at?" :frown:

Or are you getting a little bit too possessive?

[TB4000]

One thing a lot of reviews are mentioning is that they're bringing back the excessive nudity that most R rated film were known for back in the '70's and '80's, but mostly because Carla Gugino's character is naked pretty much most of the time she's on screen, as opposed to Alba's stripper Nancy, who had a clause to not be nekkid for her dad's sake.

[TB4000]

Saw it last night...:eek::eek:

I've read the novel, but seeing it played out with real people....whoa. Especially all the graphic scenes of mutilation. It may be black and white, but that shit wasn't no joke, I tell you what.

[Shuriken]

http://witz.org/images/sincitypreview.jpg

Devon Aoki as 'deadly little Miho' in Sin City


Now, that I've seen the movie version of Sin City, I'm not sure what I think about it. Above all, I ask myself, "How would I feel about the film if I hadn't already been familiar with the graphic novel?" The question is important because co-director Robert Rodriguez has taken some pains to effect the appearance of the comic-book drawings on the screen and engaged author-artist Frank Miller as his fellow helmsman.

I can't answer this question immediately because I can't tell how much of the material's comic-bookishness is integral to its telling. Would Sin City, the movie, have been as effective in its narrative design if it hadn't been so indebted to the style of Sin City, the comic? For that matter, would Sin City, the comic, have been so effective if it hadn't been so cinematic and all but cry out for a film adaptation?

The statement foremost in my mind is that not every work of a non-cinema medium ought to be made into a movie. On the silent, highly stylized page, the dystopic cynicism and bloody brutality of Frank Miller's Sin City kept the reader at an arm's distance that allowed a clinical — but appreciative — analysis. Meanwhile, the pungent poetry of the speech balloons, spoken silently in the reader's mind, allowed a moment's pause to contemplate both how the words ground together and their tastefully tacky indebtedness to hard-boiled pulp fiction.

The film transplants the comic book's language and visual style almost verbatim and viderim. But what once looked engaging and innocuous on the page seems viscerally off-putting on the screen. Where Miller's pen-and-ink violence boasted an other-wordly balletic quality, to see actual flesh-and-blood bodies — however digitally distanced — engaged in these same rites only drives home the beastial brutality of the action. And that visciousness reverberates with something also not found in the comics: the Dolby-enhanced soundtrack. It's one thing to see Miller's anti-hero Marv slug an opponent with the sound effect inked in large block letters; it's another thing to see and hear Marv's on-screen alter ego (a long-M.I.A. Mickey Rourke) break an opponent's rib cage with a nauseating crunch.

On the comic page, Miller's female characters seemed cartoonish and campy — Frazetta-like abstractions. But in the film, the actual bodies of the actresses come off as constrained by the sophomoric one-dimensionality of the characterizations. In the film, which compresses the comics' narrative, it's harder to overlook the fact that virtually all of the female characters are hookers or strippers. Of the two who aren't, Carla Gugino's parole cop spends most of her moments topless, and the opening scene's woman in the red dress (Marley Shelton) — not to give too much away — doesn't fare much better.

Speaking of the hookers — a well-armed army of autonomous harlots led by Rosario Dawson's Gail — their far-out get-ups, like superhero costumes, don't translate that well to the screen. With the inky abstractions gone, the mind wonders why these women, who have gained freedom the city's cynical patriarchs, would turn to prostitution — which suggests that they are not really that free after all. On a practical level, one could surmise that these women are still forced by circumstances into prostitution as a way of financing their self-governing ghetto, but the movie doesn't explore this possibility in any meaningful way.

Given that the movie's corporeal portrayal of the hookers doesn't come off as tidily as their more spectral potrayal in the comic, it's probably all for the best that Sin City's resident stripper, Nancy (Jessica Alba), doesn't go topless, as she does in the source material. While perhaps losing a little of her allure, the character's nudity would have probably just driven home the wish-fulfillment fictitousness (I'm tempted to say "ickiness") of her love for an older man who saved her life (Bruce Willis). Ink marks on a page don't always translate to the screen.

The same goes for the dialogue. While the off-screen voice-overs retain the comic's film-noirish sense of mood, the ostentatious on-screen exchanges sometimes seem a little too fanciful and hipper-than-thou. The movie was probably right to retain the voice-overs, but the sync dialogue might have been more believable if pared down.

If nothing else, Sin City proves the old stand-by that each medium has its own inherent qualities that cannot be translated word-for-word, scene-for-scene into another. The filmmakers apparently set out to prove otherwise. And this is what damns Sin City.

[hooligan]

I feel hella dirty for seeing it, but it was a good movie.

[TB4000]

"He made me WAATTTCHHHHH!!!!!!...."

If you've seen it already, you know that scene had me shivering.

[YuheiCarreau]

Saw it last night. Overall I was satisfied, but if you've read the comics it remains a pretty big letdown.

Pros: Very faithful to the source material. Filmed mostly in greenscreen studios, but without looking quite as silly or fake as SKY CAPTAIN. Many good performances from minor and major characters, lots of graphic violence, and Frank Millier's name in big letters at the beginning (unlike the ROBOCOP series, which he also wrote).

Cons: So faithful to the source material that there's virtually nothing new to see if you've already read the comics - almost every shot is taken straight off the comic page. Some incredibly weak performances, especially from Bruce Willis and Jessica Alba - Willis wasn't gruff enough, and Alba is too much of a goody-goody to play a sexpot stripper. Also, because the film tried to compress 3 major SIN CITY stories into the standard two hours, there isn't a single second of breathing space. The comics had slow, deliberate narration, lots of random eye candy in between scenes, and most importantly they took their time revealing plot twists, as any good mystery / detective story should. In the film all the narration is too rushed, and the city itself loses a lot of important personality quirks.

Final thoughts: Benicio del Toro as "Jackie Boy" Rafferty is easily the best performance, with Mickey Rourke's Marv trailing in second place (the comic book Marv is a big dumb oaf - the Marv in the film just seems like a smartass actor playing a big dumb oaf). Bruce Willis as Hartigan was easily the worst - and that's counting Brittany Murphy's incredible overacting as Shelly, and Rosario Dawson as Gail. IMO the film should've left out THAT YELLOW BASTARD and worked on uniting THE HARD GOODBYE with either A DAME TO KILL FOR or THE BIG FAT KILL; preferrably DTKF, as that story is far more interesting than BFK and has the bonus of being set before THE HARD GOODBYE, featuring Marv and Dwight teaming up in a few scenes. Devon Aoki was uninteresting and not nearly athletic enough as Miho, though it's not entirely her fault since the character is little more than another Whiteboy jerk-off fantasy to begin with ("Wow, she can kick my ass and she never speaks?! And she's Asian too?! Break me off a piece of that!!").

[TB4000]

LOL, don't forget mute Kevin, the flipside to that..."a guy that doesn't speak and he'll eat me?" ;)

[Irezumi Kiss]

Devon Aoki was uninteresting and not nearly athletic enough as Miho, though it's not entirely her fault since the character is little more than another Whiteboy jerk-off fantasy to begin with ("Wow, she can kick my ass and she never speaks?! And she's Asian too?! Break me off a piece of that!!").
We gotta cut Devvy some slack heah. She's cutting her " method acting" chops with this one. At least it's a notch above the wet-paper-bag thespianism she radiated in "2 Fast, 2 Furious!"

But yeah...where's Go-Go Yubari when you REALLY need her?

[YuheiCarreau]

We gotta cut Devvy some slack heah. She's cutting her " method acting" chops with this one. At least it's a notch above the wet-paper-bag thespianism she radiated in "2 Fast, 2 Furious!"

But yeah...where's Go-Go Yubari when you REALLY need her?

Oh right, like Quentin Tarantino does any better job depicting a well-rounded Asian female character... About the only difference between her and Miho is, Miho never smiles.

[TB4000]

I'd like to have seen Miho vs. Kevin.

[urbia]

Devon Aoki's name isn't even listed in the trailer along with the others, even though she appears in it a few times. That makes her character appear even more one-dimensional, like a nameless but quaint and memorable NPC in a video game.

[Grasshopper]

Devon Aoki was uninteresting and not nearly athletic enough as Miho, though it's not entirely her fault since the character is little more than another Whiteboy jerk-off fantasy to begin with ("Wow, she can kick my ass and she never speaks?! And she's Asian too?! Break me off a piece of that!!").

Well, half Asian anyway. Her father is Benihana restaurant founder Rocky Aoki, Japanese, and her mother is British/German.

[rice cracker]

I! Love! This! Movie!

I thought the casting was pretty good, most of the acting was great (Brittany Murphy, please die thxbye).

I haven't read the books, but once I got used to phrases such as "she smells like angels are supposed to smell" I got sucked the fuck in.

Favorite storyline where our plaster of paris laden friend Marv tortures and kills his way to the top for the love of a woman who was just using him Ahhh, the bitter, she is sweet.

Elijah Wood? "He made me WAAAAATCH!" will live with me until the end of days. I'm still a little excited about his silent ninja elf skillz.

The most satisfying scene ever was Junior getting his wing wong messed the hell up. God, if I were a cop I'd do that every day.

I've got so many thoughts about this movie that if I keep going on I'll just end up gurlging more than I already am.

Oh, and I will go on record as saying Devon Aoki looked the best I've ever seen her. Normally I think she resembles a pouty alien with Downs, but she looked really nice in this movie!

[pretense78]

I! Love! This! Movie!

I thought the casting was pretty good, most of the acting was great (Brittany Murphy, please die thxbye).

I haven't read the books, but once I got used to phrases such as "she smells like angels are supposed to smell" I got sucked the fuck in.

Favorite storyline where our plaster of paris laden friend Marv tortures and kills his way to the top for the love of a woman who was just using him Ahhh, the bitter, she is sweet.

Elijah Wood? "He made me WAAAAATCH!" will live with me until the end of days. I'm still a little excited about his silent ninja elf skillz.

The most satisfying scene ever was Junior getting his wing wong messed the hell up. God, if I were a cop I'd do that every day.

I've got so many thoughts about this movie that if I keep going on I'll just end up gurlging more than I already am.

Oh, and I will go on record as saying Devon Aoki looked the best I've ever seen her. Normally I think she resembles a pouty alien with Downs, but she looked really nice in this movie!
All excellent points.:D

[kimpossible]

I thought the casting was pretty good, most of the acting was great (Brittany Murphy, please die thxbye).


Shows what I know. I thought her coked-out slut look would have been perfect for the movie.

[Irezumi Kiss]

Shows what I know. I thought her coked-out slut look would have been perfect for the movie.
Paris Hilton's ditzy-slut look beats Brittany's coked-slut look any day of the week.

The bootlegs of Sin City are already out on the streets, but I'm not gonna give in....

[rice cracker]

Shows what I know. I thought her coked-out slut look would have been perfect for the movie.

Her look might have fit in well, but she was really hammy with her lines.

[SunWuKong]

Speaking of the hookers — a well-armed army of autonomous harlots led by Rosario Dawson's Gail — their far-out get-ups, like superhero costumes, don't translate that well to the screen. With the inky abstractions gone, the mind wonders why these women, who have gained freedom the city's cynical patriarchs, would turn to prostitution — which suggests that they are not really that free after all. On a practical level, one could surmise that these women are still forced by circumstances into prostitution as a way of financing their self-governing ghetto, but the movie doesn't explore this possibility in any meaningful way.

it was a great movie, and Frank Miller is a great story writer - but he's first and foremost a comic book writer after all, and cliché themes are the stable of the most popular comic books.

we're talking about women who show a lot of skin, who have sex for money, and who kick a lot of ass. you might as well be asking, "why wouldn't they be written that way?"

[TB4000]

When Miho went crazy on Jackie Boy's thugs in the car, did anyone else picture Rice Cracker and Kimpossible responding to a waiter getting their order wrong? I know I wasn't the only one, dammit.

[rice cracker]

When Miho went crazy on Jackie Boy's thugs in the car, did anyone else picture Rice Cracker and Kimpossible responding to a waiter getting their order wrong? I know I wasn't the only one, dammit.

I'm about to give you the Junior special *smacks fist* The second Junior special.

[kimpossible]

When Miho went crazy on Jackie Boy's thugs in the car, did anyone else picture Rice Cracker and Kimpossible responding to a waiter getting their order wrong? I know I wasn't the only one, dammit.


Spoiler feature, my good sir! Some of us haven't seen it yet and now I'm going to picture us responding to the waiter!!

Exclamation points!!!!

[Shuriken]

http://witz.org/images/sincitypreview.jpg

Devon Aoki as 'deadly little Miho' in Sin City


I just noticed: In the movie's visual design, blood is always white — except in this one shot where it's all over Devon Aoki's face and is red. Rodriguez probably colored the blood in this image so that it wouldn't look like it was from a porno.

[rice cracker]

I just noticed: In the movie's visual design, blood is always white — except in this one shot where it's all over Devon Aoki's face and is red. Rodriguez probably colored the blood in this image so that it wouldn't look like it was from a porno.

Actually, when Kevin gets fed to his dog, his blood is red.

[TB4000]

You notice that when the main evil characters die, their blood is colored.

[rice cracker]

You notice that when the main evil characters die, their blood is colored.

Yes, I believe Priest Rourk's blood was red when it splattered on Marv's face.

[mr. x]

When Miho went crazy on Jackie Boy's thugs in the car, did anyone else picture Rice Cracker and Kimpossible responding to a waiter getting their order wrong? I know I wasn't the only one, dammit.
actually more like they had asked for the sucky sucky long time special

and speaking of kevin, is there more to his character in the book? he seemed kinda thrown in there in the movie

[Faithless]

Saw the DVD. Man, those damn monotone voices.

One word review: Boring.

[rice cracker]

I just watched the DVD too. I think I have settled on The Big Fat Kill as my favorite storyline. Marv is a crazy badass mutha.

[Faithless]

I just watched the DVD too. I think I have settled on The Big Fat Kill as my favorite storyline. Marv is a crazy badass mutha.
That was the last full story I watched.

The one that came after -- with Devon Aoki, etc. -- it just seemed to go on and on.

After looking at the movie as a whole, guest director QT, the narratives (especially the opening one in the car) the cinematic style, Aoki with her samurai swords, I thought I was watching Kill Bill all over again. :frown:

The Marv storyline was better acted too. There was a part there, in the first story, where Michael Madsen and Bruce Willis sounded like they were running through their lines in a sit-down script read.

[Irezumi Kiss]

I think it's because Mickey Rourke basically had nothing to lose at that point in his "career" and he threw himself into his character fully. He had the most fun with it, especially compared to everyone else.

It was so nice to look at, but yeah...the voices and dialogue...unngggh...but this IS exactly how Frank Miller wanted it, so you got a "true" (co)director's vision with Sin City, take it or leave it.

[younggiftedandblack]

I guess none of you guys are fans of old school film noir??

[deez nuts]

i still don't know whats the hype with this movie. other than bruce willis (i'm a huge bruce willis fan), i don't see what the big deal is.

[younggiftedandblack]

i still don't know whats the hype with this movie. other than bruce willis (i'm a huge bruce willis fan), i don't see what the big deal is.
Well alot of people didn't think they would be able to capture the look and feel of the comic. They did a pretty good job IMO. Sin City 2 is pre-production.

[deez nuts]

Well alot of people didn't think they would be able to capture the look and feel of the comic. They did a pretty good job IMO. Sin City 2 is pre-production.

my friend told me i have to be a fan of the comic book. i didn't even know it was originally a comic book till the movie.

[Irezumi Kiss]

Yeah, if you were a fan of the comic, this was almost a holy grail for you. I wasn't a diehard fan of the comic per sé, but I did like it and now I wish I'd gotten the first issues way back when just to sell 'em to the freax on eBay. I still think the dialogue stunted the film, but visually it rocked. I'll go peep the second when it comes out.