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Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 04/21/2009 Run time: 271 minutes
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This movie itself is pretty different. Much like a moving comic book presentation. But it is the use of black&white along with the colors that make it such a visually stunning film. Even if you don't like the film it is worth watching for that. Personally, I like the film. Yes there is some very violent scenes, but I was raised on reading comic books and the violence here is almost the same as comic book violence. I was not at all offended. Also I felt the story line was good. But if you don't even like it after you watch it, you'll have to admit the visuals are stunning.
Brian
"Sin City" is a film noir about a crime-filled city and the people who inhabit it, but it's also a movie unlike any other. The film uses a combination of live action, performed by real actors, and computer graphics to transform Frank Miller's graphic novels into moving pictures. To remember "Sin City" hours later is to remember from a different part of the brain that remembers conventional movies. It's to remember a comic book come to life.
Just technically speaking, it's a remarkable achievement. Robert Rodriguez and Miller (who shared directing duties) set out to do something different and have succeeded in creating a complete other world that's seamless and beautiful. They've not only mastered the technology but have used it with artistry. Most frames in "Sin City" are in black and white, with splashes of vibrant color -- the red of a woman's lipstick, the sickly yellow of a eunuch's complexion. Sometimes a woman is entirely in color, and the man is in black and white. In one shot, a woman takes two steps toward the camera and turns from color to black and white as if stepping into shadows. All these moments have a psychological reverberation -- they say something, paint a mood or instill a feeling.
The performances are in keeping with the visuals, big but controlled. They match the heightened world of the comic book, without spoofing it or commenting on it. For Mickey Rourke, "Sin City" is practically a homecoming. Here's an actor who has seemed a bit strange in any cinematic setting for at least 10 years. But in this comic book context of outsized villains and heroes, everything grand-scale and skewed about Rourke as a screen presence becomes a virtue. It's not enough to say that Rourke is good in "Sin City." It really feels like he lives there.
Rourke stars in the longest of the loosely connected stories that make up the film. Wearing prosthetics that give him an overhanging brow and a jutting chin, he plays Marv, a big ugly bruiser who brings home a pretty girl named Goldie (Jaime King) and wakes up in the morning to find out that she's been killed. Realizing he's about to get framed, he escapes and sets out to find her killer, pounding, smashing and slaughtering everything that gets in his way. Rourke is lots of fun -- confident and bizarre and with a strange imperviousness, as though not occupying the same reality as everyone else. Marv is described at one point as a man out of some earlier, more brutal century. That's how Rourke plays him, as an almost completely instinctive man.
"Sin City" also provides an invigorating showcase for Bruce Willis, as an old cop, Hartigan, who is to retire because of a heart condition. Of course, his last case turns out to be his biggest, one involving a child murderer (Nick Stahl) who also happens to be the son of a senator.
"Sin City" could be criticized as old stuff. The noir world it presents is derivative of 1940s film, and it bears a family resemblance to other postmodern fantasy noirs, such as "Dark City" and "The Crow." Like film noir, it can also be accused of misogyny. Women are slain with abandon -- though so are men -- and the one vision of female strength the movie offers is that of the prostitute. In one segment, a fugitive (Clive Owen) and a thug (Benicio Del Toro) have a fight that spills over into "Old Town," a part of the city ruled by a merry prostitute band. The other female characters are pretty much victims of men: Brittany Murphy plays a barmaid with a nice raunchy resiliency,
and Jessica Alba, though she has trouble acting the role of a nightclub dancer, looks great in black-and-white.
Part of me wants to resist "Sin City," because it's art based on art that's based on art -- that is, a movie based on a comic book based on a film genre -- and, like anything three stages removed from inspiration, it has nothing to say. It's a style piece, a fever dream about film noir, and that hardly seems ambitious or important.
Yet if the movie's aims aren't lofty, its entertainment value is high and consistent. Virtually every moment of "Sin City" engages the mind and the eye. The energy never flags; the story never stalls. It starts in motion, and ends in motion. To make a movie this entertaining is to accomplish a small miracle
Sin City quite simply is jaw-dropping. What more could you ask for? An all-star cast, a striking visual look, brilliant storytelling, a crazed and rather demented cast of characters, and well-executed action scenes. Sin City is easily one of the greatest films of all time (The Internet Movie Database also backs this up, considering it's on the top 250 list). This is easily one of the best films I've ever seen. It's not quite perfect, but almost.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT: The film is comprised of three separate storylines, all taking place in Sin City. One story focuses on a disgraced cop accused of kidnapping and child molestation after being framed by a powerful political individual who will not let his son be brought to justice for his crimes against little girls. Now the cop must protect a stripper (a girl who is now 19 he rescues at the beginning of the film from the crazed child molester.) and prevent her from being hunted down by her kidnapper, raped, and killed. The second storyline focuses on a man who is out to seek revenge for his murdered girlfriend Goldie, while running from the police because he has been accused of the murder by a powerful religious official, and now he has to find the killer and the religious official responsible for it while having the girl's twin sister tag along with him. The third story focuses a man named Dwight who defends his girlfriend from her violent ex-boyfriend and her Old Town Girls (A homicidal gang of gorgeous prostitutes who run the Old Town section of Sin City), when the Old Town Girls accidentally kills a group undercover cops, Dwight is tasked with getting rid of the bodies to protect their reign over Old Town and not anger the police and mobsters and have them come after them.
MUSIC: The musical score was excellent and fit the film perfectly through every moment.
ACTION: This film is modeled like an old black and white film, with small touches of color here and there. The action scenes are quite brutal and disturbing at times, but are loaded with shootouts and dismemberments of people. The action scenes were well done, but this film is definitely not for kids at all.
ACTING: The acting was really good, which is no surprise considering the all-star cast of people. The dialogue was also good, and it did feel believable. Unfortunately, I do have to complain that sometimes the dialogue got a little long-winded and dragged on. This is only a small complaint though, but it does put a blemish on this film.
OVERALL: This is a must-have for any DVD collection. This film is totally brilliant and well-executed in every regard.
THE GOOD: The striking visual style, the action scenes, the acting and actors, the brilliant storytelling, and the great music.
THE BAD: Moments of long-winded dialogue.
Bloody, violent, sexual without apologies, "Sin City" captures the essence of Frank Miller's comic book. Featuring four stories vaguely connected to each other by the setting and some overlapping characters with the main character being the city itself the film co-directed by writer/artist Miller and Robert Rodriguez (and guest director Quentin Tarentino for one segment), "Sin City" has a terrific cast in a modern day film noir classic.
Digitally shot, "Sin City" features a terrific cast including cameos from Michael Duncan Clarke, Elija Wood, Britney Murphy, Carla Gugino (who lights up every scene she's in)and other distinguished folks giving the film signficant star power.
The first disc features the theatrical cut of the film along with two commentary tracks--the first with co-directors Miller & Rodriguez and the second with Rodriguez and guest director Quentin Tarantino. There is also a third alternate audio track recording of the audience at the Austin premiere of the film.
The second disc features the film recut with each segment in chronological order. There are also featurettes on how Rodriguez convinced Miller to make the film, the vintage cars used in the film, the segment that Quentin Tarantino shot,"Booze Borads and Guns: The Props of City City", "Making the Monsters: Special Effects Make Up" "Trench coats and Fishnets: The Costumes of Sin City" as well as the teaser and theatrical trailer for the film (and an annoying Miramax promo at the beginning of the disc). The disc winds up with "15 minute Flic School" , "Sin City: Live in Concert", "10 minute Cooking School", "The Long Take" and an "All Green Screen Version". The last featurette shows how the film looked when they were shooting on the set running at "800 times" the normal speed accompanied by Rodriguez's score. Since almost the entire film was shot without any sets, it makes for a surreal almost theatrical experience. Rodriguez's jazzy score accompanies this version of the film (played at normal speed). It's an odd way to spend eight minutes.
The stories--a hit man (Josh Hartnett)carries out his job in the beginning and ending segments of the film getting close to his subjects and then killing them almost and treating them with surprising tenderness.
The second story concerns Marv (Mickey Rourke)a bull headed thug who decides he has to find out who set him up as a murderer killing the only girl (Jaime King) tht had really been nice to him.
The third story takes us into a bad part of town dominated by hard boiled hookers led by Gail (Rosario Dawson). When a nasty, girl friend beating guy named Jackie (Benicio Del Toro)tries to force one of Gail's girls to do something she doesn't want to, Gail and her girls take revenge. Dwight (Clive Owen)who has already had his own run in with Jackie. He wants to take the guy out as well. Gail and Dwight combine forces to take out Jackie unleashing hell on the girl's side of town.
The third story focuses on police detective Hartigan (Bruce Willis)as he saves a little girl named Nancy from a pedophile (Nick Stahl). The only problem--the pedophile is the son of a powerful, corrupt politician (Powers Boothe)and the nephew of an evil Catholic Cardinal (Rutger Haur). When Hartigan castrates the senator's son he vows revenge by setting up Hartigan for the rape of Nancy. During his time in prison Nancy (Jessica Alba)stayed in touch with Hartigan secretly writing him letters. Parole comes up and the pedophile wants revenge against Hartigan. He also wants the one girl that got away.
A terrific film version of Miller's stories, "Sin City" looks brilliant in its Blu-ray debut with plenty of special features.
This is a top notch blu ray release and will be the one I pop into my PS3 when I want to show off my system. The remastering is of the highest quality as is the sound.
There are a plethora of bonus features included. Some of the best ones are exclusive to the blu-ray version including an interactive comic book which is very creative in its execution.
I loved Sin City when I first saw it in the theater, but the extended cut is superior and the way the directors intended. Separating the stories into different films adds to the continuity of each tale and the added footage fleshes out the storylines. Once you see this version, you'll never want to see the theaterical cut again.
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Movie is a little annoying, and is overkill as far the violence is concerned, pretty graphic, Rosario dawson is super hot, other than that, there is no incentive to watch, I felt like I was being dragged to through another Quentin Taratino-ish flick.
You will watch this movie for years and everytime you see it you will know how lucky you are to have a copy of it.
Story telling at its best with top-notch visuals. I was never a fan of Miller's Comic work, not too pretty for me. I'm more of a Michael Turner person. But with this movie I became addicted to Miller's movies, I try to own everything he is involved.
What is to be said of Sin City? It is by far one of the greatest graphic novel collections of all time and now, it is available in DVD form. This DVD will rock anyone's socks off, whether you are wearing white socks, black socks, grey socks, or argyle socks.
This is a great movie! If you are a fan of the comics (which I am) you will be happy to know that Sin City the movie stays closer to the comics than any other movie based off a graphic novel. Enjoy, kids!
NOTE: Look at the Goya prints of the Napoleonic invasion of Spain.
Style may not be everything in cinema or in anything else, but it does help to pass the time. It can keep you glued to your seat, watching a spectacle and even make you glad you spent whatever you spent for it. In this case its an opportunity to surrender oneself to what may well be the signature movie of the Bush Decade; which is to say, to experiene an essay in sadomasochistic violence, featureing cold, elaborate murders, prolonged and in a sense even ritualized torture and mutilation -- including male castration -- and all delivered in a matter of fact, self-jusifying tone indicative of psychotic depravity.
SIN CITY is kept out of the realm of Pasolini's SADO only by the film's near-abstract visual style, for instead of photographing the performers of these rituals naturally, or realistically, the film utilizes the look of the 'adult' comic, by severely restricting color. By so doing, the movie maintains an atmosphere of fantasy that keeps the enterprize at an acceptable distance from the loathsome; as aceptable a distance as the soft-core sadism of Miller's novels can hope for.
Nevertheless, this film is entertaining as simply a series of vivid, masturbatory fantasies of a vividly and purposefully ghastly nature. It makes for an astringent kind of pornography.
The three stories that make up the scenario of this movie are vehicles for three male anti-heroes; these are played by Mickey Rourke, Bruce willis and Clive Owen. There is nothing even remotely spontaneous about their performances, the controlled nature of the cinematography prevent it. Nevertheless, their performances are hypnotic.
And the stories? The stories, such as they are, are pathetic fantasies of female brutalization, rape and torture, all slick with the slobber of slavish, narcotized love; or that fixation that passes for love among drunken, impotent men. All the women -- except for one little girl -- are either prostitutes or dancing sexual exhibitonists like the peerless and endlessly agile Jessica Alba. Many, oozing treachery, parade the streets and alleys in thrillingly fetishistic costumes.
At first glance there's a familiarity to all this: it has somethng of the old American detective stories from Hammet to Spillane. Rotten doins in back-alley L.A. But, what's happened here is that the sensibility has shifted. Thanks to the power and popularity of Japanese Samurai movies and Hong Kong Kung Fu movies, the genre has changed; its has become Asian. It has become crueler, more intense and utterly fatalistic. All the characters crouch under a low, jagged ceiling of hopelessness.
SIN CITY could well be seen as the story of three rag-tag, out-at-the-elbow Samurai who frequent the same mid-town combo noodle joint, brothel, and tavern where they oggle and salivate over the same generic, interchangeable would-be geishas. They have no Lord, and therefore, no honor or duty, and in their alcohol-soaked consciousnesses, they become the self-appointed protectors of the sluts they are powerless to satisfy physically or financially. Depravity is not a result, it is a foregone conclusion.
Everything is blood-soaked and takes place in the dark.
In a land controlled by a hidden, unapproachable autocrat whose deadly agents are everywhere, whose will and methods are secret, devious and depraved, everything is reduced to a series of block-printed pictures printed cheaply on cheap paper; images of poverty, helplessness, empty commercial sexuality, filth and cold.
Other people's pain is an amusement: Torture has become commonplace.
SIN CITY.
The nights are cloudy, the alleys are dark, the men are dangerous, bars are smoky and femmes are fatale. "Sin City" is a thing of dark, bloody beauty.
It certainly says something if a graphic novel author helps out with a movie... especially if that creator swore he'd never let it be adapted. That is only one of the things that makes "Sin City," the adaptation of Frank Miller's comic, such a fascinating film. And the blu-ray looks like a pretty good buy, particularly since it contains both versions.
"Sin City" is actually made up of three stories: In the depths of Basin (Sin) City, scarred hulk Marv (Mickey Rourke) sleeps with a beautiful prostitute, Goldie (Jaime King), only to find her dead beside him the next morning. Enraged, he goes on a killing spree to find her murderer, and learns that sinister cannibal Kevin (Elijah Wood) is responsible. But there's a powerful figure behind Kevin, who calls the shots.
Elsewhere in Sin City, Dwight (Clive Owen) does his best to defend Gail (Rosario Dawson) and the other Old Town prostitutes. But when Dwight kills a crooked cop, he has to somehow cover up the crime. And Hartigan (Bruce Willis), a cop with a failing heart, goes out of his job with a bang: He rescues little Nancy Callahan from a child molester who happens to be a senator's son. Hartigan is jailed, and when he gets out, he finds that Nancy (Jessica Alba) has grown into a lasso-twirling stripper. But the senator's son -- nicknamed Yellow Bastard -- is still after her.
"Sin City" is one of those few comic book adaptations that doesn't seem... well, cartoonish. Sure, it's the very image of noir, but the grim tone and grey characters are very real. It's not a movie for the fainthearted, but whoever enjoys the films of Quentin Tarantino (who directed one scene here) will surely be blown away.
Like "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow," this film is done almost entirely digitally. But unlike "Sky Captain," it has substance as well as style. All the sets and props are done with computers, and nearly everything is in black and white. Here and there we get a splash of colour -- red lipstick and matching dress, Yellow Bastard's face, green eyes.
The contents of three "Sin City" comic books are interwoven here, and Rodriguez is constantly faithful: A lot of these shots could have been lifted straight from the comic's pages. He also preserves the stark, black-and-white style that the graphic novels are known for. You can't get much more faithful than that.
"Sin City" is not quite a "Kill Bill" bloodfest, though -- surprisingly, this brutal movie has a dark sense of chivalry. Each story is about an outcast man defending a woman's honor, safety, or memory, even if he sacrifices himself in the process. "Sin City" wears its heart on its sleeve, even if that sleeve is bloodstained and torn.
Most of the actors do wonderful jobs -- Owen's dark photographer, Rourke's scarred strongman, Stahl's revolting Yellow Bastard, and Alba's surprisingly sweet stripper. Only a few, like Brittany Murphy, have lackluster performances. But perhaps the most memorable performances come from Bruce Willis and Elijah Wood. Willis plays his aging cop role with unusual grace, even when shooting the genitals off Yellow Bastard. And Wood plays Kevin with both creepy evil and spiritual ecstacy. All without saying a word.
The blu-ray edition of this movie was a long time in coming, and apparently it won't be a bare-bones release. First, it contains both the theatrical and director's cuts of the movie. And the extras clock in at over six hours, and will (as I write this) include interviews with Miller and Tarantino, "live in concert," audio commentaries, a Marvcentric interactive graphic novel, a visual commentary and something called "10 Minute Cooking School." And it'll have featurettes on a variety of subjects -- costumes, green-screen, makeup, Frank Miller, cars, and many other subjects.
"Sin City" is a remarkable, bleak, intense movie -- a halfway point between Tarantino and Raymond Chandler. An outstanding piece of work.
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