Originally posted by: Proletariat
4) Made me go to Church
Why? Hoping to find a Cardinal and a parishioner snacking on a prostitute?
I saw it today. Violent as hell, but truly a great movie. And it was different, very different. It is without a doubt a must see and I am sure will get some movie of the year awards.
It wasn't bad at all. Saw it last night/this morning. Was kind of weird/confusing but quite entertaining, and dare I say, funny?
i had never realized how hot that chick that played the parole officer was, or maybe she was just drawn that way.
It's overrated. I just got back from it, and some of the dialouge is painfully bad ("kill him good"). The B&W/color effect wasn't as good as it could have been - everything in color looked oversaturated. The stories didn't flow together at all. They were OK individually, but they didn't connect very well. The violence was, yeah, violent, but not really disturbing. The white blood effect used in the B&W shots was just comical looking.
It was ok I guess, certainly not as great as everyone else seems to think, unless most of you are just jumping on the "it's awesome because it's different!" bandwagon.
It was ok I guess, certainly not as great as everyone else seems to think, unless most of you are just jumping on the "it's awesome because it's different!" bandwagon.
I thought it was pretty kick ass. Good violence. The overdone comic-book effects (stark white blood, white glasses, white bandages, white silhouettes) looked good. The dialogue fit the movie well, especially the first person narration. It was pretty film noir. Dialogue between some characters I could take or leave, but it doesn't matter anyway and it definitely wasn't glaringly bad.
Tarantino's scene, which some people seem not to like, seemed a little out of place, but I liked it for the fact that Dwight was narrating his own scene to himself. That was cool.
Tarantino's scene, which some people seem not to like, seemed a little out of place, but I liked it for the fact that Dwight was narrating his own scene to himself. That was cool.
MustangSVT
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Don Vito Corleone
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I think both of your first two criticisms (re. the dialogue and the color saturation) imply you don't really get it - this is a comic-book adaptation, not "Gandhi." The dialogue is cut from the cloth of '40's and 50's pulp, potboiler novels, and is self-consciously unrealistic. These are not real people, and they're not meant to look or sound that way. Similarly, the color saturation was intentional, and true to the exaggerated use of limited colors in the source material.
I don't think this is one of history's greatest films, but it's certainly one of the most novel, artistically striking movies in the last several years (hence its critical response, e.g., Ebert giving it 4 stars).
yllus
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I liked it. Well-written, and it refused to bend to the popular belief that all movies should be happy-happy. In Sin City, everyone was a little twisted. Even Willis's straight as an arrow cop character broke when confronted with Alba's bodacious body.
I would definitely welcome a comeback of film noir in this fashion. Too violent? Not any more violent than anything I've seen lately. I welcome the coming of Sin City 2.
I would definitely welcome a comeback of film noir in this fashion. Too violent? Not any more violent than anything I've seen lately. I welcome the coming of Sin City 2.
spacejamz
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my .02 on the violence...
I can see how this kind of violence could de-sensitize alot of people (mostly teenagers) especially since this kind of violence is becoming the norm (think 1st Kill Bill)...
while I personally don't think it was too much, you do have to wonder what kind of effect it will have on certain individuals who cannot distinguish between reality and fiction...
you can definitely see the difference in the graphicness (sp???) of the violence between this movie and something like the first Dusk Until Dawn (which kicked a$$)...
anyway, that is probably another discussion altogether...
and I didn't care for the movie either...not the worst movie I have ever seen, but definitely not the best either...didn't even know it was based on a comic until just before watching the movie, so I had no expectations whatsoever going into the movie.
I can see how this kind of violence could de-sensitize alot of people (mostly teenagers) especially since this kind of violence is becoming the norm (think 1st Kill Bill)...
while I personally don't think it was too much, you do have to wonder what kind of effect it will have on certain individuals who cannot distinguish between reality and fiction...
you can definitely see the difference in the graphicness (sp???) of the violence between this movie and something like the first Dusk Until Dawn (which kicked a$$)...
anyway, that is probably another discussion altogether...
and I didn't care for the movie either...not the worst movie I have ever seen, but definitely not the best either...didn't even know it was based on a comic until just before watching the movie, so I had no expectations whatsoever going into the movie.
Elijah's career choice of jumping from Frodo of the Nine Fingers to simply eating fingers is pretty extreme methinks.
The best character was that ugly guy. He had me laughing when he drove through the streets with that guys head in the pavement and said, "They all talk eventually."
Jessica Alba was out of place. She was hot but out of place.
Jessica Alba was out of place. She was hot but out of place.
clamum
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- Feb 13, 2003
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I haven't read the comic but I liked the movie. Didn't expect it to be that violent but that's fine with me. Good acting by all, especially Bruce Willis and Mickey Rourke. And the black and white with sparse colors was different... I welcome different styles as opposed to the same boring crap you see.
Quick Question:
Is there any forced rape in this movie? I just have a friend who would probably walk out if there was so I would like to know before going to it with them.
Is there any forced rape in this movie? I just have a friend who would probably walk out if there was so I would like to know before going to it with them.
yukichigai
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This is one of the few amazingly good movies I've seen this year. Well worth the price of a movie ticket... well, a matinee ticket. (Nothing's worth a goddamn $10+ ticket, unless it's 3 movies in a row) I was genuinely surprised at how well it flows, despite the episodic nature of the film. True, at the end of each "section" I was a little disappointed and found it difficult to "part ways" with a character I'd just grown to know and truly enjoy watching -- especially Marv -- but the "sections" after that were always enough to catch my full attention once more. I found it cool how well the stories tied together, and how amazingly well the whole thing opened and closed with two scenes so similar, so simple and appropriate that it put the conceptual equivalent of a pretty bow on the wrapping of the story. Excellently done.
A few things really surprised me when I watched it. First off, Mickey Rourke is just damn amazing as Marv. That section has to be my favorite story out of all of them, and it's done very well. Secondly, when the f%$# did Elijah Wood get so damn scary? I mean how, how did that little squirt from North turn into some kind of demonic killing machine, and wearing a Charlie Brown shirt no less?
In general, a lot of the performances in this just blew me away. Any movie where Jessica Alba doesn't come off as a no-talent cam-whore is gold in my book. She was actually enjoyable on screen, and not just because she was barely clothed most of the time. And may I just say, if nobody figured out that Bruce Willis can still do action after seeing Hostage, you can now rest assured that he can and still will kick ass and take names. (He cannot, however, kick ass and chew bubblegum, as that is Roddy Piper's speciality) Benecio Del Toro was outstanding, no surprises there. (The car scenes are some of the funniest in the film) And Clive Owen made an excellent anti-hero, even if he can't keep his accent straight half the time.
There were only a few things that bothered me in the film. A few of the CG effects looked too damn cheesy, like when Wendy's going Carmageddon on Marv. And the scene with the army of armed hookers on the rooftop shooting the "fish in the barrel"... yeah, the director needed to inform some of the eye candy that no matter how gorgeous their breasts are that men, by nature, will look at the shiny flashy shooting things, (if only for a moment) and holding an uzi like it's a hair dryer is not going to cut it.
Anyway, a damn good film, something I will have to buy on DVD when it comes out. And on a side note, my personal congradulations to Bruce Willis for making out with Jessica Alba. :thumbsup:
A few things really surprised me when I watched it. First off, Mickey Rourke is just damn amazing as Marv. That section has to be my favorite story out of all of them, and it's done very well. Secondly, when the f%$# did Elijah Wood get so damn scary? I mean how, how did that little squirt from North turn into some kind of demonic killing machine, and wearing a Charlie Brown shirt no less?
In general, a lot of the performances in this just blew me away. Any movie where Jessica Alba doesn't come off as a no-talent cam-whore is gold in my book. She was actually enjoyable on screen, and not just because she was barely clothed most of the time. And may I just say, if nobody figured out that Bruce Willis can still do action after seeing Hostage, you can now rest assured that he can and still will kick ass and take names. (He cannot, however, kick ass and chew bubblegum, as that is Roddy Piper's speciality) Benecio Del Toro was outstanding, no surprises there. (The car scenes are some of the funniest in the film) And Clive Owen made an excellent anti-hero, even if he can't keep his accent straight half the time.
There were only a few things that bothered me in the film. A few of the CG effects looked too damn cheesy, like when Wendy's going Carmageddon on Marv. And the scene with the army of armed hookers on the rooftop shooting the "fish in the barrel"... yeah, the director needed to inform some of the eye candy that no matter how gorgeous their breasts are that men, by nature, will look at the shiny flashy shooting things, (if only for a moment) and holding an uzi like it's a hair dryer is not going to cut it.
Anyway, a damn good film, something I will have to buy on DVD when it comes out. And on a side note, my personal congradulations to Bruce Willis for making out with Jessica Alba. :thumbsup:
yukichigai
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It is a typical sex & violent movie that is utilizes Tarantino twisted mind with Kill Bill blood & humors.
I was disappointed by the movie, because it is confusing & extreme violent humors just like most of Tarantino movies.
quakefiend420
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