Sin City
Saw Sin City last night with a bunch of friends, so naturally, here comes my review. In the star-studded film Sin City, 3 short stories that all occur in the same city take place and have more violence, gratuitious nudity, and male-humor to leave any action movie lover leaving with a great sense of satisfaction. The movie was based off the graphic novel series by some author who I don't remember the name of, and the movie tried to emulate the scenes right out of the pictures. I thought that this was carried out quite well at some points and not very well in others. As a childhood comic book reader, I'd always remember some very vivid pictures of the heroes in battle and that was one of the great things about comics. This movie tries and for the most part succeeds in doing the same thing.
I've been told that there are about 6 short stories, and this movie covered 3 of them. One includes Bruce Willis as an old honest cop who's trying to make the most of the rest of his dying career as he gets older and older. The next talks of a huge badass that's just trying to find out who killed a beautiful prostitute that showed him the time of his life one night. The third is about Clive Owen and how he's tight with "Old Town's" army of hoes. Of course the movie is much more detailed than this, as I'm trying to give very simple summaries. But as you can already see, there's lots of reasons why this place is called Sin City. Each character fights for what he believes is right even though he may be going against the law, church, or their respective superiors. In a world full of corruption and the lack of the existence superheroes more apparent than ever, hope for a good world is hard to find. However, I say that man is not inherently bad. (actually i think this is what the movie says) He may do what's in his best interest at most times, but when things dearest to him are in jeoperdy, it is then when his conscious kicks in and tells him what's right. On the surface this may just seem to be another action movie, but I think the graphic novel actually has some underlying themes that ring true in society. I actually look forward to the next (if there's a next) movie as long as it is produced and directed by the same people.
All in all, I would recommend this movie to any action movie lover (obviously) but I caution that some of the goriness is a tad... excessive? This takes a decent stomach to watch. If you're enticed by my writing about the themes and crap in the previous paragraph, I'd also recommend it to you as it was a very well put together film. It seemed followed the graphic novel/comic very precisely so I would have to assume that it does a good job of portraying original author's story. So Jason, it sounds like you really liked this movie, would you call it one of your favorites? Hrmm... It does get close, but I haven't quite decided how much I liked it. A possible re-viewing in the future is to be scheduled. Not a favorite yet eh... what would you rate it on your ever-so-ambigous rating system? Ehh... how bout a 7.5, I was impressed with this movie. I feel like stopping now.
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