Frank Miller's Sin City

Reginald de Curry · Post by **Reginald de Curry** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 9:08 am

Saw the movie last night. Best adaptation of a comic series I have ever seen, bar none. Fans of The Yellow Bastard especially will not be disappointed.

Jasper · Post by **Jasper** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:30 pm

Great movie. I will be first in line to get it on dvd when it comes out.

Reginald de Curry · Post by **Reginald de Curry** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 2:12 pm

First behind me, that is.

Corrupted_Loremaster · Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:32 am

You know, honestly, I had my doubts about Bruce Willis, but he did a rather good job. A few things bothered me, mainly that some lines that looked fine on paper were a little akward when actually said outloud, and Rourke's body language got a little funky at times, but overall I quite liked it. Now I'm just wondering what game system out there is best suited to run something along those kind of lines.

Reginald de Curry · Post by **Reginald de Curry** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 2:03 pm

D20 Modern or Savage Worlds, probably.

For those who haven't seen it yet, yes, it is

-worthy.

The Nightmare Man · Post by **The Nightmare Man** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:57 am

Unfortunately, it hasn't opened here in Australia yet.

But I've been looking forward to this for a very long time. I'm a fan of the original Miller works on the comic Sin City, and I'm hoping this adaptation does the series some significant justice.

Reginald de Curry · Post by **Reginald de Curry** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:32 am

Oh, it does, make no mistake. Frank Miller was heavily involved in the production, directing, and screenplay.

And I mean heavily involved in the literal sense, not "Hollywood-speak".

Jester of the FoS · Post by **Jester of the FoS** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:37 pm

Robert Rodriguez, the main director, actually resigned from the Director's Guild so he could give Miller co-director credit.

Cole Deschain · Post by **Cole Deschain** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 3:52 pm

Awesome flick. Caught the midnight showing when it came to town.

Awesome.

Some of the acting was a little "off," to be sure (I was particularly disappointed in Mr. Blonde. We know you're better than that, dude), but for the most part, it was utterly awesome.

Insanely faithful to the comics... and Clive Owen rules.

Thank you, that is all.

Reginald de Curry · Post by **Reginald de Curry** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:06 am

You've gotta love Elijah Wood in that movie. What a way to get out of typecasting.

Brandi · Post by **Brandi** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 6:10 am

I was impressed by the film (can't quite say I liked it; it's a bit more brutal than I like), but I was particularly taken with Mickey Rourke's performance. I thought his career'd tanked years ago.

Dr Bloodworth · Post by **Dr Bloodworth** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 2:56 pm

I liked it. Who was the big ugly guy who played Marv? I thought it was Ron Perlman sans the makeup, but maybe not. Oh well. I thought it was very good. I know that when my girlfriend's watching Gilmore Girls from now on, though, I won't be able to look at Alexis Bledel the same way.

Jason of the Fraternity · Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:55 pm

I have to second Brandi's impression of the movie. While I really enjoyed the majority of the film, some of the violence did seem to be much more brutal than what I was expecting (and even somewhat comfortable with). I wouldn't say that it ruined the movie by any means, but some of the violence didn't really seem to add much of anything either. Overall, I would still rank it as a four out of five.

Orang Santu wrote:Who was the big ugly guy who played Marv?

Mickey Rourke

Reginald de Curry · Post by **Reginald de Curry** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 8:03 am

Jason of the Fraternity wrote:I have to second Brandi's impression of the movie. While I really enjoyed the majority of the film, some of the violence did seem to be much more brutal than what I was expecting (and even somewhat comfortable with). I wouldn't say that it ruined the movie by any means, but some of the violence didn't really seem to add much of anything either. Overall, I would still rank it as a four out of five.

The violence was in keeping with the original graphic novels. If you haven't read them (or glanced through them in a comic book shop) then you probably can't avoid being somewhat surprised.

Personally, I'm glad they didn't water it down. It plays much better this way.

Jason of the Fraternity · Tue Apr 26, 2005 9:24 am

Reginald de Curry wrote:If you haven't read them (or glanced through them in a comic book shop) then you probably can't avoid being somewhat surprised.

I'm familiar with the graphic novels but have only briefly flipped through them before seeing the movie. While I realized that violence was a key part to the story, I was still a little surprised by just how much was transferred from one medium to the other.

Reginald de Curry wrote:Personally, I'm glad they didn't water it down. It plays much better this way.

I'm not sure what my final thoughts on this would be. Again, I didn't really mind the violence all that much (although my wife was much more disturbed than I was surprised), but, not being a follower of the graphic novels, was still a little surprised just how much there was.

As for watering it down, I could potentially see the movie losing something in the translation. However, some scenes seemed unnecessary from a first time view. For example, as much as I enjoyed seeing Elijah Wood being hacked apart, the scene where you see the dog eat at his bloody stumps didn't seem particularly necessary (albeit deliciously ironic) for the plot.

Perhaps, I'll need to read through some of the graphic novels in more detail and then rewatch the movie though. As much as I did enjoy Sin City, I might gain a deeper appreciation for things having a better background in its origin.

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