Café de Nuit

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.

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

First behind me, that is.

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.

D20 Modern or Savage Worlds, probably.

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

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.

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".

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.