Sin City
I've seen two other blog posts with 'Sin City' as the title, so I figured I'd join in. I went to see it with Grace, and I'll try to take the people behind me who kept kicking our seats and talking into consideration when making my review.
I don't normally do reviews, but I want to for this film. If I say I didn't like it that much without justification, I'll have to explain on a case-by-case basis anyways.
In the first scene with Bruce Willis and Michael Madsen, I found the acting to be dry. They both seemed very uninspired in the scene. I will vouch for Mickey Rourke though, his acting was superb. His role should make the entire cast and crew of Hellboy hang their heads in shame and say "damn...that was good".
From what I'm told, the plot stays true to the original story, which is a blessing for true fans. However, I think it felt way too much like they just pasted a comic book onto film. There was far too much narrative, and given that Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Benicio Del Toro, and (to a lesser extent) Clive Owen all have deep, scratchy voices, the same voice ran through the whole movie.
In my opinion (and I really mean that, I'm not trying to say that any of my ideas would make the movie better), I think they should have really made the film seem like a comic book. Make the action seem way more animated. Sharp, unmoving camera shots, way more black and white scenes (like the purely white bandages on Marv's face in the shadows), and some overly fake comic book effects (admittedly, they did the last pretty well. The explosions looked impressive, and guns looked pretty cool when fired).
I would have even liked it if the characters were replaced with drawn versions of themselves during scenes of inactivity...sort of fading in between foreground and background, between comic book and film. If you've seen the film, Kevin sitting reading the bible would be a good example. Elijah Wood's character Kevin was great, it felt like he really was an animated comic book character on a film screen, not Elijah Wood trying to play a role.
It would have been nice to see them tie in the stories much more, Pulp Fiction style. They tried to have the stories tie in to one another in some small ways, but they weren't tied tight enough. Either do it thoroughly, or not at all.
All in all, I enjoyed it, but it wasn't as good as I was hoping for. I've heard nothing but good reviews, so I was hoping this was as impressive as the hype.
If anyone has seen The Maxx (old MTV cartoon), I think it was really well done. Of course, it was animated, but the style itself was a really great fusion of two mediums, comic book and television.
Listening to... Weezer - The Sweater Song
Link of the moment... Sin City @ IMDB
I don't normally do reviews, but I want to for this film. If I say I didn't like it that much without justification, I'll have to explain on a case-by-case basis anyways.
In the first scene with Bruce Willis and Michael Madsen, I found the acting to be dry. They both seemed very uninspired in the scene. I will vouch for Mickey Rourke though, his acting was superb. His role should make the entire cast and crew of Hellboy hang their heads in shame and say "damn...that was good".
From what I'm told, the plot stays true to the original story, which is a blessing for true fans. However, I think it felt way too much like they just pasted a comic book onto film. There was far too much narrative, and given that Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Benicio Del Toro, and (to a lesser extent) Clive Owen all have deep, scratchy voices, the same voice ran through the whole movie.
In my opinion (and I really mean that, I'm not trying to say that any of my ideas would make the movie better), I think they should have really made the film seem like a comic book. Make the action seem way more animated. Sharp, unmoving camera shots, way more black and white scenes (like the purely white bandages on Marv's face in the shadows), and some overly fake comic book effects (admittedly, they did the last pretty well. The explosions looked impressive, and guns looked pretty cool when fired).
I would have even liked it if the characters were replaced with drawn versions of themselves during scenes of inactivity...sort of fading in between foreground and background, between comic book and film. If you've seen the film, Kevin sitting reading the bible would be a good example. Elijah Wood's character Kevin was great, it felt like he really was an animated comic book character on a film screen, not Elijah Wood trying to play a role.
It would have been nice to see them tie in the stories much more, Pulp Fiction style. They tried to have the stories tie in to one another in some small ways, but they weren't tied tight enough. Either do it thoroughly, or not at all.
All in all, I enjoyed it, but it wasn't as good as I was hoping for. I've heard nothing but good reviews, so I was hoping this was as impressive as the hype.
If anyone has seen The Maxx (old MTV cartoon), I think it was really well done. Of course, it was animated, but the style itself was a really great fusion of two mediums, comic book and television.
Listening to... Weezer - The Sweater Song
Link of the moment... Sin City @ IMDB
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