The rain was pouring hard as I left the theatre; the warm sun that shined a couple of hours ago was long gone. I didn’t feel just how bad the weather was until I realized I forgot where I parked my car in this maze of a parking lot. After a bit of searching I get use to the cold and wet darkness that tightly gripped me. “The perfect night”, I thought. The car was nearby, waiting for the drive home. I start the car, roll down my window, and turn the radio down…all the way down. Nothing should spoil this night…this perfect moment…the drive home after seeing the movie Sin City.
Ok, don’t laugh too much at my intro there, I know I aint no Frank Miller. But I honestly did feel like I was in the movie/book when I left the theatre. The rainy night was incredibly ideal. And speaking of “ideal”….wow….just wow…what a great movie. I honestly don’t remember the last time I saw a movie that hit me so well. At first I thought that it might have been just because I associated it too much with the greatness of the comic books, but my cousin, with whom I seen the movie, never even heard of the story and he loved it just as much. But overall, I think the movie was really made for the readers to fully enjoy. I doubt that any fan of Sin City would be at all disappointed.
What’s there to say specifically? I feel as though we already said a lot in the other thread, in our anticipation of the movie. We expected the movie to follow the books very closely and it does. In fact, it’s almost a frame-by-frame, perfect replication of the artwork. If nothing else, this movie goes visually where no other movie has gone before, and does so with incredible success and beauty. Of course, there were some little scenes that were cut out, but for the most part I think they were good choices (I’ll mention the bad choices later). We also mentioned how a lot of the narration in the trailers seemed exactly like we imagined it in our heads when we read the books. Another bull’s-eye! Great tone and feel to the dialogs and narrations (hehe, don’t you think that Marv, Manute, and Senator Roark all sounded the same). We were a little worried about Jessica Alba, but I think she pulled through just fine as Nancy.
Damn it, there are so many other great things I need to mention, but I would like to also mention my (very small) objections.
Ok, so the intro to the movie was brilliant. They chose one of the best short stories form “Booze, Broads, and Bullets”. Then the three big stories kind of mix up for the remainder of the movie. I didn’t expect this, but it worked out well. But I have to admit I was getting a little worried during Marv’s story. I really feel like it was too rushed. It kept jumping from one action scene to the next without taking a breath. Yes I know that that’s how the book also goes, but I didn’t want the movie to be all violence and none of the great dialogues and film noir tones. Maybe they could have mixed the stories up so that The Long Hard Goodbye spans out longer and mixes more with the other stories. But “That yellow Bastard”, and “The Big Fat Kill” were so perfectly balanced that by the end of the movie, I had a very positive outlook on Marv’s story too. I’ll see how I feel the second time I see it.
I read some people’s criticisms that the stories are too unrealistic. This obviously goes as more of a critique of the comic books. They say that the heroes get away from death too easily, while the villains die almost instantly. Now this is very true, and it is just further amplified by the movie. Marv gets smashed in the head, shot, and falls from big heights so many times it just seems too ridiculous. Not to mention just how hard he gets hit by Wendy’s car…twice (3 times maybe?). So yeah for a while I also thought the movie should have made it more realistic. But now, I’m not so sure. Why should movies be a 100% realistic? That can really take a lot of fun out it. I’m sure that we wouldn’t get the same feeling about Marv if he wasn’t such a crazy survivor.
As I mentioned before, the movie stays very close to the story line in the books. There were some scenes that I really didn’t expect to be shown, like “I take his weapon away…both of them.” Hehe, someone even mentioned in the other thread that that would probably have to be cut. There was a decent amount of nudity also, another thing we doubted. But I was also slightly disappointed in some cutting choices. First of all, the scene when Marv goes to pick up his gun at his mother’s house. I felt that Marv’s story needed a slower pace at times. This scene would have nicely balanced with all the violence soon to come. But then again, maybe we needed all of Marv’s aggression to pump us up for the rest of the movie. I also wanted to see that scene when Hartigan imagines he has “the strength of Hercules.” It really didn’t seem like something that should have been cut, and I always liked that scene in the story.
But overall, just incredible. We should be so glad we even had a chance to see this movie made, and I know I’m glad that I read all the books beforehand. So, guess what movie I’ll be seeing again this weekend.
Ok, don’t laugh too much at my intro there, I know I aint no Frank Miller. But I honestly did feel like I was in the movie/book when I left the theatre. The rainy night was incredibly ideal. And speaking of “ideal”….wow….just wow…what a great movie. I honestly don’t remember the last time I saw a movie that hit me so well. At first I thought that it might have been just because I associated it too much with the greatness of the comic books, but my cousin, with whom I seen the movie, never even heard of the story and he loved it just as much. But overall, I think the movie was really made for the readers to fully enjoy. I doubt that any fan of Sin City would be at all disappointed.
What’s there to say specifically? I feel as though we already said a lot in the other thread, in our anticipation of the movie. We expected the movie to follow the books very closely and it does. In fact, it’s almost a frame-by-frame, perfect replication of the artwork. If nothing else, this movie goes visually where no other movie has gone before, and does so with incredible success and beauty. Of course, there were some little scenes that were cut out, but for the most part I think they were good choices (I’ll mention the bad choices later). We also mentioned how a lot of the narration in the trailers seemed exactly like we imagined it in our heads when we read the books. Another bull’s-eye! Great tone and feel to the dialogs and narrations (hehe, don’t you think that Marv, Manute, and Senator Roark all sounded the same). We were a little worried about Jessica Alba, but I think she pulled through just fine as Nancy.
Damn it, there are so many other great things I need to mention, but I would like to also mention my (very small) objections.
Ok, so the intro to the movie was brilliant. They chose one of the best short stories form “Booze, Broads, and Bullets”. Then the three big stories kind of mix up for the remainder of the movie. I didn’t expect this, but it worked out well. But I have to admit I was getting a little worried during Marv’s story. I really feel like it was too rushed. It kept jumping from one action scene to the next without taking a breath. Yes I know that that’s how the book also goes, but I didn’t want the movie to be all violence and none of the great dialogues and film noir tones. Maybe they could have mixed the stories up so that The Long Hard Goodbye spans out longer and mixes more with the other stories. But “That yellow Bastard”, and “The Big Fat Kill” were so perfectly balanced that by the end of the movie, I had a very positive outlook on Marv’s story too. I’ll see how I feel the second time I see it.
I read some people’s criticisms that the stories are too unrealistic. This obviously goes as more of a critique of the comic books. They say that the heroes get away from death too easily, while the villains die almost instantly. Now this is very true, and it is just further amplified by the movie. Marv gets smashed in the head, shot, and falls from big heights so many times it just seems too ridiculous. Not to mention just how hard he gets hit by Wendy’s car…twice (3 times maybe?). So yeah for a while I also thought the movie should have made it more realistic. But now, I’m not so sure. Why should movies be a 100% realistic? That can really take a lot of fun out it. I’m sure that we wouldn’t get the same feeling about Marv if he wasn’t such a crazy survivor.
As I mentioned before, the movie stays very close to the story line in the books. There were some scenes that I really didn’t expect to be shown, like “I take his weapon away…both of them.” Hehe, someone even mentioned in the other thread that that would probably have to be cut. There was a decent amount of nudity also, another thing we doubted. But I was also slightly disappointed in some cutting choices. First of all, the scene when Marv goes to pick up his gun at his mother’s house. I felt that Marv’s story needed a slower pace at times. This scene would have nicely balanced with all the violence soon to come. But then again, maybe we needed all of Marv’s aggression to pump us up for the rest of the movie. I also wanted to see that scene when Hartigan imagines he has “the strength of Hercules.” It really didn’t seem like something that should have been cut, and I always liked that scene in the story.
But overall, just incredible. We should be so glad we even had a chance to see this movie made, and I know I’m glad that I read all the books beforehand. So, guess what movie I’ll be seeing again this weekend.
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