Sin City

Sm0ke · 01-03-2006 10:59pm #1

i finally saw this film.ITS AMAZING i never taught id like it half as much as i did! the casting was spot on, Mickey Rourke Was brilliant and seemed made to play that role wasnt mad about clive owens part but the whole Harrington Nancy story was brilliant.

it was violent sharp full of revenge just my perfect movie!!! do u think they'll make a secound one or was there only 3 stories in the original sin city graphic novels?!?

rahim · 01-03-2006 11:16pm

Yeah great film, I absolutely loved it.
Theres a second in the works, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458481/
2006 apparently.
Personnaly I can't wait!

Pigman II · 01-03-2006 11:18pm

Technically brilliant but it's still a piece of shít.

Hugh Hefner · 01-03-2006 11:18pm

Sin City 2 is in pre-production. Sin City 3 has been announced.

I thought it was quite good, not great. I really want to see more of Hartnett's character! The Salesman, right?

meldrew · 01-03-2006 11:38pm

It looks great but overall I was disappointed with it maybe the sequel might be better

Kingp35 · 02-03-2006 12:53am

Looks good but the actual stories were not great, in fact they were very average. they need to come up with some decent stories because Style over substance doesnt work for me.

monkeyfudge · 02-03-2006 12:56am

I'd probably have enjoyed it more if I was a teenage boy.

Jimi-Spandex · 02-03-2006 2:17am

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Absolute quality.

Sure the stories are hackneyed and the dialogue is cliched but it's supposed to be that way. This isn't a movie about well fleshed out characters or intricate plot or nuanced dialogue. It's an ultra violent update of old noir gumshoe movies. Which it does superbly imo. I can see why it isn't some people's cup of tea.

Laguna · 02-03-2006 2:24am

Pigman II wrote:

Technically brilliant but it's still a piece of shít.

I completely agree. The highly stylised visuals masked an average film and some limp performances (I'm looking at the taut arse of you, Jessica Alba)..

rahim · 02-03-2006 4:28pm

Jimi-Spandex wrote:

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Absolute quality.

Sure the stories are hackneyed and the dialogue is cliched but it's supposed to be that way. This isn't a movie about well fleshed out characters or intricate plot or nuanced dialogue. It's an ultra violent update of old noir gumshoe movies. Which it does superbly imo. I can see why it isn't some people's cup of tea.

Exactly.

Zapp Brannigan · 02-03-2006 5:17pm

Hugh Hefner wrote:

I really want to see more of Hartnett's character! The Salesman, right?

thought he was called The Lady Killer?

anyways, I loved the film it's among my favourites. I felt the whole thing was very well done. Can't wait for the next one

Hugh Hefner · 02-03-2006 7:23pm

*Checks IMDB*

It says The Salesman. Maybe the comics had a different name for him. Either way he was ****in' sweet.

User45701 · 02-03-2006 7:28pm

this movie was amazing i loved every bit of it

Necronomicon · 02-03-2006 10:39pm

Kingp35 wrote:

Looks good but the actual stories were not great, in fact they were very average. they need to come up with some decent stories because Style over substance doesnt work for me.

If the stories are the only thing you don't like, you should try to get your hands on the graphic novel Hell And Back. It's the longest Sin City story, and it's excellent. It's in the rumor mill to be in one of the sequels, but nothing is confirmed.
I can understand mixed reaction towards the movie, definately not everybody's cup of tea. In terms of being faithful to its source material though, I don't think there's ever been a better adaption of a comic.

BlackWizard · 03-03-2006 12:03pm

I thought it was great. Alot better than some of the stuff that has come out
in the last few years.

I actually liked the story

It suited the film IMO.

I wasnt expecting some sort of Reservoir Dogs movie which the person I went
to see it with did and they ended up being a little diappointed and confused.

I think its best not to think when you watch it and just let the movie carry
you away like a dream.

Roar · 03-03-2006 3:59pm

the new region one dvd looks a cracker

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BCKFWK/104-8537784-5103124?v=glance&n=130

Sm0ke · 03-03-2006 7:18pm

Jimi-Spandex wrote:

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Absolute quality.

Sure the stories are hackneyed and the dialogue is cliched but it's supposed to be that way. This isn't a movie about well fleshed out characters or intricate plot or nuanced dialogue. It's an ultra violent update of old noir gumshoe movies. Which it does superbly imo. I can see why it isn't some people's cup of tea.

u have it exactly spot on there

harnetts character was indeed called the salesman

the most stand out character from people ive been talking to was elijah wood's who didnt even have any lines but just by look alone is ****ed up lol!

Gonzo · 03-03-2006 9:32pm

is that Region 1 DVD edition ever going to be released here? Ive been holding off buying the current editon for quite some time now

pbsuxok1znja4r · 04-03-2006 3:27am

I'd probably have enjoyed Sin City if I was a tasteless moron. Sadly, I'm not.

Films can be highly stylised to their benefit, or to their detriment. Sin City falls into that latter category. Wow, it was black & white with dashes of colour. This brought nothing good to the film. Every piece of meaning that was attempted to be wrought from this was just overworked and clumsy.

Absolutely cringe-inducing dialogue. I'd expect better even from a mere comic-book. Obviously the fact that this was an adaption of a stylish comic book somehow gave the producers/directors the notion that they had carté blanche to make the rest of the film utterly woeful.

It doesn't even qualify as "ultra-violent", I'm afraid. So any 'merit' supposed to be reside within that fact is therefore non-existent.

This purported to be one of those films that followed multiple storylines, yet next to no crossover or coherency between the different plotlines was to be found. It truly was like watching three different films. So what's the point in putting them together? I'd have preferred just one half-decent story. Possibly the only thing they had in common was the fact that they were all crap.

BlackWizard wrote:

I think its best not to think when you watch it and just let the movie carry
you away like a dream.

Funny you should say that - it quite literally put me to sleep in the cinema. It was that boring. It felt like the longest film I'd ever seen.

Necromomicon wrote:

In terms of being faithful to its source material though, I don't think there's ever been a better adaption of a comic.

So what? That means jack shit to me when I'm sitting in front of a cinema screen, possibly having never even read the comics. So either the source material is just plain shit as a film, or it's not all that faithful to it.

...I want my three hours back...

Hugh Hefner · 04-03-2006 10:44am

scouser.tommy wrote:

It doesn't even qualify as "ultra-violent", I'm afraid. So any 'merit' supposed to be reside within that fact is therefore non-existent.

I would agree. Really not all that violent.

Necronomicon · 04-03-2006 6:03pm

scouser.tommy wrote:

So what? That means jack shit to me when I'm sitting in front of a cinema screen, possibly having never even read the comics. So either the source material is just plain shit as a film, or it's not all that faithful to it.

Boo ****ing hoo. It wasn't your cup of tea, same could be said for a lot of people. I said in terms of being faithful to the source material, it was flawless, which it was. I wasn't trying to tell you that you should have liked it, I'm saying why I did.

Sm0ke · 04-03-2006 9:26pm

scouser.tommy wrote:

I'd probably have enjoyed Sin City if I was a tasteless moron. Sadly, I'm not.

was there any need for that? u basically just slagged anyone here who said they liked it. im sorry u didnt enjoy the film but theres seriously no need to insult everyone who did

astro · 05-03-2006 5:45pm

I thought that film was well overrated, it just tried too hard to be stylish.

pbsuxok1znja4r · 06-03-2006 3:43pm

Sm0ke wrote:

was there any need for that? u basically just slagged anyone here who said they liked it. im sorry u didnt enjoy the film but theres seriously no need to insult everyone who did

Haha okay I'm sure none of you are tasteless morons. :rolleyes: I wouldn't worry about my saying that, it's not like I actually know any of them, so my opinion on the question of their being tasteless morons doesn't really hold any weight, you follow?
So 'chillax', eh? :cool:

MicrosoftMan · 06-03-2006 4:04pm

astro wrote:

I thought that film was well overrated, it just tried too hard to be stylish.

I don't think it tried too hard to be stylish, I think it just was stylish, slick n'sweet piece of movie making. Something that is a bit of fresh air in the film world that is well needed, not just following the same old routine. Sort of like The Matrix as in a totally different approach and new film expierience

Jimi-Spandex · 06-03-2006 5:02pm

scouser.tommy wrote:

I'd probably have enjoyed Sin City if I was a tasteless moron. Sadly, I'm not.

PLEASE SIRR TELL ME HOW TO BE A MEGA COOEL MOVEI CRITIC LIEK YOUU!!!"11

Seriously, your comments were astoundingly troll-like.

I think there's a certain cohesion to everything about the film the "good" and the "bad". It all fits in with the world that Frank Miller created. The dialogue, the characters, the style all work within the context of the movie. You may not like it overall but it hardly makes you the be all and end all of taste.

How could you not think this movie was ultra violent though? I mean granted it's not Ichi the Killer but come on, there's not much that approaches that movie.

Hugh Hefner · 06-03-2006 6:03pm

Well it really doesn't fall into the category of ultra-violent. Lots of guns and big things doesn't equal ultra-violence. A Die Hard movie was about on a par with Sin City, with regards to violence. And Die Hard ain't ultra-violent. Also there's the fact that since the film was SFXed up the ying-yang and set in a world with some fantasy elements any violence that happens is dampened.

Hugh Hefner · 06-03-2006 6:04pm

Well it really doesn't fall into the category of ultra-violent. Lots of guns and big things doesn't equal ultra-violence. A Die Hard movie was about on a par with Sin City, with regards to violence. And Die Hard ain't ultra-violent. Also there's the fact that since the film was SFXed up the ying-yang and set in a world with some fantasy elements any violence that happens is dampened.

pbsuxok1znja4r · 07-03-2006 9:20am

Jimi-Spandex wrote:

PLEASE SIRR TELL ME HOW TO BE A MEGA COOEL MOVEI CRITIC LIEK YOUU!!!"11

Who are you even imitating there with the crap spelling?

It's not as if I type like that...

Jimi-Spandex wrote:

Seriously, your comments were astoundingly troll-like.

Cool. I aim to astound. :cool:

Jimi-Spandex wrote:

I think there's a certain cohesion to everything about the film the "good" and the "bad". It all fits in with the world that Frank Miller created. The dialogue, the characters, the style all work within the context of the movie. You may not like it overall but it hardly makes you the be all and end all of taste.

So basically what you're saying is that within the shitty standards of Sin City's own shitty context, it "works". Wow. Sounds like a must-see.
And, yeah, it just so happens that I am the be-all and end-all of taste.
My judgement of Sin City is that it both sucks and blows, and I've conviction enough in my own judgements not to doubt them as soon as few punters on boards.ie say they like it. Your opinions means nothing to me, and my opinion doubtless means just as little to you - so take it or leave it.

Paddy100 · 07-03-2006 1:34pm

I'm surprised by peoples reaction to the film. I thought it was brilliant and one of the most watchable films of 2005. It had a great cast, with great stories. i really enjoyed it and the Special Edition of Sin City has just been released in the US so it should be long before its out here. cant wait to get it!

Really looking forward to the 2nd one, and i would also like to see more of harnetts character.

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