Reviews of Sin City

Brutal Yet Beautiful

Posted : 7 months, 1 week ago on 19 December 2007 10:39 (A review of Sin City)

A visual masterpiece, unparalleled to anything ever been made. Gritty, beautiful, mesmerizing and genius. A real treat to anybody with the stomach to handle pure cinematic brutality. On point adaptation of Frank Miller's work.

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Poonany's Thoughts

Posted : 11 months ago on 28 August 2007 10:58 (A review of Sin City)

This is an amazing film and I would recommend it to everybody. Set in black and white with splashes of colour this film tells Three overlapping stories.

What I will say is if you watch five minutes and don't really think you are enjoying it then carry on because trust me after about fifteen minutes you will be as hooked as I was.

The way the film is shot is brilliantly different and the stories are all as compelling as each other. The splashes of colour bring a vividness to the film which many films fail because of.

What I would say though is this film is quite gory so be careful who you are watching it with. In my opinion it is an amazing film.

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Adaptação de quadrinhos

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago on 21 March 2007 05:42 (A review of Sin City)

Como fã de quadrinhos e de cinema, Sin City, na minha opinião, foi a melhor adaptação dos quadrinhos já feita atualmente. Se mantendo fiel as cores, a história, e ao clima da revista que originou o filme, conta também com a atuação primorosa de Bruce Willis.

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Sin City review

Posted : 1 year, 5 months ago on 11 February 2007 06:20 (A review of Sin City)

I fell in love with this film the moment I first watched it at the cinema. It's a typical film noir; a comic book adaptation that is drastically over the top and gritty. Each of the actors selected for the main characters are chosen perfectly and fit the bill like nobody else could. This film appeals to all of my tastes, I'd love to see more films of this type in cinemas and I'm especially looking forward to the sequel.

Angelina Jolie is rumoured to star, I can't think of anyone else who would slot into such a bombastic role so easily. This is a great film, you don't even realise that it's predominantly black and white after a few minutes, though I thought that was essential to the 'feel' of the film, it accentuates the comic atmosphere.

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Sin City review

Posted : 1 year, 5 months ago on 11 February 2007 04:18 (A review of Sin City)

I haven't watched this film in about a year so my rating is based on what I remember now.

All Three Protagonists earned my respect and so I geuninely cared for their causes. This means a lot because I don't like Mickey Rourke but I feel his performance as Marv was perfect. I'm not a big fan of voiceovers but I felt this story needed one seeing as it is comic-basis.

I love the use of colour aswell, only unique things get a colour other than B&W which highlights importance and relevance. I was also enticed by the wardrobe of the heroes. Looks like a long trench coat is my next destination.

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ultimate coolness

Posted : 1 year, 7 months ago on 4 December 2006 11:44 (A review of Sin City)

Movies don't get any cooler than this. The storylines are riveting, the dialog is perfect, the violence is off the scale, and the the blend of real actors with black & white effects, a touch of color where needed, and comic book animated backgrounds is mesmirizing to watch and absolutely beautiful.

The story is actually 4 short stories, and they all very loosely interconnect. The first story is very short, starring Josh Hartnett, a ladies man who seduces and kills women. By itself, it just sets the tone of the movie, but it really seems way too short, until you see how it wraps up the very end of the movie. Next, you have the story of Hartingan who saves little girl Nancy, from a rapist, but get falsely imprisoned and does everything to protect her. When he gets out, the story takes a wicked turn as the rapist is still at large, horribly disfigured, and hell-bent on revenge against both Harting and Nancy, who is now 18 and working as a stripper.

There is also the story of Marv, played by Rourke. Marv is a brute beastly man, and his only love is a prostitute name Goldie. One morning, he wakes up and finds Goldie dead. Someone killed her and framed Marv, and the police are after him. Its one of the longest stories in the film. And there's also the story of an incident between a corrupt cop and prosititutes, which threatens to shatter the peace in the city and cause full out war.

On the DVD, you can view the stories seperately, but best way is to watch the film in its original way, with the movie progressing by jumping from one story line to another.


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absolutely disgusting

Posted : 2 years, 3 months ago on 28 March 2006 04:19 (A review of Sin City)

why is there so much blood and violence. i love horror movies, but i can't stand this this. disgusting. the cinematography is beautiful.

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