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Sin City - 30/9/2005 12:41:51 PM

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RE: - 21/2/2006 1:47:48 PM

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I sort of enjoyed the film. It has a very interesting style and looks fantastic. However I have to wholeheartedly agree with Mark Kermode's review when he said the film has no heart. So although I enjoyed it I forgot about it five minutes later and will not be looking to watch it again.

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RE: RE: - 21/2/2006 9:59:45 PM

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i thought it was an excellent film, yes we all know that the film was beautifully shot and the charcters were great but i felt Sin City lacked any real depth and substance and as good as a comic book adaption as it may be i certainly don't think it's a five star film. I think amongst of lot of people it will be five stars and the film will emass a huge cult following, but a film that was strongly compared to Pulp Fiction i'm sorry we deserved better and is in no means no were near as good as Pulp Fiction. However still a must and an excellent film. ****

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RE: Dull City - 22/2/2006 4:27:30 PM

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I enjoyed it. It is very much a substance over style film but anchored by good performances from Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen and Bruce Willis as men with a strong sense of honour to help them survive in the hell of Sin City. I love old noir but this doesn't really have the edge or satire of it, even if the villains in the films deal with corruption in religion, the law and politics. Nonetheless, it's a fun ride.

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RE: - 22/2/2006 4:39:32 PM

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Great transition from paper to screen, can't wait for Sin City 2. More Frank Miller films on the big screen please!!

Another of Miller's comic books has been floating around for ages. Its called Hard Boiled and its bloodly brilliant. Nicholas Cage was touted to play the lead but I haven't heard anything for ages. Probably in development hell. Hopefully the success of Sin City will get this superb 2 part graphic novel made!

See the review for the graphic novel below

http://www.grovel.org.uk/reviews/hardbo01/hardbo01.htm

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RE: - 23/2/2006 6:19:45 PM

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it is very different from what i imagined but none the less a fantastic film

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RE: RE: - 23/2/2006 7:21:05 PM

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Looks gorgeous, and the characterisation of the main roles are fantastic, they made some great choices. The car scene with Jacky Boy and Dwight was one of my favourites, just for the weird way his head keeps flipping back and forth. I also love Elijah Wood as Kevin, and inspired way of moving away from Frodo!

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RE: RE: - 5/7/2006 9:12:50 AM

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Juvenile drivel, that has all of the emotion of your average crossword puzzle. It is, however, visually stunning at times, though I frankly can't come up with a sure fire standout scene or visual. Mickey Rourke manages to wring a few drops of humanity from a film that has none, and for that his performance deserves an 'outstanding' rating. Otherwise, I really could have cared less.

Rodriguez may have accomplished what he set out to achieve, and Sin City may be the most faithful recreation of a comic book/graphic novel to date. But Barely Legal 173 is a more faithful recreation of the sex act than anything in Casablanca. That does not make it a better film.

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RE: Sin City - 7/7/2006 10:38:11 PM

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An entertaining,stylish piece of almost Film noir.The charcters are interesting and the stories are fun.Mickey Rourke makes a superb comback as the juvenile Maniac Marv and elijah wood plays a charcter as far away from frodo as he can get.The film is full of style but lacks the beat of a human heart.However it is still a truly enjoyable piece of cinema.

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Sin City - 25/7/2006 12:09:47 PM

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I loved this film and it's effects, however it wasn't as good as I thought it would be. It feels like the movie is dragging on the further through the film you get. That aside, Bruce Willis is fantastic and the same can be said for Mickey Rourke. For comic book fans you will love this film, but if you're expecting an action packed movie, you will be dissapointed.

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- 14/8/2006 4:00:06 PM

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Fucking great!!

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This really is a sin - 21/10/2006 6:18:18 PM

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Ok if you have not read the comics. But if you have it is rather rubbish. You will find the comics much more entertaining than the rather average film.

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Sin City - 22/10/2006 1:14:05 PM

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From start to finish Frank Millers Sin City is an orchestrated masterpiece.The brilliant mix of colours and interesting charachters make this a must see film.Hell it even has Quentin Tarantino as "Guest Director".The only downside to the DVD is the lack of extras but seeing as the movie is perfect it doesn't really matter.You really have to see this movie to aprreciate its brilliance.

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Sin City - 23/10/2006 9:23:08 PM

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In Old Town – Basin City’s crime capital – it’s always night time and the sin is palpable. Walk down the right back alley and you can find anything. A hit-man for hire, a call girl for rent, a sleazy strip joint. Even the corrupt cops keep their distance and an uneasy truce keeps out the mob and the pimps. Old Town belongs to the sleazebags, weirdos and whores – who look after their own. Honest cops, vigilantes and heroes in general, need not apply.

Yet there are a few anti-hero types resident in Basin City and they’re not the sort to see the innocent victimised or recoil at the thought of some prolonged torture.

There’s Marv (Mickey Rourke) Old Town’s answer to the Hulk, face a mishmash of cuts and gashes plastered up and growling gravel-voiced. He’s out to avenge the murder of Goldie (Jaime King). Hartigan, (Bruce Willis) the cop who’s sworn to protect Nancy Callahan (Jessica Alba) from the beastly Roarke Jr (Nick Stahl). And Dwight (Clive Owen), ex-detective turned vigilante, who’s about to instigate a shift in the balance of power in Old Town.

Directed by Robert Rodriguez and co-director Frank Miller (Miller’s graphic novels provide the basis for the screenplay). Sin City is an absolute gas from the moment it begins. Gloriously violent and unreservedly adult Sin City is a truly visceral experience, yet it’s stylised enough to not be perverse. Full of killin’-an’-blood-spillin’ it’s the perfect graphic novel / comic book adaptation. Adapted to screen directly from Miller’s pages, his graphic novel literally acting as storyboards for the celluloid version.

Sin City sparkles, unlike the drab sepia-vision that Sky Captain gave us. Actually entirely monochrome, but for kaleidoscopic flashes - her bewitching golden locks, that Yellow Bastard’s creepy skin, her piercing ice-blue eyes, the crimson blood - this is full colour in black and white.

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- 6/12/2006 10:14:05 PM

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a beautiful visually stunning and sinister film noir. excellent

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Sin city - 30/12/2006 2:48:59 PM

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Just watched this film and what can i say but how fantastic it was. I loved the black and white effect, sticking faithfully to the oh-so-great comic books. The way only certain colours of shoes, eyes, and dresses etc really made it something... well, different from the others. It gave it an atmosmosphere that no other adptation has created quite as well. Bruce Willis was fantastic, Mickey Rourke, well, what can i say really? no-one could have portrayed Marv as well as he did. And Clive Owen. His casting may seem a bit unusual against the other members of the cast but i now cant really imagine anyone else in that role. The action was amazing and definatley had a comic book feel-which again, no other adaptation has managed as successfully as this did.
Great comic. Great cast. Great film.

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"Walk down the right back alley of Sin City. and y... - 26/1/2007 5:26:27 AM

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Two things you can say about Sin City, 1. Faithful as hell to the novels, 2. Spellbinding visuals. This is no doubt the Pulp Fiction of comic book movies (though I must confess I have never seen Pulp Fiction, its just that the quote is not new and it sounds really cool and impressive). Mickey Rourke steals the show with Clive Owen not far behind. There are also some very gorgeous ladies in this pic although I must say Sin City is definietly a male film with very little to impress the ladies. Still, though, rock on SIN CITY 2
p.s. does anyone know if Rachel Wiez has replaced Angelina Jolie in Sin City 2, its a rumour i read from somewhere?

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best film ever - 17/2/2007 6:49:18 PM

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this is the best film i have ever seen. it blows all other film noirs out of the park and is just a classic. i love all the characters (except from maybe jessica alba she was the only thing that brought the film down) but i have to questions. 1. why is there no Sin city:recut and extended in the shops and 2. Where the hell is Sin city 2?????? >:(

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Deadly little miho. - 16/5/2007 2:19:01 PM

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This is my favorate film apart from vampire hunter d :Bloodlust.
Can't wait for number two.

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Best comic book adaptation of 2005 - 28/5/2007 11:04:29 PM

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This film is visually groundbreaking and astonishing. The film moves at a very fast pace but you cannot help but go with it and the effect of the black and white is truly mesmerizing. The ending is a true shock to anyone even if you have read the comic book. The usage of regularly matching the comic book images are stunning. A must see even if your only slightly intrested in comic books. Even though, it is artificially created, there s something so nataralistic about this film. The way it moves being one but also how it never goes off the rails and keeps on going. You will be dissapointed if you want action but if you want a fast paced riveting movie, then this is for you. The film does rely on frequent voice over for sympathy but this is a minor flaw in an outstanding film.

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Brill! - 8/7/2007 4:14:44 PM

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I loved it and i am now addicted to watching it.

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Visually impressive. - 15/8/2007 5:34:10 PM

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On first seeing this I was blown away by the impressive visuals and ultra violence. However, after watching at a few more times on DVD I felt it needed a couple of stars knocking off. Looks good on DVD but the jumping from story to story and some alternative performances made it less fun to watch. I was prompted to read the comic books it's based on and think it makes a better comic than film. The violence and gore is less fun to watch again and again.

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AWFUL - 19/9/2007 6:03:25 PM

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This is the most over-rated movie of last year.
It is stupid. Repetitive. Boring. DUMB!DUMB!DUMB!! The violence is not offensive just boring. If a character can be shot numerous times, severely cut, run-over several times by a speeding car, severly beaten, jump through several windows and STILL keep going without much complaint then his 'peril' is completely inconsequential and looses all drama. All the men speak in the same dumb dialogue as if they were one character.

The treatment of the women IS offensive. And for Empire to claim "Some women might deem this a two-star male fantasy... However, for the guys it’s Rodriguez’s best film by far and a treat for fans of good-looking girls in black-and-white" is even more offensive. Does Empire really think that men don't care about misogyny?? The claim that "the guys" like this immature, offensive dumb representation of women is beyond stupid. Maybe the guys in the Empire office love it, but this guy still has a functioning brain.

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- 22/10/2007 9:48:32 PM

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Excellent and amazing. Unbelievable is the only way to describe it.

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- 24/10/2007 4:50:01 PM

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i carnt see how this could be anything buy a 5 star classic

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- 24/10/2007 4:50:01 PM

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i carnt see how this could be anything buy a 5 star classic

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Sin City - 15/11/2007 7:34:01 PM

solid snake

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When i first saw this i was not that impressed but i'm older and now a very diffrent person so i decided to give it another ago. I was amazed at how amazing the film was but i was even more amazed that i once hated this.

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Good but not great - 21/11/2007 3:21:40 PM

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The graphics and direction in this film were outstanding! But thats about all that was good! The plot left much to be desired but the characters were played brilliantly. All in all a good film but a bit boring

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Brillant! - 14/1/2008 11:45:33 AM

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This film is cool, wild, bloody, sexy and all action, The cast are top-notch, Bruce Willis is excellent as the beaten-up cop finding young Jessica Alba, Mickey Rouke is deeply disturbing as Marv with his bloody and dark story while Clive Own oozes charsmia fighting against bad guys with Miss Dawson at his side. Also Josh Hartnett is a rare find as The Man, deep but somehow mean. The effects are amazing, it's just like 300 and that's what I like. So in all, the best and heart-thrilling film I've seen for a long while.

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Dark, Dark, Dark. AND AWESOME!! - 6/2/2008 3:15:34 PM

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This is one excellent, beautiful, and weel written film. Rodriguez rocks the world of film twenty times over with this piece of art!! Hell, Yeah...and a BIG trunk!

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