Wednesday, August 24, 2005
 sin city
directed by robert rodriguez and frank miller
based on the graphic novels by frank miller
jessica alba clive owen benicio del toro bruce willis rosario dawson jessica alba elijah wood mickey rourke michael madsen jaime king jessica alba alexis bledel brittany murphy devon aoki josh hartnett michael clarke duncan jessica alba.
during back to school tax free weekend at the dealership, we were really really busy. i musta sold all kinds of cars in those three days, and the brass noticed.
they gave me a ten dollar gift certificate and a hells yeah you fucking rock.
and with that i bought sin city on dvd on a whim. and by a whim, i mean an intense desire to see jessica alba less than fully clothed.
even if its in black and white.
usually in movies with a whos who of alist stars in the cast turn out to be one giant clusterfuck of too many characters and not enough face time to go around.
this isnt one of those movies.
according to frank millers graphic novel faithful, the movie follows the look, the sound, and the feel of the originals. to which i say in that case, frank miller needs to start making movies.
cuz the look and feel of this one is, in a word, luscious.
the conglomeration of different storylines interesting, in that all these fucked up people with all kinds of shady business are all somehow connected.
the washed up cop and the stripper.
the murderer with a new face and a gang of prostitutes.
i always thought that comics were severly limited in scope. the cartoonish aspect of them allow greater freedom visually, but the movement of the story always depended on the movement of the action, so nothing ever stood still for long enough to learn about any of the characters or what makes them tick.
the voice over narration carried the film nicely. always with a consistent tone to the character and doing enough storytelling to be helpful, but no so much that you feel like youre watching animal planet. a little stream of consciousness sprinkled with some poetry. a nice touch.
frank miller should write a damn blog. it would be the best one ever.
did i mention jessica alba?
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