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Sunday, April 03, 2005
Sin City
For my money, the trailer for Frank Miller's Sin City was one of the best cut previews of the last several years. It looked awesome, it had killer music to go with it, and it gave you small bits and pieces but left you blown away and wanting more. Well, it did its job (for me at least). I saw this yesterday and have to say that the movie more than lives up to its promise since its origin on the pages of a comic book.
This film is simply visually incredible. It is shown in mostly old-fashioned black and white, with strategically placed color (as in the comic book) such as gold for a pretty hooker's hair or red for a dress or blue for someone's eyes. The violent movie is broken up into three main parts, each telling a story of different - but overlapping - characters in the fictional Basin City. Some of these people would be the dregs of our society, yet you care deeply for them. This is truly film noir in many ways. Well... perhaps neo-ultra-hyper-film noir.
The dialog is sometimes stilted, but given its noir roots, I can forgive it. The acting, the stories, the lighting, the photography, the visual effects, the art direction - almost everything else is sinfully first rate.
The verdict: A-.
Michael Bentley 8:41 AM
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