Sin City - Movie (Frank Miller)

[Alan_One]

Sin City (http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/sin_city/)

mmmmm Jessica Alba

It's based off of a series of comic books by the guy who rewrote batman and turned him into "the Dark Knight" (in case some of you don't know who Frank Miller is).

Mickey Rourke
Bruce Willis
Benicio DelToro
Elijah Wood

Looks good

[creanium]

Sin City (http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/sin_city/)

mmmmm Jessica Alba

It's based off of a series of comic books by the guy who rewrote batman and turned him into "the Dark Knight" (in case some of you don't know who Frank Miller is).

Mickey Rourke
Bruce Willis
Benicio DelToro
Elijah Wood

Looks good
You left off Jessica Alba a second time. :)

I think it looks good. I'm not too familiar with the comic itself, but I guess that's a good thing so I probably won't be as disappointed. :p

[fcastle]

I'm a big fan of the comic, I've even got the Marv in the electric chair toy they yanked from Toys R Us. The movie looks like a winner. There seem to be a lot of people working on it though.

Director: Robert Rodriguez (From Dusk 'Til Dawn, Once Upon A Time In Mexico)
Co-Director: Frank Miller
Guest Director: Quentin Tarantino (Also directed half of From Dusk 'Til Dawn)

Also looks like Elijah Wood is a villan in this. This will be interesting.

[paultakeda]

That would be, turned him BACK into the Dark Knight after a long, horrible period dominated by censorship caused by fear of communism.

I'm just curious to see how Ra's al Ghul will turn out in the movie. He is by far the most enigmatic opponent the Batman has ever faced. And Talia. Ah, Talia.

The 70's was a good period for detective stories and romantic sagas for pointy ears.

Fun fact of the day: Ra's never calls Bruce "Batman" or even "Bruce", though he knows who he is (Ra's is essentially the resource, physical and mental equivalent of Bruce Wayne), he simply calls him "The Detective", out of respect for what he perceives to be the best quality of the man, even if he does dress funny.

[paultakeda]

And, oh, yeah, Sin City looks good.

[Alan_One]

Yeah. The pre comic code batman was a darker character but - to me - he never had the depth that miller wrote into him in the eighties.

As for Rodriguez as the director... I wouldn't use Dusk til dawn or Once upon a time in Mexico as examples of his best work (good thing you didn't mention Spy Kids). El Mariachi is a better example than any of those others - to me. Rodriguez is a working director in the studio system now... A man gotta pay his bills I suppose.

I think - from what I've seen - that the influence of Miller is what's really going to make or break this flik. You can see from the camera angles and the visual layout of the shots that it's pulled straight out of the sin city books. The use of prosthetics really gives it a surreal feel and pushes the feeling more towards comic book reality. Hopefully they don't cheese it a-la Dick Tracy.

I think I gotta start a Batman Begins (Batman Year One) thread

[Troike]

Brittney Murphy and Mickey Rourke must really like working together.

Great cast, but I doubt this would interest me much.

[fcastle]

As for Rodriguez as the director... I wouldn't use Dusk til dawn or Once upon a time in Mexico as examples of his best work (good thing you didn't mention Spy Kids). El Mariachi is a better example than any of those others - to me. Rodriguez is a working director in the studio system now... A man gotta pay his bills I suppose.

I think - from what I've seen - that the influence of Miller is what's really going to make or break this flik. You can see from the camera angles and the visual layout of the shots that it's pulled straight out of the sin city books. The use of prosthetics really gives it a surreal feel and pushes the feeling more towards comic book reality. Hopefully they don't cheese it a-la Dick Tracy.



From what I read, he was told he could have Frank Miller on as Co-director (some union thing) so he walked. That 's about as outside as it gets I guess. I'm looking forward to it. I'll be in line for the premier.

[Firefly4322]

Sweet!!!

[wrongbeach]

heheh Frank Miller robocop 2! yesss
anyways i'll be there to see this hopefully it's not as half assed as the Dark Knight 2 series that took 2 years to finish. (fucker)
now that this has been made someone needs to pick up the rights to Hard Boiled, i need to see Nixon on screen, even if it's a cartoon and not live action.

[madajb]

From what I read, he was told he could have Frank Miller on as Co-director (some union thing) so he walked.
Don't forget "Special Guest Director Quentin Tarantino"....
-ajb

[nanobot6]

I am really looking forward to this movie. I was worried when I heard they were going to make it a film. Because the look of the comic is so important. It seems as though they found a good way to get the feeling of the comics look across on film.

[fcastle]

Anyone else going tonight? The reviews are good so far.


Movie review: 'Sin City'

By Michael Wilmington
TRIBUNE MOVIE CRITIC

3½ stars (out of 4)

Film noir never dies. It just keeps coming back, drenched in black, guns blazing.

At least that's the case with "Sin City," an amazingly successful attempt by Robert Rodriguez to translate Frank Miller's hard-boiled, brutally violent crime comic to the big screen.

The movie, shot in a monochrome by turns gorgeously lurid and horrifically bleak and set in a prototypical city of night, is acted by an all-star, mugs-and-sluts gallery that includes Bruce Willis, Clive Owen, Rosario Dawson, Brittany Murphy, Benicio Del Toro and, in a career-reviving turn, Mickey Rourke. And it's guided by a crack directorial team that includes Rodriguez, "special guest director" Quentin Tarantino and Miller himself. From the first double-cross to the last screaming second of mayhem and slaughter, it will delight some and repel others—and that's probably the right reaction.

I enjoyed it myself, which may mean I'm just starved for old-fashioned noir, something in black and white with Chandleresque guys in snap-brim hats. And "Sin City" is a movie of such high style, done in such a spirit of electrifying fun and creativity, that it kisses the blood right off its own violent hands.

Miller's post-"Kiss Me Deadly" world of hard guys, rich degenerates, hookers, hired killers and crooked cops looks even better as a movie, shot in gleaming black and white with bursts of blood red and gold. Here, Rodriguez and Miller adapt three of the original stories, weaving them together like the three sections of Tarantino's bent magnum opus "Pulp Fiction."

After a brief prelude with Josh Hartnett as a seductive hit man, we start with "Yellow Bastard," which stars Willis as lonely, honest cop Hartigan battling killer-rapist Roark Jr. (Nick Stahl) and his evil, rich family. Then we move into "The Hard Goodbye," with Rourke as wild, wolfish Marv wreaking vengeance for a prostitute's murder. We pick up again with "The Big Fat Kill," in which righteous hard-guy Dwight (Owen) and crooked cop Jackie Boy (Del Toro) are mired in a lovers' tiff over tough babe Shellie (Murphy) that escalates into a gang war. Finally we segue back into "Bastard," for a "Pulp"-style wrapup.

Rodriguez and Miller try something else reminiscent of "Pulp Fiction" as they keep moving characters from one story to the other. Tarantino's influence extends into mood as well as structure and style. Even though the story lines are faithfully preserved, the movie "City" is more tongue-in-cheek and playful. (Tarantino's one scene is a bloodily comic car-ride dialogue in which Dwight trades barbs with the severely wounded Jackie Boy, who has a revolver buried in his forehead.)

All the actors seem to have fun, including cameo villains Powers Boothe (as corrupt U.S. senator Roark), Rutger Hauer (corrupt Cardinal Roark) and Michael Madsen (as turncoat Bob) and femme fatale Carla Gugino as lesbian parole officer Lucille—as well as usual pretty-boy heroes Elijah Wood, Stahl and Hartnett playing against type as amoral heavies: kung fu killer Kevin (Wood), gnomish deviate Yellow Bastard (Stahl) and that nameless hit man (Hartnett).

Like most noirs, "Sin City" becomes a melancholy tribute to the old guys who barely survive this cesspool of chaos and the dark: Willis as the weary Bogartean cop Hartigan and Rourke in his fabulous turn as unstoppable killer Marv. In recent years, Rourke has popped up only sporadically, sometimes in neat little turns like the playboy lawyer in Coppola's "The Rainmaker." But here, smothered in latex and a huge vulpine nose, moving like a beast in his lairs, he really puts his stamp on "Sin City."

Marv and Hartigan are the ideal denizens of this crawly nightmare world, and "The Hard Goodbye" is the movie's high point: an ode to alienation and vengeance that keeps the blend of comedy and terror, romance and lunacy in nerve-rending balance.

In fact, the movie improves on the original comics in one important respect: those voluptuous, gleaming visuals. Rodriguez ("Desperado," "Spy Kids") shares directorial credit here with Miller, and it's a gallant gesture; he had to resign his own Directors Guild of America membership to get co-billing for non-member Miller. But Rodriguez shines just as much here as cinematographer and editor; it's the best work he's done in all three categories.

Of course, some audiences—especially those who dislike excessive screen violence—won't be amused or mollified by this movie's technique, style or spirit of fun. Be forewarned. Sin City is an evil place, full of awful people, an obsessive movie full of monomaniacal tough guys. Yet when Miller and Rodriguez move it into gear, noir lives.

mwilmington@tribune.com

Hartigan - Bruce Willis
Marv - Mickey Rourke
Dwight - Clive Owen
Gail - Rosario Dawson
Shellie - Brittany Murphy
Jackie Boy - Benicio Del Toro
Kevin - Elijah Wood

[fcastle]

Movie RULED!! Mickey Rourke was great as MARV, made the whole movie. Elijah Wood wasn't bad as Kevin either.

[a4sport]

u can all thank me later ;)

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[southOCgti]

im bummed cuz o.c. weekly gave it a crappy review

[creanium]

u can all thank me later ;)

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Pardon me while I go change my shorts ...

[Mr. Nobody]

im bummed cuz o.c. weekly gave it a crappy review

Do you always listen to what other people say? Especially crtics, who by defnition are looking for flaws.

The flick was bad ass. everyones characters were great. Mickey Rourke gave an astonishing performance as Marv. Truly he is one of Hollywoods best and not mny see it. I could go on for a while, but I am going out to eat.

In conclusion, just go out and see it. It was worth the money, and not just for the girls, the story, dialogue, and look were top notch.

[joefis13]

I loved Benicio deltoros character :tup:

[addicted2thevr6]

this movie is crazy good dude. soooo awesome

[84rabbitchick]

Bruce Willis

Only reason why I'll watch it. Watching the movie tonight :tup:

[Fritz]

i didnt really like it

[84rabbitchick]

I liked it.... It was pretty decent. The graphics and all that stuff were prettycool, but the movie kinda dragged. Out of all the stories, Bruce Willis' part was my fav (LOL.. duh)... but um, for those who watched it, I didn't get the begining and the end with that um.. actor.. Josh something... I think that's his name

[fcastle]

I liked it.... It was pretty decent. The graphics and all that stuff were prettycool, but the movie kinda dragged. Out of all the stories, Bruce Willis' part was my fav (LOL.. duh)... but um, for those who watched it, I didn't get the begining and the end with that um.. actor.. Josh something... I think that's his name

He was just another character in Sin City. He's a hitman. At the beginning he found one mark and the hooker at the end was another.

Marv ruled!!