Official Sin City(& Jessica Alba appreciation) thread =^).

Josh Bass · April 4th, 2005, 09:35 PM

Someone brought a baby to my screening of it.

I thought it was pretty good.

Marco Leavitt · April 4th, 2005, 09:40 PM

I think it's definitely a sexist movie. I don't mean that as a negative. We need those every once in a while. The first time I saw it the crowd was completely silent, except for the woman behind me who kept making loud snorting noises in disapproval. The second time was a matinee and half the audience was kids. How did they get in there? I didn't see any parents. They enjoyed it a bit more, but in general, both audiences seemed fairly stunned. This isn't an easy movie to ignore.

Josh Bass · April 4th, 2005, 09:51 PM

I gotta tell you people, I think the violence had a lot of its shock value. . .uh. . .depleted because of the surreality of the look. When blood is white, it's just not as impactful. They also tended not to show half the things happening, either by cutting away, or whatever. Agree? I've seen much worse.

Rob Lohman · April 5th, 2005, 04:32 AM

Good point Josh! I remember reading several stories about
movies where people where grossed out by the violance and
graphics. However, when you really looked at the movies they
didn't really show you anything (like the chainsaw scene in scarface)

It's all in our minds <g>

Duane Smith · April 5th, 2005, 07:59 AM

The jam-packed theater I watched it in was anything BUT quiet! The audience laughed-out-loud over and over, even in some of the gore sequences. Of course, in the most gruesome parts, the crowd reaction was along the lines of "ewwww!", or some such. I did notice a couple of folks leaving during the movie, but they were sitting in the first couple of rows, so I attribute that to their terrible seating.

To be honest, the movie was a bit more bloody and gory than I thought it would be. I dunno why--the cutaway shots were filmed just like the books, and the actual visual gore shots ("I took away his weapons...both of them") were also straight out of the books.

I guess it just plays different on screen. ;-)

Joe Carney · April 6th, 2005, 01:32 PM

After seeing the movie, it was nice to see such an unPC flic in these conservative times. I did think that by the time Bruce Willis' characters story was told it got monotonous and utterly predictable, though the eye candy and pacing kept it from collapsing.

I wonder what Sir Galahad would have thought of this film?

Marco Leavitt · April 6th, 2005, 01:41 PM

The one criticism I've heard that I agree with is that the protagonists in every story were so similar. Surely there was more variety to choose from in Miller's stories than violent, but ultimately redeemable brutes who are obsessed with protecting or avenging women.

Duane Smith · April 6th, 2005, 02:35 PM

Uh...no, not really. LOL!

Joshua Starnes · April 6th, 2005, 02:40 PM

Like Duane said, not really, no. That is the biggest problem with the Sin City books - read one, read them all basically.

Actually it's become a real problem with Miller's writing in general in the past few years.

Josh Bass · April 6th, 2005, 04:22 PM

I liked Marv's story the best, then the whores, then bruce and jessica.

I'm sorry, I don't get what Josh Hartnett had to do with anything. I"m dumb.

Joe Carney · April 7th, 2005, 11:21 AM

Rosario Dawson rules. Period. Alba is cute, but a distant second to Dawson. I have a thing for bad girls anyway, much more fun. You pay for it in spades, but worth it. hehehe

Christopher C. Murphy · April 16th, 2005, 05:39 PM

Black and white is awesome...I love it so much. The only thing I love more? A black and white movie with the sexiest women on the planet in it! Thanks R.R...lol.

For someone who's never read a comic book in his life (me) - I thought it was pretty cool. I'm not going to start reading comics, but I might start liking these comic book adaptations. (i know this wasn't an adaptation!)

The overall tone was original in my opinion. It felt old and once in a while new, but really it was all new because of the amount of shots and how they were done. It's the visuals that felt old (meaning 30's, 40's 50's time period).

I LOVED the women in this movie. Damn, sexy women make the world go around. My girlfriend said the same thing, so I'm not being sexist or anything...she said it before me.

I think the lighting was really, really well done for an HD picture. I expected less, but it had more than I imagined possible with HD capture. The latest cameras have finally (I think) reached maximum HD-ish look. At this point, I'm thinking all future generations of pro HD cameras will be pretty much indisingishable to film cameras. They have a slight "HD" look still, but the average person can't tell...no way in hell can they tell. It's film to them...the HD revolution has won if you look at HD and film as equals right now. The film really looked sweet...and I was watching it in an old theater with a crappy projector skipping almost the whole time. (it strobes up and down constantly because the film is jumping a sprocket).

Just my opinion, but I think R.R. finally made a movie I could stand all the way through too. The trilogy he made was good, but not great. I'd say this film was good too...great? No, the stories in it weren't life altering for me.

I'm very curious to see Stars Wars next month...has Lucas used the lastest HD cameras the same way? I've got a feeling that he's toned down the lame video game quality of the past 2...maybe it'll have more story and substance.

R.R. is definately doing some interesting things and I look forward to the years ahead with him. The only thing he needs to do and NOT be afraid to take his time...he's to busy trying to make 3 movies a year. That might hurt him, but who knows...he might be a superman filmmaker. We'll see..

Sin City is worth the $ to see in theaters, so check it out if you haven't already! At the very least, it's got some of the sexiest girls ever in glorious black and white!

Michael Gibbons · September 26th, 2005, 10:57 AM

I just saw this over the wekend on DVD. I was a bit wary going in, but I thought it rocked. Watched it a second time and liked it just as much.

Yi Fong Yu · September 26th, 2005, 11:50 AM

there's an extended dir's cut coming in nov/dec?

Michael Gibbons · September 26th, 2005, 11:57 AM

Cool. I suspected as much.

One detail/connection I noticed that I thought was nice/weird was the use of glowing white for blood, and then the admission by Bishop(?) Roark that Kenny was filled with "White light" when he fed.

I wonder if that was coincidental style choice or an intentional connection. I'm leaning towards intentional. either way it's pretty cool.
Definitely my favorite RR film by a loooong shot.

April 4th, 2005, 09:35 PM	#31
Josh Bass Slash Rules! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 5,472	Someone brought a baby to my screening of it. I thought it was pretty good. __________________ The Bass' camerawork The Bass on IMDB

April 4th, 2005, 09:51 PM	#33
Josh Bass Slash Rules! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 5,472	I gotta tell you people, I think the violence had a lot of its shock value. . .uh. . .depleted because of the surreality of the look. When blood is white, it's just not as impactful. They also tended not to show half the things happening, either by cutting away, or whatever. Agree? I've seen much worse. __________________ The Bass' camerawork The Bass on IMDB

April 5th, 2005, 04:32 AM	#34
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Good point Josh! I remember reading several stories about movies where people where grossed out by the violance and graphics. However, when you really looked at the movies they didn't really show you anything (like the chainsaw scene in scarface) It's all in our minds <g> __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

April 6th, 2005, 04:22 PM	#40
Josh Bass Slash Rules! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 5,472	I liked Marv's story the best, then the whores, then bruce and jessica. I'm sorry, I don't get what Josh Hartnett had to do with anything. I"m dumb. __________________ The Bass' camerawork The Bass on IMDB

April 16th, 2005, 05:39 PM	#42
Christopher C. Murphy Trustee Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,707	Sexiest girls ever in glorious black and white! Black and white is awesome...I love it so much. The only thing I love more? A black and white movie with the sexiest women on the planet in it! Thanks R.R...lol. For someone who's never read a comic book in his life (me) - I thought it was pretty cool. I'm not going to start reading comics, but I might start liking these comic book adaptations. (i know this wasn't an adaptation!) The overall tone was original in my opinion. It felt old and once in a while new, but really it was all new because of the amount of shots and how they were done. It's the visuals that felt old (meaning 30's, 40's 50's time period). I LOVED the women in this movie. Damn, sexy women make the world go around. My girlfriend said the same thing, so I'm not being sexist or anything...she said it before me. I think the lighting was really, really well done for an HD picture. I expected less, but it had more than I imagined possible with HD capture. The latest cameras have finally (I think) reached maximum HD-ish look. At this point, I'm thinking all future generations of pro HD cameras will be pretty much indisingishable to film cameras. They have a slight "HD" look still, but the average person can't tell...no way in hell can they tell. It's film to them...the HD revolution has won if you look at HD and film as equals right now. The film really looked sweet...and I was watching it in an old theater with a crappy projector skipping almost the whole time. (it strobes up and down constantly because the film is jumping a sprocket). Just my opinion, but I think R.R. finally made a movie I could stand all the way through too. The trilogy he made was good, but not great. I'd say this film was good too...great? No, the stories in it weren't life altering for me. I'm very curious to see Stars Wars next month...has Lucas used the lastest HD cameras the same way? I've got a feeling that he's toned down the lame video game quality of the past 2...maybe it'll have more story and substance. R.R. is definately doing some interesting things and I look forward to the years ahead with him. The only thing he needs to do and NOT be afraid to take his time...he's to busy trying to make 3 movies a year. That might hurt him, but who knows...he might be a superman filmmaker. We'll see.. Sin City is worth the $ to see in theaters, so check it out if you haven't already! At the very least, it's got some of the sexiest girls ever in glorious black and white! __________________ Christopher C. Murphy Director, Producer, Writer

April 4th, 2005, 09:40 PM	#32
Marco Leavitt Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Albany, NY 12210 Posts: 2,652	I think it's definitely a sexist movie. I don't mean that as a negative. We need those every once in a while. The first time I saw it the crowd was completely silent, except for the woman behind me who kept making loud snorting noises in disapproval. The second time was a matinee and half the audience was kids. How did they get in there? I didn't see any parents. They enjoyed it a bit more, but in general, both audiences seemed fairly stunned. This isn't an easy movie to ignore.

April 5th, 2005, 07:59 AM	#35
Duane Smith Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 234	The jam-packed theater I watched it in was anything BUT quiet! The audience laughed-out-loud over and over, even in some of the gore sequences. Of course, in the most gruesome parts, the crowd reaction was along the lines of "ewwww!", or some such. I did notice a couple of folks leaving during the movie, but they were sitting in the first couple of rows, so I attribute that to their terrible seating. To be honest, the movie was a bit more bloody and gory than I thought it would be. I dunno why--the cutaway shots were filmed just like the books, and the actual visual gore shots ("I took away his weapons...both of them") were also straight out of the books. I guess it just plays different on screen. ;-)

April 6th, 2005, 01:32 PM	#36
Joe Carney Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Centreville Va Posts: 1,828	After seeing the movie, it was nice to see such an unPC flic in these conservative times. I did think that by the time Bruce Willis' characters story was told it got monotonous and utterly predictable, though the eye candy and pacing kept it from collapsing. I wonder what Sir Galahad would have thought of this film?

April 6th, 2005, 01:41 PM	#37
Marco Leavitt Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Albany, NY 12210 Posts: 2,652	The one criticism I've heard that I agree with is that the protagonists in every story were so similar. Surely there was more variety to choose from in Miller's stories than violent, but ultimately redeemable brutes who are obsessed with protecting or avenging women.

April 6th, 2005, 02:35 PM	#38
Duane Smith Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 234	Uh...no, not really. LOL!

April 6th, 2005, 02:40 PM	#39
Joshua Starnes Major Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 356	Like Duane said, not really, no. That is the biggest problem with the Sin City books - read one, read them all basically. Actually it's become a real problem with Miller's writing in general in the past few years.

April 7th, 2005, 11:21 AM	#41
Joe Carney Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Centreville Va Posts: 1,828	Rosario Dawson rules. Period. Alba is cute, but a distant second to Dawson. I have a thing for bad girls anyway, much more fun. You pay for it in spades, but worth it. hehehe

September 26th, 2005, 10:57 AM	#43
Michael Gibbons Major Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Loveland, Colorado, USA Posts: 292	I just saw this over the wekend on DVD. I was a bit wary going in, but I thought it rocked. Watched it a second time and liked it just as much. __________________ " When some wild-eyed, eight foot tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head against a bar room wall, and looks you crooked in the eye, and he asks you if you've payed your dues, well, you just stare that big suker right back in the eye, and you remember what old Jack Burton always says at a time like that, 'Have you paid your dues, Jack? Yes sir, the check is in the mail."

September 26th, 2005, 11:50 AM	#44
Yi Fong Yu Trustee Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vulcan Posts: 1,564	there's an extended dir's cut coming in nov/dec? __________________ bow wow wow

September 26th, 2005, 11:57 AM	#45
Michael Gibbons Major Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Loveland, Colorado, USA Posts: 292	Cool. I suspected as much. One detail/connection I noticed that I thought was nice/weird was the use of glowing white for blood, and then the admission by Bishop(?) Roark that Kenny was filled with "White light" when he fed. I wonder if that was coincidental style choice or an intentional connection. I'm leaning towards intentional. either way it's pretty cool. Definitely my favorite RR film by a loooong shot. __________________ " When some wild-eyed, eight foot tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head against a bar room wall, and looks you crooked in the eye, and he asks you if you've payed your dues, well, you just stare that big suker right back in the eye, and you remember what old Jack Burton always says at a time like that, 'Have you paid your dues, Jack? Yes sir, the check is in the mail."