"Sin City" reviews, give me yours

[steve2470]

I just saw it today. I liked it overall, despite the proflific and horrific violence. It had to be the most graphic film I've seen in years, but I suppose that was part of the Sin City message. What did you think ? Didn't that orange-skinned guy freak you out at first ?

[Renew Deal]

1. Good movie.

It's a guys movie. Hot nude women and tons of violence. The violence was cartoonish so it wasn't as bad as some things I've seen. I liked it overall and it's a good movie for adult men.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Hi, Steve,

Sorry but I haven't seen "Sin City" yet...I'm thread-jacking right now! I meant to post on your surgery threads, but was busy...How did your operation go? I trust it went well...since you went to the movies today!

Forgive my thread-jacking!

:hi:

[steve2470]

5. haven't been to surgery yet

I see the surgeon on Wednesday, so I'll see about the surgery date soon. I'm ok in general, just a tad nervous about it. Thanks for asking and stopping in to say hello ! :-)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Nervousness just means you're in touch with reality, my dear Steve!

Make sure you get ALL your questions answered when you see your surgeon Wednesday...Don't be shy, it's your body! Anything I can do to support my friends, I will do!

:hug:

[steve2470]

8. Thank you CalPeggy

What did I do to deserve such solicitude ? :-)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. I think I'm feeling more tender towards my friends since Jeff's death.

Suddenly I'm realizing (as I ALWAYS do whenever someone dies, esp. a young person) how truly fragile our lives are...we seem to be so indestructable and then we're gone...So that's why you deserve such solicitude, my dear Steve! And you really do deserve it...It's always a treat to see your threads here.

:bounce:

[priller]

3. I thought Mickey Rourke was great!

It's amazing how convincingly he played that ridiculously tough, almost indestructible guy. Amazing performance. Especially consider I saw him in person about a month ago and he looked just awful, terrible, weak, just barely moving around. Maybe he's the Ozzie of actors.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

4. I saw it and liked it, but didn't understand some parts

Particularly the beginning. Why did that man shoot the women? And it the end what was that whole scene in the elevator about?

[steve2470]

6. I think the woman was shot as a favor to the elderly bishop dude

The elevator scene I think was about the hit man going to kill the woman for squealing to the mob.

[bridgit]

11. rutgar hauer, good to see him working too...

:thumbsup:

[bridgit]

9. highly stylistic, not to a fault; but in keeping with 'marvel'...

american surrealism. "we got the beat", so as to say. it seemed it may well have been titled: marv's story, and got away with it. just read a post as to rourke's bush inclination...suppose that's a drag, but don't care about that so much. it is still america. where else is a contemporaneous republican, nyc pugilist to get a break but: hollywood?

and 'they' say hollywood is too liberal, humbug!

the story overlays were on the mark; taking 3 stories to intertwine has been done with far less success. i enjoy non-linear expression/story telling = worked for me.

was trying by way of boyfriend (he's the film guy) to notice any continuity issues, camera issues but we agree: having had the event flow over us first we'll be viewing again for the technical run-through but most everything seemed in place.

like clive owen, but the rosario dawson segment had a clipped glide ratio effect going on. all tied up quite nicely but i have had my fill of jessica alba.

and elijah wood contributed one the all time silent but lethal, pissy preppy bible thumping hypocritical characters i'd love to just push onto their ass. somehow a very timely snap shot of these our times.

smile, watch the birdie film review? go see 'sin city' @ a theater near you. great family fun if your family is planning a vacation getaway in: sin city

ps, the orange skin guy? he didn't go fast enough to my thinking; was the son of a senator right? guess miller didn't call it sin city for nothing...

[starroute]

12. I haven't seen it, but my 22 year old son . . .

. . . saw it with some friends a week ago and said that it was okay and there were some funny parts, but his friends all thought it was great and he couldn't understand why. I said it sounded like all style and no substance, and he agreed.

Yesterday, one of his friends invited him to go with a group of them to see it again and he politely declined. He said to me that some of them were seeing it for the fourth time, and he seemed more than a little dismayed at the fact.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

13. Link to my barebones review

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=3020437&mesg_id=3020437