Movie Review: Sin City
Reminiscent...
Rated R for a reason. None of my students can watch
this film. Period. Until they are 18 or older.
Period.
An incredible film! And, one I will not be able to watch again for a while. It is brilliantly violent in the same way as A Clockwork Orange, a movie I can stomach once a decade or so, despite its brilliance.
Frank Miller co-directed this, and, I am assuming, is the driving force behind its surrealism. He also wrote the graphic novels on which it is based, and it shows. The entire movie is a living comic book, graphic and unreal and exaggerated and slow motion and speed.
Brilliant post-production work makes it all black and white, with bright splashes of color- red lips, green eyes, and lots of truly red blood. Extensive use of computer imaging and special effects stunt work offer a fast-paced thrill ride for the viewer with fire-tempered nerves. This mix must be seen to be believed!
I am glad, however, that I did not see this in a theatre. The soundtrack would have been too loud, the violence too large, and, like my initial reaction to A Clockwork Orange 20 years ago, I would have stopped watching. I feel the need to cry and laugh. It may sound weird, because of how most people view laughter, but it is my firm opinion, originally offered by Robert A. Heinlein, that we laugh because someone got hurt. And, in this film, the characters get hurt. A lot.
Rent this. Watch it. Be sure to have a blanket to cover yourself- you don't want to get any of the blood on you. But watch it.
An incredible film! And, one I will not be able to watch again for a while. It is brilliantly violent in the same way as A Clockwork Orange, a movie I can stomach once a decade or so, despite its brilliance.
Frank Miller co-directed this, and, I am assuming, is the driving force behind its surrealism. He also wrote the graphic novels on which it is based, and it shows. The entire movie is a living comic book, graphic and unreal and exaggerated and slow motion and speed.
Brilliant post-production work makes it all black and white, with bright splashes of color- red lips, green eyes, and lots of truly red blood. Extensive use of computer imaging and special effects stunt work offer a fast-paced thrill ride for the viewer with fire-tempered nerves. This mix must be seen to be believed!
I am glad, however, that I did not see this in a theatre. The soundtrack would have been too loud, the violence too large, and, like my initial reaction to A Clockwork Orange 20 years ago, I would have stopped watching. I feel the need to cry and laugh. It may sound weird, because of how most people view laughter, but it is my firm opinion, originally offered by Robert A. Heinlein, that we laugh because someone got hurt. And, in this film, the characters get hurt. A lot.
Rent this. Watch it. Be sure to have a blanket to cover yourself- you don't want to get any of the blood on you. But watch it.
Posted: Thu - August 18, 2005 at 09:55 PM
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