Anything but profound -- but not bad

Rating: Null/10 (10 April 2005)

This movie, whether it is "film noir"or "film blanche" or whatever you people obsessed with terminology wish to call it, was essentially a comic book brought to life and carried with it the same mediocre qualities.
The stories were OK but basic. The art/scenery was unique, but not memorable. Characters were pretty much un-dynamic. No lessons were learned by our "protaganists" -- they stayed pretty much the same from beginning to end. Goods guys v. bad guys. No grey area, no judgment call to be made by the viewer, no moment of indecision or second thought by the character. This movie really contained nothing interesting to the viewer who looks for complexities in story lines or dialogue. Oh, and speaking of dialogue...if this movie was attempting to combine the simple, unthoughtful dialog of a comic strip with the annoying clichés of 1940's detective movies, it was wildly successful -- if you like recycled style and genre.
What we were left to digest was gratuitous violence which was at times visually displayed in a "pioneering" style sure to be copied and even one-upped in the future.
If you like movies that -- even unsuccessfully -- try new things and push the envelope, you'll enjoy "Sin City", but in the end it lacks any degree of depth and will be forgotten by this viewer within the week.