Go see "Sin City"

Rating: 10/10 (2 April 2005)

Been waiting on this movie for over a year. Saw it twice today and I still don't know if it was worth the hype. Two shows, the 12:05 where only the junkies were there and 7:35 where the usual crowd was there to view their Friday movie. It was interesting seeing the two crowds. The followers went to the first show to see it as soon as possible and knew exactly what they were in for. They sat there silent watching, unlike the second group. First thing I saw when I walked into the cine the second time was a kid that couldn't have been more then 9 there with his father. I couldn't believe it, I was ready to say something to the father. They sat through the whole thing, I expected him to be dragged out by his father within minutes, but they stayed. Others left, this is a pretty disgusting movie we're talking about. Right around the ax scene people were dropping like flies.
Anyway, great movie. I was expecting more, yes. After all I've hyped it up I expected the next Star Wars. The visuals went from impressive to just plain cheap in seconds at times, but were good overall. I didn't like the order it was shown to us in. Sure, it had that Pulp Fiction thing going on with it's being out of sequence and Hartigan's story was great being sliced into two different parts of the movie, but the whole thing took away from Marv. Mickey Rourke was the man in this movie, but it was weakened by the other parts in the movie. He's got the first spot for his whole story right after two shorts right in the beginning, and then he's gone. He's back for a short time right near the end due to the sequence, but just barely. I think a lot of people there may have forgotten the whole segment due to The Big Fat Kill and That Yellow Bastard (who is VERY yellow by the way, especially when put put against other characters in black and white). That segment was amazing, enough to bring Rourke back to the top but it was rushed into the beginning and he was killed off as to pave the way to bigger and better parts of the movie (which are NOT bigger or better). It was a shame. Nothing was cooler then the very beginning. There was the whole "oh snap, we screwed up, let's fix it" segment and the touching cop/father figure segment with a creepy yellow dude (who wasn't accepted very well, the audience just didn't get it.). There's also two other short segments in which NOBODY but me got. I thought it would have been obvious, but I had to explain it to people. I won't spoil it, I'll just say that it was a brilliant twist and a great end to the movie. It's a love it or hate it kinda movie. I appreciate the style and direction of Miller, yet continue waiting and hoping for Rodriguez to impress me again. Tarantino's segment was no award winner either. I've always thought they have done other people's stories better then their own, but this was so close to their own that they blew it for me again.
Overall great movie. Goes right next to "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" in the "could have been better, should have been better" pile, but a great movie none-the-less. Don't let my ranting confuse you, go see it for your self. You'll probably like it. I'm just caught up in the "could have been better" zone.