A Film I Did Not Like

Rating: Null/10 (30 July 2005)

Often I read negative comments in IMDb about films that I have loved and I wonder why people could feel so differently to how I felt about a film. I find myself now providing a comment on SIN CITY that may provoke a similar reaction in others. I can see by many comments here that there are those who loved the comics (I do not know them) and those people I suppose will be mystified by my reaction to this film. I hated it, and very rarely do I hate a film. I like all types, including PULP FICTION, and even SEVEN, and two of my favourite films are FARGO and VERY BAD THINGS, so violence, per se, does not worry me. However, today I walked out on this film and I have never done that before.
Why did I dislike it? I found it almost pornographic in its enjoyment of violence, torture and gore. I really felt that those aspects, of what I consider to be the dark side of our humanity, were being presented to us to enjoy and to get kicks from. I found this abhorrent. I recognized the great skill in the making of the film but, for me, it was just too terrible in its aims. Here in Australia there has been a little controversy about a varvellous (to me) film about Padophilia (rated R) called MYSTERIOUS SKIN involving an attempt to ban it. SIN CITY is rated MA (one classification lower than R) and I have to say that that mystifies me.