Top 100? I don't think it'll stay there.

Rating: 5/10 (14 April 2005)

I wanted to see this movie pretty badly. It wasn't all the hype and commercials -- it was the critical acclaim. People said it was very, very good. And to be sure, it succeeds 100% at being an excellently made film. Good quality professionals made this film.
But after the movie ended, my wife just sounded repulsed. It was the gruesome mutilations, the filth, and the depravity of the story lines that turned her off. She will not let me live this down.
I guess we should have known better. The comics are available to read. The title of the movie is "Sin City," after all. But this is why I don't think this will stay in the top 100 for long -- there are more "regular joes" like me than there are fanboys. We may not care about seeing the film on opening day and getting in a good review ASAP, but we get our reviews in just the same. And I suspect that in the end, the awestruck fan reviews will be balanced out by normal movie watchers who do not find the movie to be of "top 100" caliber.