Sin City pretty good...for Hollywood

Rating: 4/10 (2 April 2005)

saw it last night. Pretty cool. most of it was pretty good. the Clive Owen/Rosario Dawson/Brittany Murphy vignette is pretty weak however as none of those three could act their way out of a wet paper bag. Not even Benicio Del Toro could save this one. The other "star" in that particular vignette is Michael Clarke Duncan who also cant act. But the rest was pretty cool. Tons of hot chicks and at times, really over the top especially the violence. i loved it. I was trying to figure out which part Tarantino directed. if it was the Clive Owen part, then thats weak, because we already met "Miho" the first time when she was called "Gogo" in Kill Bill vol.1 (i know its not the same actress, but they are essentially the same character, with Gogo being the better, more original one). so I'm hoping it was one of the other two that directed that part. I also think its funny how the washed up past his prime old man would-be hero type protagonist seems to proliferate Frank Millers work. The Dark Knight Returned again and again in this movie. The whole thing plays out a lot like "Pulp Fiction" in the way the characters and story lines interweave. Also in the half assed attempt at "irreverant" casting. No surprise there I'm sure. The biggest difference in the cast of "Sin City" and the cast of "Pulp Fiction" is that at least in Pulp Fiction, everyone was a good actor. This is NOT the case with Sin City, as it seems for every quality actor cast, there was a crappy worthless "actor" cast. A little too much of Hollywood trying to pass off "actors" who are hot and in right now, instead of actors who can act. Just like the bathroom, you can spray as much deodorizer as you want, and it still smells like sh1t and roses.In addition, of all the comic book (fuckk calling them "graphic novels") silver screen adaptations that Hollywood is pumping out right now this one is the most authentic to the comic of all of them. For example i enjoyed both X-men movies, however i always feel like they are the Hollywood movie adaptation of a comic book, Sin City feels like the actual comic book is on the screen. very authentic feeling which is a real coup for director Roberto Rodriguez. I guess he had some kind of falling out with the Directors Guild of America over sharing the directors credit with Frank Miller. so i guess preserving the integrity of the book was paramount to senor rodriguez. so i give Sin City like a 6 out of 10.