wow.

Rating: 10/10 (3 April 2005)

This movie was absolutely worthy of all the hype it received. It was one of a very few that's left me wishing I could sit in the theater and watch it again right then and there. It felt like I was watching a play somehow, and the stories gripped me throughout. I've never read the graphic novels, but wow, I look forward to finding them now. Watch it and be ready for intensity, violence, and a film noir experience that makes you happy to walk out into a normal city!! It may seem weird but despite the comic-bookiness(yep, my own word) of the characters and city, I found more depth and identification with some than I'd ever have expected. And let's face it, Clive Owen, Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Alexis Bledel, Nick Stahl and a dozen others all make it an amazing movie. Can't wait to buy it.