HELP! Sin City fans

Rating: Null/10 (17 July 2005)

When I first heard that this film was coming out early this year, I COULD NOT WAIT TO SEE IT! Everything about this film, from it's cast, it's concept, the direction, appealed to me. I seriously was counting the days to see it, I couldn't stop talking about it. Watching it's awesome trailers (the best cut trailers I've seen), re-viewing posts on this site and critics, everything seemed to be nothing but positive. Then I finally saw it... When the first shot appeared on the screen with that woman in the red dress with the city's dank black and white surroundings, it took my breath away. THEN, I found myself saying "Why am I not liking this"????. "Am I missing something"?. There's no deny the skill and talent that was displayed on screen, it's brutal and beautiful, shot to perfection, the best use of green screen/film, probably ever. But why wasn't I enjoying it? I felt bored, everything seemed repetitive, some scenes were better than others, but it didn't seem to go anywhere, I was so upset. And to see that so many of my fellow film buffs like this film, I'm kinda wondering where I went wrong. I'm thinking of seeing it again, but what should I look at when I watch it, what is it about this film (story wise) that makes it a masterpiece, and I'm not talking about it's visuals, that I already know, but what is it that makes this film IT?