Absolutely Beautiful

Rating: 10/10 (11 June 2005)

This is a truly beautiful movie. It is black and white, but with a little bit of color. Mostly red, like blood and various objects. As you watch, everything looks real but you can tell that there is just something "different" about the way the cars drive and the way the people go about their lives. Nothing is as it seems.
The acting is impressive as well. Mickey Rourke plays his character, Marv, outstandingly. Hopefully, Marv will renew his squandered career and we will get to see him in more good movies. Bruce Willis has now shown that he can play a tough guy with feelings instead of just a tough guy. Nick Stahl was a creep. Jessica Alba was seductive. Brittney Murphy was helpless (in a good way).
I thought, for the first time, that this movie that was based on a comic book is actually a moving comic book. Spiderman did not leave that feeling, The Hulk did not leave that feeling, Dare Devil sure as hell didn't leave that feeling. Just Sin City. And it left me wanting more. Sequels Away! (I never thought I would say that!)