AWFUL, Save your money ... violent stylized stupidity

Rating: Null/10 (1 April 2005)

I can't remember when I left a theater more disappointed then I did when I was walking to my car after Sin City. I knew nothing going in about the story or the graphic novel but I knew Frank Miller's work. His crafting of both Daredevil and Batman is legendary. All I could think of as I waited for this movie to end (which I NEVER thought it actually would) was that either Frank Miller went insane after he left Marvel or else the comics code held that insanity in check.
This movie isn't creative or artsy, it's just flat out bizarre. I can see why Tarentino wanted to be involved with this stupidity. Two words spring to mind when thinking of Sin City  stylized stupidity. OK, maybe three words violent stylized stupidity. This movie is only about testing the audience's tolerance for violence as EVERY actor takes an over-the-top approach to EVERY shallow character. It's nothing more then an ultra-violent cartoon pretending to be something more. How many "tough guy" characters can we follow around killing in spurts of blood? I enjoyed the early sexuality of the film but by the fifteen minute mark it disappears and all that's left is cartoonishly twist crap.
The trailers and the TV commercials have showed EVERY frame of Jessica Alba's alleged striptease. Hard as it is to believe, there's NOTHING sexy about her character. The only redeeming factor about this waste of time was the extended nude scene of Carla Gugino who played Karen Sisco on the short lived TV show (I may have to check out Spy Kids 3 now!). Other then those two minutes, this movie was flat out awful.
If this illogical and cartoony thing is any reflection of the twisted things going on in Frank Miller's mind, then I'm glad he's out of the mainstream. Save your money.