Film Noir meets Kill Bill

Rating: 8/10 (27 April 2005)

Just to tell you, I'm not a fan of the comic books, but I do plan on reading them soon. I went into the movies with high expectations, simply because Robert Rodriguez doesn't really do bad films, expect Spy Kids 3D, but that's besides the point.
I thought this film would be grand thing, and it turned out to be an awesome experience in many perspectives. Although the entire plot of the film wasn't very "intuned," I loved the telling of three different stories all intertwined in one.
From the very first scene with "The Man," telling looking at the girl on the balcony,telling her the those perfect lines, kissing her, then popping one in her stomach. I thought to myself, that's friggin' sick! But at the same time, I knew what type of film this was gonna be, and I was already loving it.
I really felt bad for Hartigan too, who seemed to just wanna make life the best for Nancy. Poor Marv, who was a no one a loser who was loved by a beautiful, sweet woman, and all Marv did was prove how much he felt her love. Dwight was an okay guy, had more lust in him than love, but he did manage to protect all his women. And Kevin, I think that was the sick creeps name, gave me the creeps. And the entire Basin City was just a sick place, with all the rapes and killings and the violent characters.
I enjoyed all the narratives, and all the shots that the movie had. I also enjoyed the acting, considering some movies shot all on green screen are badly acted (Sky Captain). And I enjoyed the talkiness of the film, very film noir, old gangster like. The violence could have been a little less graphic, I admit, but hey it's all just a movie.
If there will be a sequel, I'm not sure it'll be as good, because this one is so impressive and shocking. I enjoyed the film, and kudos for Mr. Rodriguez who really impressed me with doing such a good job on the writing of the screen story, the computer effects, the music (although it could have been more jazzy) and the direction.