Beautiful movie with a bit disturbing graphic violence

Rating: 9/10 (8 June 2005)

I have not read the comics Sin City (I did pay a visit to library immediately after the movie), but I must admit, this was one of the greatest comic book adaptations I have ever seen. When I think of X-Men, which was great, or Spiderman, even though they are very unrealistic, they look so much more real life than does Sin City. Sin City really looked like a comic book made into a real movie with real actors. It had such a tremendous feeling of the comic, with people jumping off houses and landing on their feet, cars running over people who still survive. All this amazing comic stuff is in there.
Not to mention how visually beautiful the movie was. Not only did it have these adorable babes, but the whole world was visually amazing. I loved the use of black&white, with small splashes of colour here and there. Or having a whole person coloured when everything else was b&w. Wonderful way of making the viewer notice the difference between twins for example I just loved those blue eyes of Becky(?) and red shoes of Dwight! I must admit that even though everything was very much cartoon violence, there were some parts that were pretty disturbing to me. I have some problems in seeing people cut to pieces that way... even the bad guys. BUT that did not bother me so much that it would have interfered my enjoyment of the movie as a whole! I really loved the hero characters: Marv, Dwight and Hartigan. Such great guys with their own dark deep secrets. All wishing to do good in their lives and ready to sacrifice themselves for someone they love. But merciless for the people who do bad for their loved ones. Just love that.
The babes were absolutely amazing. The girls of the Old Town were marvellous. Miho with her samurai sword was beautiful, as was their leader Gail, and they were able to take care of themselves these girls, they were not just some brainless chicks. Goldie was really an angel, as was little Nancy.
All in all I loved this movie. And I'm gonna see it again. And buy the DVD.