Gorgeous Film

Rating: 9/10 (19 April 2005)

With "Sin City," I didn't know anything about it. A friend of mine who's obsessed with Elijah Wood wanted to go see it. I told her I'd go see it with her, but I had no opinion about it either way. Then I saw a preview. Realized I *had* to go see this film, if no other reason than the beautiful cinematography. Well, I finally saw it. I loved this film.
The cinematography was even more amazing than I thought it was going to be. I loved the use of the black-and-white. We just don't see enough of those anymore, and for a genre like film noir, black-and-white works well. However, it was taken a step further by the use of color in certain places, like Goldie's hair color, Dwight's car, the blood on Marv's face. These heightened the surrealness of the movie, along with the almost cartoonish look, like the first time Kevin's on the screen or Marv's bandages. This movie is stellar example of awesome cinematography! But that's not the only great thing...the music was perfect. Within the first minute or so of the opening credits, I knew I had to buy the soundtrack. The music perfectly accentuated the movie, which is what good scores are supposed to do.
I thought the acting in this movie was incredible. All of the actors did a great job in connecting with one another for each scene they were in. It wasn't so far over the top that it got annoying. One small thing was the way all the guys had that gruff, smoking-for-their-lives way of talking, but since that's common in film noir, it worked. Also, the voice-overs could be annoying for some. They didn't bother me, since I realized those, too, are common in film noir, and there were three different stories in this film.
The fight scenes were cool. I really liked watching Marv fight. While they're a little over-the-top, I was okay with it.
All in all, I just loved this film. I thought it was supremely awesome, and I'm planning on buying it once it's out.