The Sins Of Miller

Rating: 7/10 (13 December 2007)

I liked it a lot, the characters were one dimensional and some of the acting wasn't that great, but that wasn't really the movies main objective. The cinematorgraphy and action were great, and the plots aimed at "cool", and that's really what it stood on, but did so in a way where I wouldn't mind watching it again and again. The continuous voice overs got a bit annoying at first, but after awhile I slowly warmed the Raymond Chandler voice overs. This film, if nothing else is a great link between the poetry of static visual comics art and film, as well as an homage to all the gritty pulp stories that carried 20th century pop literature like placenta, detective stories, crime stories, film noir, etc. Yes, Frank Miller leans into misogyny and racism like a pirate leans on a peg leg(see 300), but that does not prevent this film from bieng one of the most original and entertaining action films in recent memory. One of the best in this new decade easily.
(Being a fan of the books, however, these films really do fail to tell the whole story, the comics are actually much more human and three dimensional, really. Interested parties take note.)