There were 3 things I liked and 3,000 things that just sucked

Rating: Null/10 (1 April 2005)

What can I say about Frank Miller's, "Sin City?" This was the first time I ever went to a movie on a date and apologized to her for it. The hype, the "film noir" aspect, the ensemble, the directors, the Tarrantino guest spot, and the color scheme (black and white with a few primaries), made this look like something worth visiting. Then again, have you ever visited a relative when you were a child that had one redeeming artifact (Good cookies, Grannie's lemonade), but bored you to tears and had a horrible odor?
Without a doubt, every attempt at piecing together this adaptation of a graphic novel failed like putting a straw hat over a cannon. As a 21st century guy who likes sports, beer, and action movies, even this movie had too much graphic and unnecessary violence for me. One can only stand non-stop be-headings, castrations, and cannibalism for so long before they realize that their date fell asleep for a reason. Between the gore, there was bad dialog, no unpredictable plot development, and nothing to even throw you into saying, "that was interesting." It just came together poorly, and what looked like a good investment for a night out, turned out to be about as good of an investment in a Yugo.
I did say there were 3 things that I liked in this movie. 1.) Mickey Rourke was quite good in his role as the good-hearted torturing madman who fell in love with a hooker. 2) There was a funny scene with a skinhead thug and an arrow. 3.) It ended...
Sorry folks, but the only sympathy I had was for the long line for the sold out 10:10 show. I wanted to whisper to them, "Run for your life".