Brilliant!

Rating: Null/10 (16 March 2005)

I was lucky enough to see this movie at an advance screening this morning, much ahead of it's April 1 release date.
I have never read any of Miller's graphic novels set in Sin City, so I was a bit curious as to whether or not the film would make sense to me.
The movie was totally amazing. Every single aspect of the movie was purely creative, so even if you are skeptical going in, you can still appreciate the work of art that it is. All of the backgrounds are computer generated. The movie is, for the most part, in black and white. (With the occasional exception of certain things, like lips or eyes, etc.) The soundtrack is quite appropriate, and was done by Rodriguez himself. (What can't this guy do?) Unlike it's Miller counterpart, Elektra, there was an actual plot backed up by great acting. The story I found the best (it revolves basically around three) was Mickey Rourke's-- who was also my favorite character from the film because of his "man on a mission" attitude.
I'm curious to know what fans of Miller's series of graphic novels will think, as far as it being what they have hoped for/expected, but for me, this movie was dynamite.