The Marv sequences were awesome the rest of the film a let down

Rating: Null/10 (20 June 2005)

firstly I'm only vaguely familiar with Frank Miller's work and therefore not a fan waiting to see his comic's made into a film.
I loved the first 30-40 minutes focusing on Marv, a great big lovable brute of a man, it was quite breathtaking, hard, fast, mean etc and superbly acted by Rourke. Ther rest of the film that followed just felt like a bit of a let down, to be honest, and the third story was the weakest of all so buy the end I was feeling rather disappointed.
I know that the director was trying to be faithful to the the comics, and tell each story as they appeared in them but it made the film rather disjointed. If the 3 narratives could somehow have been more intertwined or even linked this would have made for a better film.
Visually stunning and probably the best ever attempt to turn a comic into a film, yet there were some rather leaden moments.
More camera angles and classier editing, (think Pechinpah, think the Wild Bunch) would have made this an amazing film instead of just a pretty damn good one