Most stylish film ever?

Rating: 9/10 (3 June 2005)

Frank Miller's Sin City is probably one of the best films I've seen this year. In fact probably longer than that. From the offset, the use of colour is perfect. It is filmed to perfection. Many have compared the style of this film to that of Pulp Fiction but I disagree. The only similarity with this other masterpiece is that it moves from story to story. This film depicts three stories in the nightmare that is Sin City. The cast are perfect for their roles, even Elijah Wood surprisingly making a great villain. Having not read the books that this film is based on, the stories themselves are fairly good. However the main drawback of this film is that I didn't feel as attached to the characters as I would have hoped considering what happens. I think this may be to do with the style in which it has been filmed. This will surely be the judge of the film rather than the stories themselves. The use of the colour in particular the contrast between black and white is spectacularly clever and still appropriate. The style of this is consistent from the opening scene to the end credits. This film is well worth a watch. The unique concept that Frank Miller has put across in this film mixed with the cinematography and the cast makes this an amazing film. However, I'm not so sure Sin City 2 or 3 will live up to this.