Beautiful to the eyes, great cast, great characters not much else.

Rating: 3/10 (16 August 2005)

I wanted to like this movie so bad. I'm a big fan of Robert Rodriguez. I must say I've never read or even heard of the Sin City comics. Other than Batman/Superman I'm pretty much out of my league. If I had liked the comics maybe i would have understood the direction Rodriguez took the film. From what I've heard he was just being true to the comic series.
The black & white film with amazing color spotted here and there was very different and welcomed. Most people have a complaint about the violence, cannibalism and pedophile in the movie. It really didn't go into any detail on any of those. It's not a comic kids should be out there reading and the movie is rated R therefore I don't really see what the problem was.
The problems I had with the film where the comic book backgrounds(once again I not a comic reader & i didn't enjoy that), sometimes corny dialog and excessive narration as if reading the thought box above a characters head in a comic book(again not a comic reader & didn't enjoy that). Putting all that together and it was just a little too much for me. The movie seemed like a comic book on screen which I think was the point but it got lost to this viewer.
On the plus side this movie had an amazing cast. It's beautiful to the eyes. It has some great scenes here and there. There are many wonderful characters in the film. I can see why the comics are so popular. Mickey Rourke was outstanding in the movie. I loved the character and him in it.
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