Visually Stunning!

Rating: 7/10 (2 April 2005)

As expected this movie was as beautifully shot as I expect from Mr Rodriguez. He and Spielberg are probably the best Cameramen in the business today. Sin City was by far the "best looking" comic book movie to date. Mickey Rourke's performance as Marv was worth the price of admission all by it self. Now for the negative side. My only big beef with the movie is how the 3 separate stories are placed together on screen. I didn't feel the connection with the other characters like I did Marv, and I blame Frank Miller for that. He had the entire movie storyboarded out and Rodriguez followed it to the letter. As a comic book this story works, but on screen people are owed better story structure and placement. He did tie all 3 stories into the main one, but only in a cheap way. Instead of a beginning, middle and end, he worked it similarly to the "pulp fiction" format. Now I'll be the first one to say the Rodriguez knows more about Directing then Tarrantino ever will, however Mr T is still the dialog and story teller master which is why pulp fiction worked.
Overall this movie has all the visuals and violence that serious comic book movies need to get the point across. Just don't go into it hoping to get a resolution that you will be looking for.