Damn! The best comic adaptation I've seen in my entire life.

Rating: 10/10 (8 July 2006)

Damn again! Man if you like comics books and you want to see your imaginations come to life, then you should consider reading Frank Miller's Sin City and watching this damn movie! Its EXACTLY as if the comic book came to life!!! My God! I was astonished, intrigued and most of all damn impressed with this damn good movie! This movie features 3 stories from Basin City (Sin City itself).You've got Marv's story (a thug who avenges his one-night-stand's death), where Marv is played by a brilliant Mickey Rourke in what I believe is the best performance of his life. Then you've got Dwight McCarthy's story (a private eye who saves Sin City's whore town from an all out war with the cops) Dwight being played by Clive Owen is good and stylish, but he lacked the grace of Rourke. I felt like Owen didn't embrace his character as much as Rourke did. Rourke had even the minutest details covered like Marv's awkward stretching and even his smirk.
The last story is Hartigan's story (a old cop who protects the victim of his last case from a rapist). Hartigan is played by Bruce Willis, Willis being as brilliant as ever. But again I didn't quite feel the graceness of the character as Rourke's. But he was brilliant and attained near perfection in my list.
There are a lot of "dames" in this movie - Carla Gugino, Rosario Dawson, Jessica Alba, Brittany Murphy and a lot other prominent members. But I thought this was more the man's flick than the girls. Though there were some good performances and damn good action scenes, especially Miho (Devon Aoki)the silent assassin of the whore town.
The narration angle of the movie combined with an equally good direction is TOO brilliant, with each of the main characters getting the chance to 'narrate' his way through the story. I thought that was a VERY cool angle as it made the movie more comic-ish. Also the blood, the shoot-outs, the punches and even the car crashes all seem to have been directly ripped of the comic into the 3-D world. You actually feel like you're in the movie and won't feel the 2 hours slip away so calmly.
Don't be put off by the black and white screens. They actually make the movie truly comic-ish. This is a heck lot more than your money's worth. I bet you anything that you'll buy this movie's DVD. AND if you're watching the DVD be careful. The movie has VERY DARK scenes AND some nude scenes packed. This movie is NOT for the weak hearted!Be warned! Oh and just for the statistics, this IS currently #63 in Top 250 movies here at IMDb AND more that 35,500 including me voted 10/10. So there ya go. Everybody loves it. Just watch and throw me a punch if you don't like it. Deal?