Impressive

Rating: 8/10 (2 April 2005)

I saw "Sin City" last night and was amazed at how much I really enjoyed it. I am not a comic book lover and never have been, I have nothing against them, I just always wrote them off as a guy thing. After seeing this movie though, I find myself wanting to go to the book store and checking out some of the other graphic novels out there. I thought Mickey Rourke did a fantastic job. He hasn't exactly been on the top of the A-list in the last several years, but I think this movie will put him higher up on the Hollywood food chain. The movie was over-the-top to say the least. It has a ridiculous quality to it that is easily overlooked as long as the viewer keeps in mind that it is based on a comic book. My only criticism of the film is Alexis Bledel. I just don't think she was right for the role of "Becky". I credit my dislike of her in this movie, however, to the fact that I am an avid Gilmore Girls watcher so it was hard for me to separate her from that character and visualize her as a hooker. Visually I was stunned at the way the film was shot. At different points during the movie I could actually see these characters on the page of a comic book. Without a doubt I think this is one of the best movies I've seen so far this year. People complained about the violence and the moral deficiency portrayed on screen without any real inspirational message at the end. Frank Miller created a world where even being good can mean having to be bad and I loved that about it. I go to the movies for escapism. I can't say I watch movies to learn anything or to be taught a moral lesson, I watch them to entertained without any regard to subject matter. Sex and violence in a movie doesn't bother me as long as at the end I felt like I had taken a trip somewhere else while never leaving the theater seat and "Sin City" did that for me.