A gorgeous film

Rating: 9/10 (1 April 2005)

From the stunning beauty of the actresses to the incredible cinematography and moods, this movie is a work of art. It was so simple to believe that I was watching a comic book made real, with the sometimes cheesy dialogue, over-the-top violence (which while gory, was never TOO much, in my opinion) and well done camera angles, which is easy to miss in comics, but sometimes makes the scene.
I thought it felt like a Mickey Spillane book, as thrown through the ringer by Edgar Allen Poe. Don't hold your breath for happy endings, but I guess that's also depends on your point of view.
Another well-done touch was the black-and-white with splashes of color. It was perfectly done, kind of like that one girl in "Schindler's List." "Sin City" made far more use of color, but again it always tended to either give extra depth to characters or increase a scene's impact.
Boy, is this NOT a date movie.