Sin City is a very good movie

Rating: Null/10 (3 April 2005)

Regardless of who is credited as the director, Quentin Tarantino had his name written all over Sin City. Not only did it have the blood spewing violence similar to that in Kill Bill but it had stories starting and ending at different points then coming back later in the film just like Pulp Fiction. What kept this film from becoming great was its failure to make connections with each story the way that Pulp Fiction did. Had it done this, I would be talking Oscars. Instead, I'm reviewing a very good movie. Despite the long list of great actors that were in this movie, none of them turned in great performances, in fact none of them were even that good. Interestingly enough, however, due to the nature of this film, good acting was totally unnecessary. The movie was made in such a way that it felt like the actors were just reading the captions of a comic book to us. Unlike Spiderman and all the other comic book movies lately, Sin City was truly a comic book that came to life. Nearly every character's thoughts were portrayed through voice over which in a lot of cases can be considered an easy way out, in this case, it works perfectly. I'd be doing the film a disservice if I didn't comment on how artistic it is. It is clear cut, black and white which colored eyes and red blood. This alone could attract an audience but this film is much more than good looks.