An amazing new wave Film Noir comic-based master piece!!

Rating: 10/10 (13 April 2005)

Well...I must saw...WOW! Not having read the novels or really even knowing what it was about aside from what I got from the trailers, I was very surprised at the graphic violence of this movie. It definitely deserves the R rating that it has! I can only imagine what the directors' cut will be like. I also can't imagine what the NC-17 version must have been like before they re-cut i to get a R! I am not the type to get offended by violent movies so it didn't keep me from enjoying this AMAZING film noir adventure!! I was expecting the violence to be like all the other violence we have seen in recent movies like kill Bill or Pulp Fiction and Resivor Dogs. Well, I was wrong. This movie takes violence in cinema up more than a few notches! This movie was visually stunning and innovative but I guess that was to be expected from the trailers. Every other scene took my breath away.
My favorite story of the film, at least for now, is the Gail/Dwight story. I enjoyed that the story the most and I was really surprised by the twist at the end of that story.
Now, tell me that I am not the only one that teared up when Wendy told Marv that he could call her Goldie! That was a great scene.
I also really enjoyed the 2 book-end stories. I think it was real cool that it started out with The Man and then borough that back around again at the end. I also like how the Hartigan/Nancy story served as a common thread through the movie. Starting with Nancy as a child and weaving the character through the movie was Brilliant! I love this movie and I must own it on DVD as soon as possible. I will definitely be seeing it again before it comes to DVD!