Great adult movie

Rating: 7/10 (2 April 2005)

I am just back from seeing Sin City, a movie adapted from graphic novels (for that read adult comic books) by Frank Miller. The movie was shot and edited like those graphic novels as well. Mostly in black and white with a few bright red, bright green, bright yellow and fluorescent whites thrown in to catch the eye. The whole effect worked very well I thought to focus our minds on what was important in the shot and to add to the gritty feel of Sin City. It is a real Tarrantino-esque kind of movie, lots of blood, over the top violence and semi-naked women. It is also a throwback to the old days when the anti-hero was in, these people were all bad they were just not as bad as the folks they were killing. The movie was a series of stories all loosely connected to one another by people in the periphery. I actually quite enjoyed it though I am sure it had no redeeming value at all. There were plenty of sarcastic little comments scattered throughout that made me laugh out loud and it was shot so that no one could take the violence seriously. If you liked Kill Bill you will like this I think. Tarrantino is a "guest director" and there were two other guys - Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez - listed as the real directors. I highly recommend it but not for any kiddies at all