Great Cinematography, But I couldn't care about the Characters

Rating: 5/10 (14 April 2005)

It was shot wonderfully, I can't say enough about how cool the filming and effects were amazing. But, I just couldn't care about any of the main characters, except for Hartigan and Nancy. It wasn't until half way through the story that I even knew the main characters name's (and that was with careful attention.) Marv and Dwights fate just didn't matter to me, I understood what they were doing, i just think that this movie should have been 3 separate movies, instead of three movies crammed into one 120 mph ride of a movie. Reason that i cared about Hartigan is because at the beginning of his story they gave the lo-down on him, cop pushing 60-about to retire-fighting a child masochist. And Nancy, you knew she was a poor loving kid that was going to get killed.
Marv and Dwight were just jammed down your throat with no background whatsoever, just that Marv was ugly and never got a dame like Goldie and Dwight was a murderer with red shoes.
Yeah the Comic book i'm sure is awesome, but the film will just fly over the regular movie goer's head. All they needed to do at the beginning of each story was just flash up the characters name or something, because once you know someone's face and their name, you can begin to care, but if you start caring halfway through the story, you just don't have enough time to worry about their fate. That's why i give this movie a 5 out of 10 because the cinematography was amazing but the story telling, character development, and plot were all sad.