Overrated, Over-hyped, and Underdressed

Rating: 5/10 (9 April 2005)

Though visually stunning, Sin City left me quite unsatisfied when I left the theater and I couldn't figure out why. After extensive thought and contemplation, I think I know what's wrong with the film.
Good things in Sin City: Cinematography, visual style, music, Elijah Wood(very good in one of the creepiest rolls ever), Clive Owen.
Okay things: The basic idea of the movie, the set up, the idea of the city.
Bad things: The actual plot, the characters, anything that Frank Miller actually wrote down or drew. The man needs to see a psychiatrist, pronto. He's a pervert obsessed with nearly naked women and grotesque mutilations.
I really think that if anyone other than Frank Miller had taken the good and okay stuff, they could have turned it into a really great movie.
In the end, Sin City is only the indulgence of a man in sexual fantasies and childish dreams of overblown games of cops and robbers. Acting: 7/10 Visual: 9/10 Plot: 5/10 Character Development: 1/10(the downfall of the film!)
Overall: 5.5/10 See it if you can get a cheap ticket, are 15 years or older, and easily amused, but not disgusted.