Sin City
25th of June, 2006
It always looked so tacky, it’s based on comic books afterall. Then I saw it, last night. What an amazing movie. It was nothing like I imagined it would be, it wasn’t even anything like the previews that may have put me off seeing it in the first place.
Marv (pictured above) was probably the coolest character I have ever seen in a movie. The next character was very cool too. The way they talked, their no shit attitude, their way with the ladies, I loved it. I loved it when Marv was getting beaten up by that boss prositute (I’ve forgotten her name) and then just pushes the ropes off him and walks away after it all. Another cool part was when he got the electric chair, they zapped him, turned it off, he coughed up some blood and said “is that the best you can do?” That’s how tough this guy was.
“The hell i sent him to must have felt like heaven after what i done to him” - Another Marv Quote.
The amazing way this film was shot. Half way between how you would see a comic book on paper and how a normal movie might be shot. It never felt real but was never too unreal either. The way certain parts looked drawn but were never blatant cartoons, the way the cars jumped through the air. The colours and the snow especially had me in a trance the whole time.
I didn’t like Bruce Willis’s character as much as the other two but maybe I was just jealous of Jessica Alba’s undying love for him. I haven’t loved a movie like this for a really long time. Sin City 2 cannot come fast enough. 10 out of 10 stars.
