Cinema: Frank Miller's Sin City

For those of you who missed Sin City at the Fantasy Filmfest, it is officially opening this week on Thurs 11th August at Cinema, Nymphenburgerstr, running till 31st August.

There is a preview show on Wed 10th August at 11.59 pm (!).

Synopsis from www.imdb.com :

"An adaptation of Frank Miller's stories based in the fictional town of Sin City. Chief amongst the town's residents is Marv, who trawls the darkest areas of town looking for the person who killed his one true love, Goldie."

The cast looks impressive : Bruce Willis, Elijah Wood, Jessica Alba, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Hartnett, Brittany Murphy, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke..

Directed by : Frank Miller himself, Robert Rodriguez (of El Mariachi/Desperado/Once Upon a Time in Mexico fame) and Quentin Tarantino.

Great film , a defo on my must see again list.

Hey my first post, does this mean I'm no longer a virgin? lol

Glad you shared this moment with me

Judging by the number of posts you've made I would say you have a lot of experience, just how everyone's first time should be

I have reservations about this movie...I love the series but what after was done with The Punisher series I am unsure. I want to see it but am afraid I will be too hard of a critic on the adaptation...oh crap sorry everyone for bringing negative karma to this thread.

I also have reservations about it, but rather because I am a bit tired of Rodrigues and Tarantino. I expect more of the same. I don't like Bruce Willis either, but Benicio del Torro is, however, a very good reason to go see the movie. That guy is seriously funny. For those who saw "Snatch" he played Franky Four Fingers. So I'm definitely going to go see it.

I think its worth seeing just for Jessica Alba in that outfit...

Did the same people do The Punisher?
I liked Constantine, I must say. Hellraiser was ok too.

This movie is getting unusually high ratings on the Internet Movie Database (imdb.com), so I think I'll go to see it.

UrbanAngel, once again, come to my arms! Constantine! What a nice trashy movie! And Keanu!! Perve-perve!

Yeah I will see it also but still have reservations...

80% on Rottentomatoes:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sin_city/

You know you've gone beyond run-of-the-mill grammar when you need the plural of "castrations".

Looks like a great dark violent film, strong murderous women with sidearms, tormented vengence seeking hero and music by Roberto Rodriguez. I may have to sacrifice my lunch money to see this.

I'd be up for seeing this if times are convenient. Never read the books, but I dig most of Miller's stuff and critics seem to like it (and they're never wrong).

Times at the Cinema :

Wed 10.08. 23:59 (English)
Thu 11.08. 19:30 (English)
Fri 12.08. 15:30 (English)
Fri 12.08. 20:35 (English)
Sat 13.08. 10:45 (English)
Sat 13.08. 22:45 (English)
Sun 14.08. 19:45 (English)
Mon 15.08. 22:15 (English)
Tue 16.08. 19:35 (English)
Wed 17.08. 21:45 (English)
Thu 18.08. 19:30 (English)
Sat 20.08. 19:50 (English)
Sun 21.08. 19:15 (English)
Mon 22.08. 22:15 (English)
Tue 23.08. 19:45 (English)
Wed 24.08. 21:55 (English)
Sat 27.08. 22:30 (English)
Sun 28.08. 21:45 (English)
Mon 29.08. 22:15 (English)
Tue 30.08. 16:15 (English)
Wed 31.08. 21:55 (English

In case anyone's interested, I'm going to the showing on Thursday at 7.30pm and got row 8 middle seat tickets.

It's a great adaptation of a graphic novel. Just how it should and could have been done.
This film could never have been shot in full colour as it is very violent.
White blood tends to make it easier on the eye.
If your expecting the likes of "Spiderman, Fantastic 4 or X-Men" you're in for a shock and this is not the film for you. It makes "The Punisher" look like a kid's movie that Disney screwed up.
Each little story is great, the acting is great, it doesn't hold back and I guess there's just one word to describe it: RAW!

It is a great novel and that is why I was reluctant to see it although it is done by a different production companythan the one who did Punisher. The Punisher was one of my favorite comic books and the movie did it no justice. Yet the review just given by DD sounds good so I will see it...

Hiya

ive send a PM to you yesterday about meeting up. Could you gave me directions as i would like to come along on Thur to watch movie, oh bye the way please dont think im stalking you

@Breeze : Sorry, I didn't see this thread when I clicked on 'View New Posts' I haven't replied to your PM yet, as I've been really busy. If you do a 'Search' in the top-right hand corner for 'cinema' you will get a page of info about it and how to get there (or at least its website).

Anyway, the film was great, really to be recommended. Pretty violent, but very good anyway. I especially liked the costumes

Saw this last night - Wow...Tarantino fans will go nuts for this...lots of violence but in
an artistic way (white blood?). The "film Noir" look was cool, the style was infectious,
and the campiness was over the top - surely to be a cult film for decades.

This film had some of the most beautiful women in it, and all the guys were tough as
nails, and seemed to be invincible...I've not read all the comics, and I'm not familiar
with the Punisher series discussed, however, this (rather long) film is a way cool
evening's entertainment - go see it.

I think this thread needs more pictures from the film.

Becky

For the record, I am hopelessly in love with Alexis Bledel. Specifically, I'm taken with the character she plays in the U.S. TV show, The Gilmore Girls. Can't wait to see her gothed up. Ah, be still my beating heart!

I like the Gilmore Girls too
She's not really gothed up in the film though. She has tight black trousers on, and the top you see above, but otherwise.. she plays an immature prostitute and so her character isn't very dominating, if you're looking forward to that

She could be reading the phone book and I'd probably still pay money to see it.

Just for you

Can we have some of Jessica Alba please?

Now thats better
+ve karma for you keydeck

At the beginning of the film, there are shots of women wearing even less than that photo Um yes so the film is very deep and meaningful..

Nice but Jessica Alba should have dark hair

I didn't think so, but after seeing this photo of her, I have to agree.

Didn't you ever see Dark Angel?

Also Brittany Murphy was seriously cute with dark hair.

No, is that her?

Yes, I think the Dark Angel TV series was Jessica Alba breakthrough role.

Its OK but apart from Alba nothing special, I don't think its a coincidence that it came out after Buffy proved to be such a success.

Nice clothes

Ok I've seen it :
Good points:
Black and white cinematography is great
Lotta hot chics in g-strings

Bad points:
Glorifies torture - each and every "hero" enjoys torturing their victim (also not nice guys)
Clive Owen's accent is shit
crappy dialogue - I know they're trying to bring a comic book to life but this was the best part of Tarantino

Overall : 4/10

Color me impressed.

The best part of the movie: the shots and dialogue are right out of the comic book, shot for shot and line for line. Kudos to Rodriguez for not pulling any punches. The loyalty to the original work is amazing, and Miller deserves the directing credit dispite what grief it cost Rodriguez (he lost his director's guild membership for including a non-director in the credit).

The letdown is: the violence is just too much. If you read the three books that make up this film, they came out over a 3-4 year period. Even reading the graphic novels will take you longer than watching this film. When you take all that violence and compress it into 100 blood-spattered minutes, it's becomes a cartoon of itself, something that did not come across in the books.

That the violence and corny dialogue are so over the top (similar to Desperado) is intentional, and a great upddate of the original Noir style.

Brittany Murphy is the coolest girl to walk the planet these days, this thread needs more pics of her.

Haven't seen the film yet, so dunno what she's like in this, but all is forgiven with this fine fine lady

IMHO, she was crap. I flinched at her acting. She had the same amount of bad script as the other actors, but she did not deliver it well at all, and overdid the cheesiness, espcially on the lines 'You fool, you damn fool'. It's obviously hard managing to carry off bad script and make it look semi-believable. The others had no problems.

Agree with UA - weakest female in the whole thing - but Clive Owen's fake and breaking Yank accent ---- YEEEESH!
EDIT: Bruce Willis should refrain from using words longer than "cat" - Clint Eastwood would have been SOOOO much better here.