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Based on three of Miller's immensely popular and immensely gritty books (The Hard Goodbye, The Big Fat Kill, and That Yellow Bastard), Sin City is unquestionably the most faithful comic-book-based movie ever made. Each shot looks like a panel from its source material, and director Rodriguez (who refers to it as a "translation" rather than an adaptation) resigned from the Directors Guild so that Miller could share a directing credit. Like the books, it's almost entirely in stark black and white with some occasional bursts of color (a woman's red lips, a villain's yellow face). The backgrounds are entirely digitally generated, yet not self-consciously so, and perfectly capture Miller's gritty cityscape. And though most of Miller's copious nudity is absent, the violence is unrelentingly present. That may be the biggest obstacle to viewers who aren't already fans of the books and who may have been turned off by Kill Bill (whose director, Quentin Tarantino, helmed one scene of Sin City). In addition, it's a bleak, desperate world in which the heroes are killers, corruption rules, and the women are almost all prostitutes or strippers. But Miller's stories are riveting, and the huge cast--which also includes Jessica Alba, Jaime King, Brittany Murphy, Rosario Dawson, Benicio Del Toro, Elijah Wood, Nick Stahl, Michael Clarke Duncan, Devin Aoki, Carla Gugino, and Josh Hartnett--is just about perfect. (Only Bruce Willis and Michael Madsen, while very well-suited to their roles, seem hard to separate from their established screen personas.) In what Rodriguez hopes is the first of a series, Sin City is a spectacular achievement.Read full review
back when i first watched sin city i was amazed by the comic book styled art of the film i loved every second of the movie: "a young girl lives, an old man dies... fair trade" "my kinda kill" "you just made the biggest mistake yourself, you didn't flush" "recognize my voice hartigan, you piece of sh*t cop" "i take away his weapon, both of them" i mean every dialogue and punchlines were delivered like we think of them while reading a comic book and when the bluray came out i thought how good can it get and i stood corrected because DAMN... the movie looked even sexier in this conversion than its dvd counterpart and the sound was excellent as usual theatrical cut is the same dvd version but extended cut is much better because it gives complete sense into whats happening extras are also very much interesting and i cannot spoil any of them so go rent or buy to get the experience because its worth itRead full review
I love theses cartoon type movies and the find the finest women to seal the deal
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Excellent addition to your dc collection.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
If you enjoyed the comics then you will love the movie. There are four books in the movie, all are separated, The big fat kill could have been made a bit better but overall the other three books make-up for lost ground. That yellow bastard story is amazing! The black and white theme really works, at first I was a bit skeptical but in the end I couldn't be happier with the movie. If you want to watch this you must watch it in blu-ray
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