Sin City baby!

the theater goes dark, and on the screen the terrace of a tall, city building against a grim dark skyline, about to spit rain, a striking lady in a red dress walks to the railing.. "She shivers in the wind like the last leaf on a dying tree.." goes The Salesman from behind her, and starts us off on the high-speed, two hour rollercoaster ride that is Sin City!! excellently made movie, i think it came out exactly how Frank Miller's monochromatic mind wanted it to be like when he wrote the series of novels! directed by Robert Rodriguez (Desperado, From Dusk Till Dawn), and featuring as guest director - Quentin Tarantino (do i really need to write credits for him?! where do i start? Reservoir Dogs? Pulp Fiction? Kill Bill?!).. they did an excellent job with the making, the weaving together of plots and the tying off of loose ends. one really got the feeling of being transported back to that era!

so i don't wanna spoil the movie for those who haven't watched it.. but man it was excellent! the loaded star cast did their jobs well.. bruce willis, jessica alba, mickey rourke, clive owen, benicio del toro, devon aokie, brittany murphy, josh hartnett.. elijah wood (who i always slaughter!) it's shot entirely in black and white, with selective one-colour filtering.. full of angry, fighting men.. hot, sexy women.. gruesome, wanton blood-spattering.. fast, furious car-chases.. and little subtleties that are almost a trade mark of the robert rodriguez.. excellent score, brief screenshots, wicked angles.. and the car chases were done by QT.. and every time you see him at work again, you really admire his thought process when he's shooting a film.

if you thought Kill Bill Vol.1 had way too much blood, then maybe you might give this one a miss.. but you'll be missing out on a forgotten era of pulp literature, and stories that gave birth to legends like Batman. Basin City (where the stories are set) has a very uncanny resemblence to Gotham City, in Batman. the pace throughout is relentless, never really eases off the gas pedal.. well worth the ticket price definitely, and then some. do watch it in a theater if you can though. anyways, me off now to watch the downloaded dvd-rip! ;-))