Doug (my co-host on The Audio Edition) and I checked out Sin City last night. There are thousands of reviews on the internet, so I won’t give you one per se, but I’ll just share a couple of my thoughts:
1) It was quite good… but not GREAT
From the hype and advanced reviews I read I thought there was a possibility I was about to watch one of the best films of the year. Don’t get me wrong, it is a good movie and pretty damn enjoyable (I’ll probably go to see it at least one more time). The visuals are beautiful and it’s perfectly cast. Just don’t get too caught up in the hype machine… it’s not THAT good.
2) Jessica Abla isn’t that pretty
She has a body that can stop your heart if you look at it too long… and she is an attractive woman (no doubt), but for some reason I thought for a while she was one of the more beautiful women on the planet… a lot of close ups in Sin City have changed my mind. Still good looking though.
3) Mickey Rourke Rules
Despite the fact that he probably has more screen time than any other star in the film (and probably the most significant character), Rourke got totally left out of the marketing (there is no Marv poster like there is for all the other characters), hell, on the main poster he’s not ever there except for the little image of him on the bottom. But make no mistake, Mickey Rourke is THE star of this movie. Easily gave the best performance. Why doesn’t anyone notice this guy? He was the best part Get Carter too.
Do any of you have anything to add?
