Frank Millar’s Sin CIty: A Short Review
Posted By Kathleen David on April 2, 2005
Peter and I went to see this movie yesterday for various reasons including that Peter has known the creator for years. My short review, most faithful adaptation of a graphic novel I have seen so far.
If you like the graphic novels then this is the film for you.
If you didn’t like them, then I can’t recommend this movie to you.
If you haven’t read the graphic novel, there is sex, nudity, cannibalism, torture, and lots of people die in horrible ways too painful to speak of (but for some they do give you the visuals).
I thought the graphic novel was OK, but took a long time to get anywhere. The visuals in the comic book were always stunning and they are translated to the screen picture to pixel. Some solid performances by some good actors if you are willing to go through a stomach churning 2 hours.
As Don Thompson once said “If this is the sort of thing you like, you’re going to like it.”
Hate to be pedantic, but wasn’t that quote originally Abe LIncoln? 🙂
Thanks for the review — we don’t have a whole lot of interest in seeing the film regardless, but your review certainly carries a lot more weight than that of J. Random Critic who’s got no idea of the source material.
TWL
I loved it. As much as I love movies it’s rare for me to want to go see one the day after having seen it once already…but that’s how much I loved this one.
The violence was too stylized to churn my stomach (and my stomach is difficult to churn anyway, so take that with a grain of salt). The first 5 or ten minutes had me worried that it was too over the top with the film noir cliches but the minute Micky Rourke’s Marv shows up…dámņ!
I hope it makes a mint (but I doubt that it will–see SKY CAPTAIN).
Even shorter review:
Best movie ever in the history of anything.
Thank you, come again.
just curious kathleen
what did peter think?
i am divided myself i have the first graphic novel
i didnt get into it
but i am willing to give the film a shot
Haven’t read the graphic novel; loved the Cinematography and Richard Rodriquez. Jessica Alba is totally smokin’ and it’s hard to forget Benicio with a gun sticking out of his forehead.