Sin City , a review by Dragonfire
Frank Miller's Sin City 
My ThoughtsFirst of all, this isn't a movie for everyone. It will be too violent and just plain too different for some people. I do think it is entertaining and worth seeing. I've never seen the original stories in the graphic novels, though from things I've read about the movie and seen in some of the extras, it does seem like the movie stays very true to the stories. It definitely does have the look of a comic book with the unique coloring used. Most of the movie is in black and white, with only selective use of colors in a piece of clothing or someone eyes..or blood. The movie was filmed with green screens and just about all the locations were created digitally. That does give the movie a very unique look that may turn off some viewers.
The movie is made up of four stories that slightly weave together with over lapping scenes. I watched the extended version this time, which splits the stories into different parts, complete with their own credits. Some things are shown in a slightly different order than they were in the theatrical version. That could cause a little bit of confusion in a few spots since things are shown sort of out of order in a few cases. The stories are mostly independent of each other with only a little overlap. The stories are dark, disturbing, and twisted in some way, something else that may turn some viewers off. A few things are a little harder to see. The movie is entertaining overall even with the darker tone and subject matter. Several scenes are very violent, though it does seem slightly less gory at times when the blood is a different color, like white.
Pretty much all of the characters are twisted in some way and really none of them are purely good characters, though a few are presented as sort of hero characters. Nancy is probably the only really good character, and she does seem a bit out of place. She dances suggestively in some sort of club, but she doesn't strip. That just seems a tad unbelievable. From one of the extras, a panel from the graphic novel is shown and I think it is Nancy dancing topless, so that seems to have been changed for the movie..probably because of Jessica Alba being cast.
The Blu-ray has several extras that focus on some part of the making of the movie. The extras that I've watched are interesting and worth checking out.
Overall the movie is entertaining and worth checking out, though it will turn some people off.
I did get a review posted on Epinions if anyone wants to take a look.
Sin City(From Dragonfire88's Alphabet Marathon on August 1st, 2010)
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