Sin City
Just saw Sin City (aka Frank Miller's Sin City) last night in the theaters. For the 7 of you out there who don't know, the movie Sin City is based on the series of graphic novels of the same name. The film takes 3 loosely-correlated stories from the novels and turns them into roughly 2 hours of highly-entertaining stuff.
Visually stunning, very well done movie. I don't think they could have captured the comic-book feel any better. I loved it.
I'll spare you the full review, since I'd just be gushing anyway, but I'll break down the winners and losers in the acting department:
Winners: Mickey Rourke nailed his part and almost stole the film, but they also got great performances from Carla Gugino (from the short-lived series Karen Sisco-- don't worry if you never saw it; good actress for the wrong part in that show, but she rocked in this movie), Jessica Alba, Benicio Del Toro (I don't know why I even mention him, he's always good), Rosario Dawson and Nick Stahl (to name a few). Clive Owen was sick.
Hung Jury: Bruce Willis was excellent, but he was supposed to be playing a guy in his 60's, which I wasn't buying for a minute. My girlfriend thought he pulled it off though, so I'm going to go with a draw on this one. Michael Clark Duncan was solid, but he didn't have enough of a part to really gain attention. Same thing goes for Elijah Wood.
Losers: Josh Hartnett has solidified himself as the next Ben Affleck-- horrid actor, but gets parts since girls like him. Even when he's a lead he falls flat, but when surrounded by some of the best actors around, he just looks amateur. Piss-poor. Brittany Murphy was her usual lousy self, which wasn't unexpected but still disappointing. Alexis Bledel (aka the jailbait from Gilmore Girls) doesn't really need to be in this category since she did have her moments (and she looked great doing it), but she was too hit-or-miss to call it a real success.
Overall: 9 out of 10. If you miss it in the theaters, I have a good feeling about the DVD.
posted by BJC @ 9:14 AM
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