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steve w · #1 12-07-2005, 23:24

go and see this film,it is fecking awesome

marc26 · #2 13-07-2005, 00:06

i plan on picking up as a copy when im in LOS

Allybabba22 · #3 13-07-2005, 00:25

Yes it is brilliant, A totally different kind of movie but one which is totally enjoyable, Highly recomended

Dodger · #4 13-07-2005, 00:50

got it last time I was in los in april, excellent film

JayBee · #5 13-07-2005, 09:00

Horrible, nasty film. Blood and guts, way over the top bloody nasty surrealism. Very twisted movie.

Some hokey theme about the the average guy who looks like a guerilla smashing up nasty bad guys into bloody little pieces, because he is the good guy who is going to die in the end because the world is against him and he is a throwback from another time when men were honorable. Because he is an honorable guy trying to stick up for babes like Jessica Alba, who wants to get in his pants, therefore that gives him the right to make mincemeat out of who ever looks at him the wrong way.

The heroes are doomed because the world is a big plot against average, honorable, musclebound guys who just want to do the right thing by crushing and mutilating bad guys. The villains are ultravillainous, evil, perverts who deserve to be tortured and die, and get what they deserve in the end.

The hero also refrains banging Jessica because she is like a daughter to him, and he doesn't seem to totally appreciate that if a girl has a father-figure complex, then why look a gift-horse in the mouth!!! But it goes back to the honor thing. OK to mutilate bad guys, but not OK to bang girls half your age who look up to you.

And the whole thing about the ****** syndicate of black-belt martial arts kung fu ******s who control the city. Wow!! You gotta luv that!

This is a movie that says it is OK to express your frustration through acts of horrible mayhem and murder, but only if you are a big, tough ugly good guy, who has no self-conrol whatsoever, and doesn't understand why the cards are stacked against him.

A tragedy of Greek proportions without the hubris factor.

In summation, I really enjoyed this movie!

NOT!!

Yes, I really did! No.., I was just saying that. It's a really sick, sick movie. Which is why I liked it. NOT.

OK, I liked some of it, and it is worth seeing, just for Jessica Alba, if for no other reason. There's tons of action.

And the kung fu ****** Mafia girls. But don't take your mother. Or your GF, unless she is a really hardcore nasty girl, or an avant garde psycho artsy chick who can see the deeper meaning thorugh all the gore and mayhem, all for the sake of art, and who appreciates deep stuff about honor and the crisis of alienation in modern society, which we all face, even if we aren't big ugly King Kong men.

Therefore, I give it one thumb up

, one thumb down!

Just the same, it left a bad taste in my mouth. I was uninspired. Instead you should go see Lindsay Lohan in Herbie Fully Loaded, if you have a regular GF or are dating your mother!

But if you are frustrated, alone, and full of rage against a world that is conspiring against you, and you love ultraviolent movies, then, by all means, this is THE movie for you!

JayBee

P.S. This must have been based on a dark comic book. Right?

LivinLOS · #6 13-07-2005, 09:24

It was very very close to the graphic novels of the same name.. Even down to single color additions to frames and some of the shots (down to timing the use of negative) nearly mirror particular frames from those pages.. So for fans of the (gphc) novels this was a treat and unusual for cinema to take such a risky plot..

Part of the whole point of Sin City is the factor that in such an environment there are no good guys.. Marvin is a wreck of a thug, yet even inside this brutal man there is hope (and desire) of redemption.. The actions of Goldie brought out this small seed of goodness (even if the only thing he is capable of is revenge) in him.. Also to say 'without the hubris' almost each and every charachter gets payback (though its clear that some sins are day to day sins and some are outrgight 'bad' characters)..

And as to the Jessica Alba.. The PR girl that was in 25th hour (leader of the ******s, cant remember her name now) floats my boat far far more then Miss Alba !!!!

Not all the elements 'worked' because they were engineering sequences to mirror the layout and framing of certain shots from the books.. The 'Marvin' scenes seemed to come through the best with yellow eye and the ******s working the least IMHO..

Its definately a 'style' over story film near arthouse if it wasnt for the pulp violence.. Personally I wish more of Hollwierds productions were in this vien than the formulaic blow stuff up architypal hero / baddie nonsense..

LivinLOS · #7 13-07-2005, 09:25

Ohh and just for a laugh.. if you go to awfulplasticsurgery.com and check out what Mickey Rourke has done to his face.. No wonder he got the Marvin part !!!!

JayBee · #8 13-07-2005, 15:47

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Originally Posted by LivinLOS

And as to the Jessica Alba.. The PR girl that was in 25th hour (leader of the ******s, cant remember her name now) floats my boat far far more then Miss Alba !!!!

The PR girl is hot, no doubt about that, very, very sexy!

But Jessica Alba is way beyond that, IMHO.

Quite honestly, I was never a fan of hers before I saw Sin City. The whole Dark Angel thing didn't interest me at all. She was cute then, but still just a kid of 17. Now she has really grown ap to be a full-fledged woman, and has surpassed J Lo in the sexy Latina department, and also as an actress, I suspect, although we will have to see more of her to really make that judgement.

She is the "All-American" Hispanic girl. Her father is Mexican/American and her mother is Danish. Which gives her that sultry Latina look combined with cool and classic Scandinavian beauty. Here is what one interviewer had to say about her:

An Interview With Jessica Alba

Recently I got a chance to talk to Jessica Alba while in NYC to talk about her latest role. I can honestly say that Jessica Alba is actually hotter in person. Usually that’s not the case, but she is an exception. No matter how gorgeous she looks on screen, I can vouch that she looks better in real life.

JayBee · #9 13-07-2005, 16:09

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Originally Posted by LivinLOS

The PR girl that was in 25th hour (leader of the ******s, cant remember her name now) floats my boat far far more then Miss Alba !!!!

Puerto Rican? Well, kinda... Her character's name is Gail, the leader of the Old Towne girls. The actress's name is Rosario Dawson. A little about Rosario...

Biography for
Rosario Dawson
Height
5' 8" (1.73 m)

Is of Puerto Rican, Cuban, African American, Irish and Native American descent.

Discovered sitting on her front porch in New York City and asked if she wanted to be in a movie. That movie was Kids (1995).

Attended an alternative school in downtown Manhattan, where she harbored aspirations of one day becoming a marine biologist.

Was raised in Manhattan by her mother, a professional vocalist, and her father, who worked in construction.

JayBee

P.S. Although it is not stated in her biography, she has also got an awesome rack!!!