Got a free pass for an advance screening from my comic guy.
And it is
The.
Best.
Fucking.
Comic.
Book.
Movie.
EVER.
No bullshit. Now, I know many of you have your own personal faves...be it the 1st Superman, the 1st Bat-Man, Spider-Man, X-men, American Splendor, Ghost World....whatever.
But this film is faithful to the source material in a way I've never seen before.
The screen shots were filmed directly from the pages of the book...same angles, lighting, everything.
The dialouge was word for word from the comic...a few cuts here and there but only where necessary to keep the pace moving.
The casting was perfect. Just about every actor was faithful to the comic version of the character.
As far as being a movie on it's own merits...for those that might not be familiar with the comic...the acting/line delivery would seem to be stunted. Not the greatest performances you've ever seen by the actors involved. But, that's because the comic itself is a stylized version of the classic noir movies of the 40's and 50's. What works on a written page can come across as a little stilted when said out loud. With that in mind, I think the performances were great and, again, very true to the actual books.
The only real minus was never getting to see Jessica Alba or Rosario Dawson all nuded up and stuff.
The movie was made from 3 of the Sin City stories...
That Yellow Bastard
The Big Fat Kill
The original Sin City stories from some old Dark Horse anthology series.
There's also a moment in one of the segments lifted directly from A Dame To Kill For.
Up until now, I think that Blade has been my fave flick based on a comic.
Sin City has surpassed everything I've seen up to this point.
Any comments?
Last edited by THE Bastard; 2005-04-01 3:39 AM.
