Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Movie Review-Sin City
Well, I admit it. I really miss college assignments, writing reviews,making short films so on and so forth. Finally got my hands on Sin City and I think it deserves to be written about. So here goes..
Sin City is one of those movies you want to talk about, it is one of those movies you would not want to shut up about. Rodriguez has outdone himself with his one-man crew way of filmmaking.I wouldn't call it his best though. The audience may be limited for this one, but for those who appreciate this type of story and the melodramatic way in which it's told...this is the ultimate. There has never been a film that has felt so much like a comic book leaping off of the page. The film is really dark and does have a lot of violence.The violence was essential and omnipresent in this movie.Murderers,rapists,thugs and death is what Sin City is all about.
Sin City is a stunning explosion of black and white, with splashes of red. And by red I do not mean blood-I'm not saying there's no blood-but there's a lot more to it the red - the red dress which makes an appearance in the movie, the sinful red lipstick ...and the ominous red clouds. It's stylized brilliantly, the black and white throughout the movie takes it to another level, it takes you to Sin City.
All you Quentin Tarantino fans out there-the man directs a segment.That's a big enough reason to watch it "Sin City".
When the unrecognizeable Mickey Rourke smashes through a door, cops go flying exactly as they do in comic books...and it looks real! Well...as real as it possibly can, but the point is that they get all the outrageousness of comics come to life in both the style/look of the film and the way in which the action sequences are filmed. Willis is good as always as are Del Toro and Clive Owen. The standouts to me were Rourke,the amazingly beautiful Jessica Alba, and both Nick Stahl and Elijah Wood.Elijah Wood is flat out freaky as a quiet little psycho and did a good job convincing the audience.
High contrast blacks and whites with occasional color splashed in make for a look like no other film ever made. And the action is almost any frame of it and turn it into a painting. The story...well, it's a bit thin and fragmented to be certain, but if you allow yourself to get lost in the world of Sin City, you won't care so much that the story isn't the greatest. Although it may have limited appeal, it's an amazing film that's a wonder to look at.
Sin City is fierce and unafraid, an assault on your senses and a dark, harsh tale in which characters struggle to do what’s right by doing wrong. It’s not bright or cheery and there are no happy endings, but what‘s here is shockingly beautiful.
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