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Without City *

Friday, June 10, 2005 at 4:12 PM

Awww man. Once in a while a film comes around that really makes you go "wow". Prior to Wednesday evening, the most recent film to do that was Hotel Ruwanda, which was a very powerful, emotionally gripping film that I *must* get on DVD when it comes out.

On Wednesday evening, yet another one came around: Sin City.

It's a film made based on a collection of comic books (the Sin City series, surprisingly enough) and focuses mainly around three stories. I'm not going to describe any of them here, because I don't like spoilers of any kind and you should just see it open minded. Oh and it's explained in the Empire website. If you can't be bothered to read a full review, check out my Good points / Bad points brief review below:

Good points

Amazing style (direction and post production) - it actually felt like a comic book transferred directly to the big screen
Fast pace, sexy and kick ass - no boring moments throughout
Excellent acting all round, the characters are really strong (Ellijah Wood's face is now haunting me when I close my eyes)
Jessica Alba plays a pole-dancer

Bad points
Mmm there are some I'm sure:

Er… it's too long if you like films to be less long than this film is?
Nah, that's rubbish, how about:
It's in black and white mainly, which makes your colour receptors feel underappreciated?
No, that's balls too. Ah, I know, how about:
It's quite violent.
Not really a negative point in my eyes, mind. Oh hang on, I know:
Jessica Alba doesn't get naked.
Yep, that's the one!

And, if you haven't quite got the message: SEE THE FILM

(* Translation of Sin City from Spanish to English within Google Translate. I was kinda hoping City was a Spanish word I could translate back to English, but it's not. It's a mini adventure!)

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