Sin City

Pros: well acted, adventurous story, innovative film
Cons: over-abundance of violence, nothing at its core

To be sure, Sin City really is a feast for the eyes, and is a wonderfully presented film. That being said, there are some fatal flaws that really keep it from being anything more than a comic book on the big screen. Frank Miller brought us something ...

Pros: Cinematography, Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, some good wisecracks
Cons: Story - mishmash of styles with no discernable taste exercised, generally inane dialog

Sin City (2005) “Worth dyin’ for. Worth going to hell for.” Marv Sometimes a movie can be like what they say about eating Chinese food; good while it lasts, but in an hour, you’re hungry again. That was the exact impression I had ...

Pros: The use of color and light is very convincing.
Cons: This requires a rather jaded spirit to sit through.

I'm not much of a fan of what are now known as 'graphic novels' any more. Oh, I still have my collection of Cerebus tucked away, and some of Frank Miller's The Dark Knight and the more artistic endevours of Michael Kaluta and Howard Chaykin ...

Pros: Filled with style and good ensemble acting
Cons: Lacking in substance; will disturb some viewers

The opening sequence of "Sin City" sets the tone of what's to be expected from the rest of the film. In that sequence, a well-dressed unidentified man (Josh Hartnett) approaches a woman and begins a friendly conversation. When she comes right next to ...

Pros: Great characters, script, cinematography, and overall vision...
Cons: May be a bit (cough-cough) too graphically violent for many people...

A montage of car races, oddball characters, murders, violence, sex, and gritty street scenes helps to make Sin City one of the most remarkable film experiences of the year. Robert Rodriguez (El Mariachi, From Dusk Till Dawn, The Faculty) outdoes himself ...

Pros: Wholly unlike anything I've ever seen before.
Cons: What in the blue f@ck was that!?

Most of the time, you can trust that any feeling you are left with after watching a movie is a telling factor on how much you liked or disliked it. Has nothing to do with whether you like or dislike the feeling itself, because these days, bad feelings ...

Pros: All-Star lineup, great atmosphere, action, witty humor, Jessica Alba dances on a bar
Cons: Perversion throughout

There was not truly a huge amount of hype for this movie, at least in my estimation. Just another comic book adaptation, one we have seen more than a fair share of the past couple of years. But you knew immediately that this would be something ...

Pros: Released on DVD August 16, 2005.
Cons: Over the top violence, blood, death, dark nudity and vulgarity.

This is probably one of the oddest and at the same time one of the hottest action flicks I've watched in a very long time. In fact after watching all of the trailers and reading the reviews I initially wavered on going to the theater, renting or ...

Pros: Awesome adaptation; great acting
Cons: Very, very violent... a little lacking on morality.

A couple days ago, a friend and I were talking about the Sin City pre-buzz. I had asked him what he’d heard at that point. He summed it up nicely when he said it had a good rottentomatoes rating and asked me “how could something ...

Pros: Amazing cast, tons of gore and action
Cons: A little too brutal at times, not many happy endings

Sin City is based on the graphic novels (extended length comic books) by Frank Miller. It is the ultimate in film noir and concerns the back alley stories of quite a few bad and not-so-bad guys. Not only does much of this film seem like something from a ...

Pros: brilliant visually, lots of twists and reversals, fun
Cons: not for the Amish or their modern-day kin

There's a line in an Eminem song that says, "I am whatever you say I am." It came to me, again and again, as I sat through Sin City, trying to make sense of this ode to style over substance in a storyline that evokes the ghost of Quentin Tarentino ...

Pros: Visuals Audibles and Two hours of releasing endorphins
Cons: ......oh so little time for Brittany Murphy

There are many things that can go wrong in a movie filled with special effects. At times the it can be too much. Also, sometimes the graphics are flawless but the acting is horrific. For example in "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" the ...

Pros: visually stunning - resurrects the classic film noir genre
Cons: too dark, violent, and nihilistic for everyone's tastes

Sin City is not a pleasant place. It's one of those gloomy cities shrouded in perpetual night, where the streets are slick with an oily sheen of rainwater, even when there haven't been any storms for days. Seedy strip clubs and crumbling tenement ...

Pros: One of kind special effects that hold true to the comic graphics; performances.
Cons: The relentless violence makes this movie seriously unsuitable for children.

I was warned. I was warned before going to see this movie by countless reviews and reviewers that this (Sin City) was going to be a one of a kind experience, never mind the often random, heinous violence, it was the special effects and graphics ...

Pros: As edgy as it gets, the perfect antidote to puritan whining.
Cons: Possibly too edgy for some.

"How edgy is it?" That was the question a friend asked when I made reference to going to see Sin City yesterday. She wanted to know because she likes movies that are edgy. I replied that Sin City is "VERY edgy in a Pulp Fiction sort of way". That ...