Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2005 20:26:27 GMT -4
Sin City is Male Melodrama. Talk about Drama Queens---the men were slashing across the screen like Opera Divas Doing Their Coloratura and High Cs. I was laughing at about one third of it---just way too over the top and down the wall to the next wall to breach.
That said, Mr. Willis, Mr. Del Toro, Mr. Rourke, and Mr. Owen sure do sing pretty. The movie looks like a movie should with just as much visual detail and exposition as verbal exposition. The highly stylized graphics reminded me of the old Fritz Lang classic, Metropolis. Technically, this movie was a marvelous wonder.
The female leads were very uneven. Miss Dawson can pose but she can't act. After every melodramatic clench with Mr. Owen, you could see her eyes wandering to the director for the cut signal or the "good for you" signal. When she does her poses, you've got to take the picture fast or she completely loses the mood. Same with Miss Alba. She looks pretty and knows how to display and shimmy her lovely wares, but she is totally unconvincing. Mr. Willis works very hard to support her (insert your own, Bruce Willis bra joke here), but he can't do his own job and provide her underwire.
Miss Aoiki was exotic and moved well as required. Miss Bledel was a revelation. I like her but I've always thought her a very akward, shy actress on The Gilmore Girls. She is perfect here. The only time she trips up is in a scene with Miss Dawson---she evidentally made the mistake of actually looking at Miss Dawson's wandering glaze during a short speech. But Miss Bledel averts her eyes and gets back to her job and does it well. Miss Murphy is a hysteric and hysterically funny. The Goldie actress looked the part but like Miss Dawson, she got lost in her poses. And Miss Gugino---did you ever see The Center of the World? Miss Gugino is very good but WTF was that "I could use a cigarette." line?
Elijah Wood, Nick Stahl (he was yellow instead of dirty aka. Carnivale), and Powers Booth and Rutger Hauer---all scary, scary, scary, scary.
The movie is too long, most of the acting is prime, the stories are outrageous in an Opera sort of way, and the movie is gorgeous to look at. And the movie has a scene between Mr. Owen and Mr. Del Toro---two of the best actors working in movies today---that is perfect. Mr. Del Toro, why aren't you doing more movies?
That said, Mr. Willis, Mr. Del Toro, Mr. Rourke, and Mr. Owen sure do sing pretty. The movie looks like a movie should with just as much visual detail and exposition as verbal exposition. The highly stylized graphics reminded me of the old Fritz Lang classic, Metropolis. Technically, this movie was a marvelous wonder.
The female leads were very uneven. Miss Dawson can pose but she can't act. After every melodramatic clench with Mr. Owen, you could see her eyes wandering to the director for the cut signal or the "good for you" signal. When she does her poses, you've got to take the picture fast or she completely loses the mood. Same with Miss Alba. She looks pretty and knows how to display and shimmy her lovely wares, but she is totally unconvincing. Mr. Willis works very hard to support her (insert your own, Bruce Willis bra joke here), but he can't do his own job and provide her underwire.
Miss Aoiki was exotic and moved well as required. Miss Bledel was a revelation. I like her but I've always thought her a very akward, shy actress on The Gilmore Girls. She is perfect here. The only time she trips up is in a scene with Miss Dawson---she evidentally made the mistake of actually looking at Miss Dawson's wandering glaze during a short speech. But Miss Bledel averts her eyes and gets back to her job and does it well. Miss Murphy is a hysteric and hysterically funny. The Goldie actress looked the part but like Miss Dawson, she got lost in her poses. And Miss Gugino---did you ever see The Center of the World? Miss Gugino is very good but WTF was that "I could use a cigarette." line?
Elijah Wood, Nick Stahl (he was yellow instead of dirty aka. Carnivale), and Powers Booth and Rutger Hauer---all scary, scary, scary, scary.
The movie is too long, most of the acting is prime, the stories are outrageous in an Opera sort of way, and the movie is gorgeous to look at. And the movie has a scene between Mr. Owen and Mr. Del Toro---two of the best actors working in movies today---that is perfect. Mr. Del Toro, why aren't you doing more movies?
