Sin City

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Were the heroes interchangable? One could argue that they were all killers, but some were definately darker than others. Marv for instance was probably the worst since he could kill, maim, torture and not think twice about it. Dwight seemed to have more of a conscience. Hartigan was probably somewhere in between.

If the city makes a person just as horrible as the villains do you believe there's some sort of inner struggle within the good guys? Is there an attempt on their part not to loose themselves to Sin City?

[heavenwithagun]

I think that just about any actor/actress would have done well in this film because of the style.

[marywebgirl]

Can someone who read the books or just understood what was going on answer a question for me? Why does Hartigan's partner shoot him?

[Alexis Machine]

Does anyone know if the man Marv literally walks over to enter Kadie's is Jackie Boy? The amn who is stepped on is wearing what appears to be the same outfit, and later in the movie, JB tellls Becky, "I've been beaten up every time I turn around."

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q99 said:

Does anyone know if the man Marv literally walks over to enter Kadie's is Jackie Boy? The amn who is stepped on is wearing what appears to be the same outfit, and later in the movie, JB tellls Becky, "I've been beaten up every time I turn around."

Nope, it ain't him. He was just a random bouncer. One of girls working at Kadie's did say "Don't mind him, Marv. He's new here..." or something like that.

[Alexis Machine]

Boy, did I write that wrong. I meant the guy that was thrown on his ass, not the bouncer.

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Finally saw the movie today.

Normally I would be offended by the big, strong men rescuing the weak-little-women story. However, what I took from it was survival was important. Anyone could be evil or good. Regardless, though, to survive Sin City, a certain hardness is necessary to even live.

Jackie Boy was my second favorite character because he was one of the more ambigious characters. I couldn't read him in the least.

I loved Alexis Bledel. I thought she handed the part well. During the Jackie Boy scene, especially. It seems like she actually liked her character, too.

Marv was my favorite character, though. He had a heart but was still unbelievably gray.

Brittany Murphy can be shrill ("I'll never te-hell-elll...") But she can bring the crazy. However, I loved her since Clueless. I like seeing Tai in brilliant movies.

It certainly ranks in my top ten of favorite movies.

[spiderwyman]

I loved the film IN SPITE of being horribly turned off by the way women were presented:All hookers, victims, prostitutes and damsel-in-distress.
Even Gail and Miho , who at first looked like being in control, disappointed me-Gail is finally rescued and told what to do by the big strong man and Miho...well, doesn't it say something that the only female in the film that really doesn't answer to anybody is because she literally CAN NOT?

But I can't help love the technical aspects of the films, totally brilliant, brilliant cinematography and visuals...

[crankie]

We saw this on DVD last night with another couple. We all agreed that Brittany Murphy can. not. act. Her performance was so out of sync with everyone else's that we were kind of ashamed for her.

I absolutely agree that it was visually stunning. And I'm sure the stylized, b/w violence saved this from being an NC-17, as others have mentioned. And I'm ok with the women = whores, men = killers, everyone = morally ambiguous thing.... cause that's noir and that's what they intended to present here. Fine.

AVAST YE... HERE BE SPOILER!

My problem? Literally half an hour after the movie ended, I turned to Mr. Crankie and said, "I can't remember how the thing ended!" His response was "The guy shot himself." Oh, right, I thought. Until I came here today and read the comments and realized that neither one of us remembered the book-ending scene (hitman) at all. Bizarre.

So... I guess I was visually thrilled, but intellectually not so much. Is that heresy?

[Hamatron]

I rented this this weekend as well. It sure was striking to look at, and as a graphic novel/comic book reader, I really appreciated the overall aim of the project. It wasn't as shallow as I was expecting it to be (lots of people warned me that the plot was stupid) but it wasn't mind-blowing either.

Overall, I would put it somewhere in the middle of super-visual films. It's not totally totally stunning yet thought-provoking (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Waking Life... Chicago) but it's not in the dumb and pretty category either (The Cell, What Dreams May Come, Sky Captain). It sort of belongs with other pretty B+ homage films (Moulin Rouge, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas...).

I don't know how well it did in theaters, but I could see it being a bit of a cult DVD hit.