sin city = gratuitous May 22, 2006
I’ve been told that this worked better as a graphic novel, although I feel like I read the book already, seeing as how the movie is a frame-for-frame reenactment. But the violence that’s probably artistically interesting on the page is just too much on screen, even with the comic-like touches of white blood and random suspension of the laws of physics. The only good things: Bruce Willis’ scar and Jessica Alba’s hotness. But why wasn’t her totally Freudian decision to become an exotic dancer and her obsession with Willis’ character more aknowledged for the unhealthy fixation on her near childhood rape that it was? Because then we wouldn’t be able to enjoy watching her come-on to him? Well, and this coming from someone who has almost no ability to suspend disbelief, that whole little plot-line was just, bothersome. Then again, kinky sexual fixations and gratuitous violence are what comic books do best, so what was I expecting?
You know, I happened to like Sin City… and not because I’m contractually obligated by my company to like it, ya mug. You just think it’s “gratuitous” because you’re a pansy. If you disagree with me, I’m gonna pound your face in with my mitts, swing a hatchet into your back, disembowel you, cut of your nuts and feed them to you. I’ll leave you with your eyes, though… cuz we’re working on Sin City 2 and I want to hear your thoughts.
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