http://moviegeekz.com/m/review_sin_city/ Geeking about movies since 2003. Reviews, analysis, news and more! Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://moviegeekz.com/m/review_sin_city/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Tim Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81 <p>The best thing about <em>Sin City</em> for me was also the film�s only drawback: its fervent wish to bring Frank Miller�s Sin-iverse to life onscreen. From camera angles, actor poses and movements and dialogue taken directly from the page, to Mickey Rourke�s transformation into Marv (screw CGI Hulks this time), the experience is virtually identical to that of reading the comic. <br /> <br /> So, my question: why watch the film? <br /> <br /> Seeing the movie seems to add little if you�d read the comics (and I had), which is strangely enough why I�m actually applauding Rodriguez and Miller now. You�re damned if you do, damned if you don�t when adapting popular comics (or graphic novels, for the �they�re not dolls, they�re action figures� types out there); change things too much or even slightly, and you�re pilloried by the Fanboy Nation for not being true the �the creator�s vision�. Keep it faithful, and the inherent silliness so charming in comic-book design and execution gets you laughed at by arbiters of �real movie-making�. Being damned either way seems to have worked in <em>Sin City</em>, and isn�t that an appropriate statement?<br /></p> The best thing about Sin City for me was also the film�s only drawback: its fervent wish to bring Frank Miller�s Sin-iverse to life onscreen. From camera angles, actor poses and movements and dialogue taken directly from the page, to Mickey Rourke�s transformation into Marv (screw CGI Hulks this time), the experience is virtually identical to that of reading the comic.

So, my question: why watch the film?

Seeing the movie seems to add little if you�d read the comics (and I had), which is strangely enough why I�m actually applauding Rodriguez and Miller now. You�re damned if you do, damned if you don�t when adapting popular comics (or graphic novels, for the �they�re not dolls, they�re action figures� types out there); change things too much or even slightly, and you�re pilloried by the Fanboy Nation for not being true the �the creator�s vision�. Keep it faithful, and the inherent silliness so charming in comic-book design and execution gets you laughed at by arbiters of �real movie-making�. Being damned either way seems to have worked in Sin City, and isn�t that an appropriate statement?

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