JACQUES: The film was “slow paced”? Really? Well, the film isn’t “Punisher: War Zone” and it’s not supposed to be, instead it’s a love letter to pulp cinema. Hell, with Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino involved, you should know what to expect. Straight from the heart of Frank Miller, this movie seeps with the dark, illustrious tone and environment present in Miller’s graphic novels. Perhaps you just aren’t the target audience, as fans of the graphic novel seem to be very pleased (this is as “true to the source material” as one can get). The “boring talking scenes” in the film have become a staple of pulp cinema in the past few decades. Most movies deemed as “pulp” try to see just how stylish they can be both in front and behind the camera (hence, the strong noir design Miller placed upon the look of the comic and the thick language of the characters). Yes, dialog and illustrations are even lifted directly from pages of the graphic novel and placed into a cinematic format with “Sin City.” However, I’ve seen many of your comments on this website and I truly believe you abuse the word “cliché.” Based upon your logic, nothing can ever be satisfying because everything lifts elements from other films. I dare you to name one film that is completely original and doesn’t share multiple commonalities with any other film. I really can’t be done- even films like “The Holy Mountain” can’t pass this judgment. However, I digress, back to “Sin City.” “Sin Coty” is supposed to be a “crime-drama”- every story is riddled within the layers of an environment in which crime breeds, greed corrupts, and vigilantes die for “justice.” Sin City is actually rather violent. “Sin City” could simply not be bleaker. Throughout the film, there isn’t a glimmer of hope within the police system- politics and religion are both ruled by the criminal underworld. The city itself never even sees the light of day, and for good reason since it is the character that holds the film together. The city is dark, cold, brooding, and unforgiving (like seemingly ever character in the film). We see that every form of innocence in either taken, violated or threatened before the film reaches its conclusion. In this way, we see that every “light” and “peaceful” character in this environment is swallowed by this “dark” and “violent” city. From this we can see that “Sin City” even separates itself from common films like “Pulp Fiction”, because there really is hope from redemption and prosperity. If the film was shot is standard color, you can bet the MPAA would have slapped on an NC-17 rating and Rodriguez would have to appear before the appeals board to get the film re-evaluated. In terms of “violence”, there isn’t just on screen mutilations and murder- the thematic and adult content of the film deal with the most evil of sins (adultery, rape, etc). Your argument that it would be “PG-13” holds no logic whatsoever (maybe a few generations from now, when sex, violence, and sodomy dominate Saturday morning programming). In case your memory fails you, here’s some of the material in the film: an adult male attempts to molest a young girl, a man is almost drowned in his own urine, there is an extended explicit “straddling” sex scene between two characters in which breasts are exposed, the cannibal (Wood) is incapacitated, few alive to dogs (complete with sounds of ripping flesh) before he is fatally decapitated, a good portion of the film takes place at a strip-bar, there is a scene in which two naked lesbian woman make out, a lingering scene of a mans genitals being shot off, and off course, there’s a basement full of trophy heads of victimized prostitutes. < That really just skims the surface. Perhaps if a sequel is made, you should just steer clear of it, since you obviously are not the intended argument. Again, your opinion is your opinion, but I had to point out that your “reasoning” has very little logic to it all.
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