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I had the fortune of catching the regional premiere for Sin City and just… wow…

That is a cool movie! It’s very true to the nature of Frank Miller’s books. Very dark. I don’t mean dark like “noir” though certainly that term would apply. Anything based from Frank Miller’s works will be undoubtedly violent, dramatic and very somber. But it was more than that. It wasn’t till afterwards with the Q&A session with the director Robert Rodriguez that I understood why it was so dark. In the movie, they emulated Miller’s drawing style. Miller himself described his style in the phrase “When in doubt, black it out.” And that is how his works look, black and white, with very little color, and even less gray tone. The movie is the same dark, black and white, hard-edged style.

The characters are tough. The setting is tough. The plot is tough. Everything and everyone is hard-nosed. Yet you can’t help develop a kindred spirit towards characters like “Marv”. Marv, the hard ass who could kill at will, but only for a purpose. That purpose is vindication of the woman who stole his heart and was murdered under his nose. Then there is Elijah Wood’s character. I never thought he would be capable of playing a character that gave me the willies, but he did just that. Very creepy.

For anyone who likes a dark violent film that is unlike anything you have ever seen before, I highly recommend you give it a gander.

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