SIN CITY

FILM NOIR - FRENCH MEANING = BLACK FILM ---- A TYPE OF MOTION PICTURE, ESPECIALLY OF THE 1940's & 1950's, FATALISTIC, PESSIMISTIC, OR CYNICAL IN MOOD AND OFTEN DEALING MELODRAMATICALLY WITH URBAN CRIME AND CORRUPTION.
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YOU ARE ALWAYS IN TROUBLE, IF YOU ARE AT A MOVIE THAT REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE A LOT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. MOST PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO DO RESEARCH IN ORDER TO ENJOY A MOVIE THAT SELDOM IS AS CHEAP TO VIEW AS THE SIX DOLLARS I PAY IN SIMPSONVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

SIN CITY WORKS BETTER FOR YOU, IF YOU KNOW THE DEFINITION OF FILM NOIR AND IF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE COMIC BOOK / ILLUSTRATED NOVEL NATURE OF THIS PRODUCTION.

SIN CITY IS A SORT OF COMIC BOOK STORY WITH HUMAN CHARACTERS, NOT ANIMATION. THE BACKGROUND IS LIKE GOTHAM CITY OR METROPOLIS IN A BATMAN OR SUPERMAN COMIC.

THIS A VERY CREATIVE PRODUCTION AND I WANT TO LOVE IT FOR THE CREATIVITY, BUT I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH IT AND MY AFFECTION IS NOT AS GREAT AS I WOULD HAVE WISHED IT TO BE.

* IT IS TOO LONG.
* IT THROWS IN TOO MUCH POINTLESS PLOT / STORY LINES.
* IT SEEMS TO USE BRUCE WILLIS, JUST BECAUSE HE IS BRUCE WILLIS -
HIS EPISODE IS DRAWN OUT FOR NO REASON BEYOND
MAKING HIM THE STAR BY INCREASING HIS ON SCREEN TIME.
MICKEY ROURKE IS THE REAL STAR AND THERE IS A LET DOWN
WHEN HE IS NOT ON THE SCREEN.
THE VILLAINS ARE NOT REALLY SO BAD, WHEN YOU REALIZE THEY
LIVE IN A WORLD OF VIOLENCE AND VILLAINY.

THE GUY WHO KILLED TEN PEOPLE IS NOT SO EVIL, WHEN HIS NEIGHBOR HAS KILLED TWENTY.

THIS FILM IS WORTH SEEING, IF YOU ARE A FILM FAN WHO WOULD APPRECIATE ELIJAH WOOD BEING WEIRDER THAN BENICIO DEL TORO - ANY FILM THAT HAS A CHARACTER CREEPIER THAN BENICIO DEL TORO IN IT, IS AN EVENT THAT REQUIRES
THE PRESS BE ALERTED.

THIS FILM IS NOT FOR EVERYONE, ANYONE WHO DID NOT LIKE KILL BILL 1&2 OR THE MATRIX 1 -- SHOULD AVOID THIS FILM LIKE THE PLAGUE.

WHILE I SEEM TO BE NEGATIVE ABOUT THIS FILM, I AM REALLY BEING CAUTIOUS; KNOWING THAT IT IS NOT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IT IS DESIGNED FOR A SMALL AUDIENCE OF HARDCORE FILM FANS AND VIDEO GAME PLAYERS AND STAR TREK TYPES. IF YOU DO GO - DON'T MISS THE TWO OR THREE MINUTE OPENING SCENE ON THE BALCONY, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MEAN MUCH TO THE STORY, BUT IT IS BEAUTIFULLY DONE.