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April 01, 2005
Sin City
Sin City (2005), Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino:
I never really got into Robert Rodriguez; everything people were going crazy over (Desperado, From Dusk Till Dawn, Spy Kids) fell pretty flat on me. When the Sin City stuff first started coming out, I wasn't really that into it, but the more I saw, the more it finally got to me. So, despite my track record with Mr. Rodriguez and not having read the comics, I was really hyped on this (I actually started tearing up during the opening credits).
Yeah, it's pretty awesome. Almost every single piece of it is individually awesome; all the characters are awesome (Elijah Wood perhaps the awesomest? Who knew?); if you've seen the trailer, you know it looks awesome.
Ok, now that I've finished geeking out, it's pretty good, too. I feel like with its inter-related but independent vignettes, it'd be easy to let things spiral out of control, but the directors keep the overall structure nice and tight. There's a miniscule Tarantino time loop at the end, but nothing distracting. Regarding the segments, there's a definite heirarchy. Personally, I think the first was by far best, though I guess it was also the first (Emily complained that things got a little repetitive each time around).
We were also trying to guess which segment was Tarantino's [update: I looked it up. He only directed a scene]. An additional discussion topic: What exactly is the difference between Jaimes King and Pressly?
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Posted by bing at April 1, 2005 11:50 PM