Sin City

mrnoodle · 03-24-2005, 02:37 PM

I can't wait for this movie to come out next week. Has anyone read the comic from which it's derived? I hear the theatrical version is supposed to be a faithful interpretation, which NEVER happens with these.

Happy Monkey · 03-24-2005, 02:46 PM

It can happen when the author of the comic is the director of the movie.

I haven't read the comic, but I have read Miller's Dark Night series, and the man has some skills, and the movie looks amazing.

cowhead · 03-24-2005, 04:29 PM

I read a few of them 'back in the day' as it were, damn grim comic.. I'm hoping for the best on this one. (unlike what they did to batman...)

Clodfobble · 03-26-2005, 03:47 PM

My husband has read the comic, and also read previews of the movie's production and faithfulness online--and he is simply giddy with anticipation. I imagine it will be really good.

Happy Monkey · 04-04-2005, 09:43 AM

With the glaring exception of Brittany Murphy, and to a lesser extent Michael Madsen, the movie was awesome. Probably the best looking film I've seen, and an engrossing story from start to finish. Mickey Rourke was excellent, and Bruce Willis and Clive Owen were good.

Hopefully this will convice Hollywood that they don't need to Hollywoodize a story when making a movie.

Yeah, right. But I can always hope.

chainsaw · 04-04-2005, 11:51 AM

Movie was awesome. Total "eye-candy" even though it was very violent. I dug it. Sort of reminded me of Dick Tracy. A little.

wolf · 04-05-2005, 09:20 PM

If you like comic books, go see this movie.

If you like chicks, go see this movie.

If you like compelling antiheroes, go see this movie.

If you like guns, go see this movie.

If you like chicks with guns, go see this movie.

If you like compelling antiheroes with chicks and guns, go see this movie.

Pretty much no matter what you like, go see this movie.

I need to go see this movie again, so does the forksfriend I saw it with. Would there be interest in a GTG? Either at the theatre closest to Exton (East Whiteland?)

grazzers · 04-06-2005, 07:47 AM

Wow, if you guys like this movie, it's good enough for me. It doesnt come out here for a little while yet though, which is a shame. Seen trailers, looks great!

Cirocco · 04-06-2005, 08:10 AM

Saw it. Amazing. Matinee so only 10 people in the theater. Chicks, smoking, guns, sex, and some serious fighting. Not to mention all the stars. Amazing flick, out looking for the Graphical Novel. There was a reference to the classification of the genre I had never heard before.

The story of how Robert Rodriguez came to shoot this film, and all the crap that happened during the pitching of the production.

Robert wanted to give Frank Miller (the creator of Sin City) a co-directors credit for the movie. Rodriguez is affiliated with The Directors Guild of America, who is the union for directors, directors of photography, and so on. The Guild said he could not do so, as Frank Miller was not "a member", and that if Rodriguez was to give this credit to a non guild member, they would interrupt the shooting and the distribution of the film.

Rodriguez relinquished his membership to the guild, created Troublemaker Studios, and shot the entire thing himself on digital video, in his studio.

So keep in mind this film is ALL VIDEO, and shot for probably 1/10 of the price that Hollywood would have spent.

A look at things to come. Hear a loud sucking sound from the west coast.....?

wolf · 04-06-2005, 10:44 AM

I don't read press about movies ... which segment is Quentin Tarrantino the "guest director" for?

Oh, and I ordered Graphic Novels 1-4 from Amazon last night.

jaguar · 04-06-2005, 12:34 PM

Trailers have had me drooling for ages. For some fucked up reason they're not releasing it here till June so I'll end up watching a rip of the DVD first. And they wonder why piracy is going up....

wolf · 04-06-2005, 12:42 PM

It's only what, a six hour flight? Come on over, in case we can actually get a bunch of people together to see it ...

Beestie · 04-06-2005, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cirocco

Rodriguez ... shot the entire thing himself on digital video, in his studio.

And each frame was edited by hand (digitally but by a person).

Nightsong · 04-06-2005, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

With the glaring exception of Brittany Murphy, and to a lesser extent Michael Madsen, the movie was awesome. Probably the best looking film I've seen, and an engrossing story from start to finish. Mickey Rourke was excellent, and Bruce Willis and Clive Owen were good.

Hopefully this will convice Hollywood that they don't need to Hollywoodize a story when making a movie.

Yeah, right. But I can always hope.

All the actors did very well. That said the reason I quote HM is because A) Brittany Murphy can barely be considered an actor. BUT at least she was poperly cast. The table to table meat at a dance club. As my wife but it" She plays a slut, isn't that type casting?" Dont get me wrong. I dont dis like her but she just doesnt appeal to me.
I LOVED this movie. I also applaud the director for telling the union what they can do with them self. These same kinda whoremongers are the ones that would not allow Prince Hussien of Jordan a speaking cameo on st:voyager since he was a forgien national.

THe move was made for like a quarter of the modern movie cost and nearly recovered its costs in the first weekend.

Beestie · 04-06-2005, 01:27 PM

The Passion of the Christ, Sin City... is this a trend? No, not that kind of trend :-) but towards producers and directors doing their own thing with their own money leaving the studios out in the cold.

Gotta wonder what the studios are thinking about this.

03-24-2005, 02:37 PM	#1
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	Sin City I can't wait for this movie to come out next week. Has anyone read the comic from which it's derived? I hear the theatrical version is supposed to be a faithful interpretation, which NEVER happens with these. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

03-24-2005, 02:46 PM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	It can happen when the author of the comic is the director of the movie. I haven't read the comic, but I have read Miller's Dark Night series, and the man has some skills, and the movie looks amazing. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-24-2005, 04:29 PM	#3
cowhead halve your cake and eat it too. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Georgia.. by way of Lawrence Kansas Posts: 1,359	I read a few of them 'back in the day' as it were, damn grim comic.. I'm hoping for the best on this one. (unlike what they did to batman...) __________________ no my child.. this is not my desire..I'm digging for fire.

04-04-2005, 09:43 AM	#5
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	With the glaring exception of Brittany Murphy, and to a lesser extent Michael Madsen, the movie was awesome. Probably the best looking film I've seen, and an engrossing story from start to finish. Mickey Rourke was excellent, and Bruce Willis and Clive Owen were good. Hopefully this will convice Hollywood that they don't need to Hollywoodize a story when making a movie. Yeah, right. But I can always hope. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

04-04-2005, 11:51 AM	#6
chainsaw Wingnahningning... Er somethin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: 90802 Posts: 368	Movie was awesome. Total "eye-candy" even though it was very violent. I dug it. Sort of reminded me of Dick Tracy. A little. __________________ I have no life, so I watch movies.

03-26-2005, 03:47 PM	#4
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	My husband has read the comic, and also read previews of the movie's production and faithfulness online--and he is simply giddy with anticipation. I imagine it will be really good.

04-05-2005, 09:20 PM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	If you like comic books, go see this movie. If you like chicks, go see this movie. If you like compelling antiheroes, go see this movie. If you like guns, go see this movie. If you like chicks with guns, go see this movie. If you like compelling antiheroes with chicks and guns, go see this movie. Pretty much no matter what you like, go see this movie. I need to go see this movie again, so does the forksfriend I saw it with. Would there be interest in a GTG? Either at the theatre closest to Exton (East Whiteland?) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-06-2005, 07:47 AM	#8
grazzers Aim for the Best Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 134	Wow, if you guys like this movie, it's good enough for me. It doesnt come out here for a little while yet though, which is a shame. Seen trailers, looks great! __________________ "Only a person who risks all that he cannot keep, to gain that which he can never lose, is truly free." Anonymous Poet

04-06-2005, 08:10 AM	#9
Cirocco Jotter of Notes Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 11	Saw it. Amazing. Matinee so only 10 people in the theater. Chicks, smoking, guns, sex, and some serious fighting. Not to mention all the stars. Amazing flick, out looking for the Graphical Novel. There was a reference to the classification of the genre I had never heard before. The story of how Robert Rodriguez came to shoot this film, and all the crap that happened during the pitching of the production. Robert wanted to give Frank Miller (the creator of Sin City) a co-directors credit for the movie. Rodriguez is affiliated with The Directors Guild of America, who is the union for directors, directors of photography, and so on. The Guild said he could not do so, as Frank Miller was not "a member", and that if Rodriguez was to give this credit to a non guild member, they would interrupt the shooting and the distribution of the film. Rodriguez relinquished his membership to the guild, created Troublemaker Studios, and shot the entire thing himself on digital video, in his studio. So keep in mind this film is ALL VIDEO, and shot for probably 1/10 of the price that Hollywood would have spent. A look at things to come. Hear a loud sucking sound from the west coast.....? Attached Images

04-06-2005, 10:44 AM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I don't read press about movies ... which segment is Quentin Tarrantino the "guest director" for? Oh, and I ordered Graphic Novels 1-4 from Amazon last night. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-06-2005, 12:34 PM	#11
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Trailers have had me drooling for ages. For some fucked up reason they're not releasing it here till June so I'll end up watching a rip of the DVD first. And they wonder why piracy is going up.... __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

04-06-2005, 12:42 PM	#12
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	It's only what, a six hour flight? Come on over, in case we can actually get a bunch of people together to see it ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-06-2005, 01:27 PM	#15
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	The Passion of the Christ, Sin City... is this a trend? No, not that kind of trend :-) but towards producers and directors doing their own thing with their own money leaving the studios out in the cold. Gotta wonder what the studios are thinking about this. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

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