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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 2138439" data-attributes="member: 63">The trailers don't hype it accurately.&nbsp; They make it look like a Tarantino film, which it ain't.I gave it a 6.&nbsp; I generally love Roderiguez flicks, and I usually like Frank Miller comics (never read Sin City before, though).&nbsp; But it must be something about the more visceral nature of cinema that made me cringe at this movie.&nbsp; It was the same as when I first saw Kill Bill.&nbsp; Now I love Kill Bill, but at my first viewing I found that the violence unsettled me, rather than entertained me.&nbsp; I felt the same for Sin City.I disliked the Dwight story, except for moments with Benicio DelTorro.&nbsp; It could've been good, but the whole 'Valkyrie' thing grated on me; aside from that woman, Dwight seemed to be a good guy who wanted to stop people from getting hurt.&nbsp; But then he fawns over this woman who's pretty much just as bad as the 'villains.'&nbsp; And the prostitutes never got their come-uppance for killing a cop in cold blood.&nbsp; The other two storylines were kinda bad guys stopping worse guys, but Dwight's story was a guy choosing to work with the sexier of two groups of bad guys.&nbsp; I didn't like it.The movie had some elements that I disliked, but it was ballsy enough that I enjoyed it for its style.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 2138439, member: 63"] The trailers don't hype it accurately. They make it look like a Tarantino film, which it ain't. I gave it a 6. I generally love Roderiguez flicks, and I usually like Frank Miller comics (never read Sin City before, though). But it must be something about the more visceral nature of cinema that made me cringe at this movie. It was the same as when I first saw Kill Bill. Now I love Kill Bill, but at my first viewing I found that the violence unsettled me, rather than entertained me. I felt the same for Sin City. I disliked the Dwight story, except for moments with Benicio DelTorro. It could've been good, but the whole 'Valkyrie' thing grated on me; aside from that woman, Dwight seemed to be a good guy who wanted to stop people from getting hurt. But then he fawns over this woman who's pretty much just as bad as the 'villains.' And the prostitutes never got their come-uppance for killing a cop in cold blood. The other two storylines were kinda bad guys stopping worse guys, but Dwight's story was a guy choosing to work with the sexier of two groups of bad guys. I didn't like it. The movie had some elements that I disliked, but it was ballsy enough that I enjoyed it for its style. [/QUOTE]

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