This is probably the first movie I've ever seen that had a "Special Guest Director." It was Quentin Tarentino of course, who Rodriguez has worked with before on various other projects. It's almost Tarintino's cameo in Desperado..... except in Sin City you have no idea which parts Tarentino was involved in... and for all we know he had nothing to do with the fillm.... but he probably did... but then again... theres no way of telling... I guess we will have to take the introductorary credits for their word.
The film is shot in black and white, with color accents only on certain things such as blood, cars, eyes and occasionally even some skin. Imagine a movie shot in "Gatorade Vision."
Micheal Jordan IN Sin City
Most things baring the color red are not in black and white, nevertheless, the first blood seen in the movie is actually white. I liked Luis' statement after a character gets shot: "all that and then birds crapped on him too??" Another good observation by Luis was that a certain villan looked remarkably like Charlie Brown. This perticular bad guy was strong yet swift, and it seemed that he could not be defeated. While we were at the edge of our seats, I consoled Luis that the good guys would eventually find a football to set up for the villan to kick and sucessfully use his one weakness against him.
Right now I would like to pay homage to the Pope and his wonderfull legacy. It was only a few days ago that he left us and made the world a---- I mean--- went on to a better place. Rodriguez was very thoughtful in dedicating his movie to the man. Well, he hasn't actually came out and said it's a tribute to the Pope, but you can pretty much tell.
Speaking of tributes.... why was David Lynch not credited in this movie? There should have been some sort of credit like "some aspects of the film stolen from..." which Lynch would get credit for. Take Lynch's Lost Highway for example. When I was watching Sin City there came a scene where a character was driving a car and the shot and angle looked exactly like the shot used in Lynch's film. Also, the "yellow bastard" in the film looked very, very similar to the goblin type guy also in Lost Highway.
Hey, speaking of that yellow guy that looked like he was made out of mustard, why was Bran of CKY not credited for inspiration for the mustard man song? ... Actually, I think I'm starting to get a little crazy with these "would be" credits now.
It is also worthy to note that the film hints at Bruce Willis getting with a young girl.... reminescent of the rumors of him and Lindsay Lohan.
Another interesting tidbit is that all these people were originally intended to be in the film: Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Steve Buschem, Leonardo DiCaprio and Michael Douglas!! Oh yeah, and even Johnny Depp! Talk about a all-star line up (plus DiCaprio). Rodriguez intends on filming all of the "Sin City" comics and there are rumors that his friend Depp (who couldn't play a role in the movie due to previous commitments) might play a lead role in a sequel... we have that to look forward to.
In short, this was a great movie. The plot was a little thin at times and none of the stories really "came together", but then again, it is based on three different comic books and I think the film did an amazing job at that. It is very entertaining and highly enjoyable. My only lament is that there was no milk man. It just seemed like the type of movie that could have used a milk man. I mean, he wouldn't need a big role or even any lines. Just some milk being delivered in the background at some point would have been pretty cool. But then again, they might have been saving that for the sequel...
4 1/2 stars
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