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So like every other hip and cool person, I saw Sin City<\/i><\/a> and loved it. Ever since I saw Robert Rodriguez<\/a>‘s Once Upon a Time in Mexico<\/i><\/a> and the special feature where Rodriguez demonstrated how simple it was to do special effects, I figured he was an interesting and smart director.<\/p>\n More than anything, Sin City<\/i> reminded me of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow<\/i><\/a> — both were extremely stylized and had “ironic” acting (which is a term I made up to mean “forced, yet good; cheesy, yet self-aware; overdramatic, yet simple)… plus they both made extensive use of green screen technology<\/a> and, of course, I loved them both.<\/p>\n I guess a lot has been said about the violence of the film, but honestly, I didn’t think it was too intense. The thing about Sin City<\/i> is that since it is so stylized, the entire world and situation doesn’t feel real, and I think that made the violence feel less real and less “offensive” or whatever. I mean, the film wasn’t even in color and the blood was often white. Yes, I know I’m already desensitived toward violence, but I don’t think Sin City<\/i> made things any worse for me.<\/p>\n I also loved the whole film-noir aspect of the film. Maybe it’s from all my psychoanalytic reading, but there is something about shady, tormented characters (i.e. every male character in the film) and sexy femme fatales (i.e. every female character in the film) that totally captures my attention.<\/p>\n If I had to say anything bad about the film (which I don’t, but I will anyway), I will admit that at times it did drag on a little for me. I’m not sure whether it was because there were so many stories or because the movie was in black and white, or what… nonetheless, it did get a bit boring at times. And really, I am almost embarassed to admit that I got bored because, if nothing else, I should’ve been enthralled by the stunning visuals or something. Oh well. It’s more a fault of mine than the movie, I think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So like every other hip and cool person, I saw Sin City and loved it. Ever since I saw Robert Rodriguez‘s Once Upon a Time in Mexico and the special feature where Rodriguez demonstrated how simple it was to do special effects, I figured he was an interesting and smart director. More than anything, Sin … Continue reading A Cine-ful city<\/span>