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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 01:18 PM
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Saw Sin City film last weekend.
Goddamn was that ever dark! I mean really grim. Great film, but wow! I need some therapy.
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henslee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 01:25 PM
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1. I want to see it. It sure a a cult following among a segment of
the population (hip, fifteen to 30 yr olds)
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 01:50 PM
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2. I guess I'm not hip enough
I could appreciate the take on pulp fiction novels and some of the visual effects were really creative, but I really didn't like it.

I just forced myself to finish watching it because it was late back to the store and I owed fines. I couldn't bear to pay extra for something I didn't watch.
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henslee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 01:54 PM
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4. I suspect I may not like it -- seems technically/texturally interestingly
but a bit of a curiousity piece. And I just want to konw what it is. I am an Clive Owen fan and a Frank(?)Mille fan.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 01:52 PM
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3. I'm hip? Sweet!
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 03:53 PM
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10. I'm 38.
:P
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 03:55 PM
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12. Hey I'm 47 and simply loved that flic.....
One of the best movies I have seen in a very long time.....

Cool visuals, good story, great acting, rory gilmore dressed in leather and lace, and, a great soundtrack.....

What more could you ask
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 01:57 PM
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5. Have you ever seen the movie "At Close Range"?
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 03:54 PM
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11. Nope, never heard of it.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 05:21 PM
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19. It's the best movie Sean Penn and Christopher Walkin have ever done
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 09:11 AM
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22. oooo, Walken!
Patron St. of the cow bell.

I liked that Prophecy trilogy only because Walken is so freakin' bizzare.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 09:18 AM
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25. You'll love him in this movie then
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 09:22 AM
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26. "I pranked him to death with a tire iron!"
"Sometimes I like to prank them for hours in my basement."
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 10:52 AM
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29. that is an excellent movie EOM
.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 04:06 PM
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18. Great movie.
Christopher Walken + Sean Penn = :thumbsup:
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StaggerLee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 02:00 PM
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6. Frank Miller was the priest
And Elijah Wood was creepy!!

I enjoyed it. The first half was the best half IMO.


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Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 02:36 PM
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7. I absolutely HATED that movie!
We should've walked out. Don't know why I didn't. Afterwards, my hubby and I felt as if we'd been assaulted. Seriously. There's NO need for that much gratuitous violence, IMO. Who cares if it's "stylistic"?! Whatever. The world can be dark enough, as it is. My two cents.

~Shine
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 03:55 PM
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13. Not everyone's cup of tea, BUT...
... the intent was to make Frank Miller's Sin City, not Hollywood's Sin City.
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alarcojon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 05:55 PM
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20. It probably wouldn't be my cup of tea
I've heard it was very violent and very misogynistic.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 09:13 AM
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23. That's true on both accounts.
I haven't read Sin City, but I have read some of Miller's other stuff. My understanding is he wanted to make an extremely grim portrayal of a city in decline where corruption makes life cheap. It was extremely violent, especially towards women, but it was an important part of the plot. I guess he figures that's how a lawless society would be.
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 02:40 PM
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8. did this have jessica alba in it?
i am not really that hip so help me out here.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 03:05 PM
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9. Yes, it did
dancing quite provocatively in one scene.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 03:57 PM
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14. Don't mean to nit-pick, but...
...in the comic,..er..I mean graphic novel, "Nancy" dances topless. WTF?!
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 04:00 PM
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15. Well, JA isn't exactly stripper material if you get my drift....
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 09:17 AM
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24. Ah, not enough of a front porch, ...
... rack, Van Dorens, shirt potatoes, fun bags, blouse bunnies, dual front airbags, torpedoes, bazzongas etc.

Sorry, just watched the horrendously bad Double D Avenger with commentary from Joe Bob Briggs who uses just about every euphemism for breasts in existence.
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 04:01 PM
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16. there weren't enough nude scenes with the lesbian lawyer.
my $0.02.
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 04:05 PM
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17. carla gugino
the entire movie should have featured her in her apartment.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 09:09 AM
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21. True
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 10:47 AM
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27. Loved it.
I thought it was a great rendition of Miller's work. I've been majorly disappointed with the majority of comic book adaptations but this was exactly as I hoped it would be.
I love Franks work and have this signed poster in my workroom
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 10:51 AM
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28. an ugly film w. no reason to exist
if one more dog ate off one more hacked-off head...

life is too short
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 10:53 AM
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30. I just watched it the other night
It was different and very dark. Benecio freaked me out a little.
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