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Frank Miller's Sin City

Crumbs on the seats, a marketing woman with eyesight no farther than three rows in front of her and an extremely reserved audience. Preview screeners, with not a single mobile phone ringing off at any point during the two hours or so of Sin City. Rustling crisps were the only other mar alongside being too far back in the back to answer and score any of the graphic novels or jackets in the lead up giveaway before the trailers.

Unbelievably glorious in tone, execution and broadly strumming with style, Sin City is a magnificent accomplishment. Delivery of the source material straight onto the big screen holding back nothing. Each panel and line of dialogue transplanted with such nonchalance the only thing left was to marvel.

Brutal morality plays against violent expositions and extremely gritty lines. Three of the graphic novels, That Yellow Bastard, The Big Fat Kill and The Hard Goodbye swimming within each other's lanes, nothing but entire fixation on the screen.

Black and white with tinges of colour to underline scenes, it's biggest strength lies in the hearts of the characters. Even of those with angina.

Soon Van - Tuesday, July 12, 2005 - 16:55

 
 
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