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Give me a Salma Hyack or Monica Belluci --- a full-bodied woman any day.
I'm with you there, brother - give me a woman with some meat on her bones! Both of the women you mentioned are stunning.

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Ahem! I seem to have stepped into the wrong room ... ?

I bought Sin City sight unseen, based on the cast: Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Benicio del Toro, Michael Clark Duncan...

So now I have to see it.

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keanu can act but only if he keeps his mouth shut!! :)


Sin City is GREAT!!!! hope you enjoy! i LOVED micky rourke!!!!
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Lucimay wrote:keanu can act but only if he keeps his mouth shut!! :)
Yeah, I'm not a big Reeves fan either. I think he was best in Bill and Ted and pretty good in River's Edge.


Sin City was incredible. Bruce Willis and Mickey Rourke (stole the movie) were great. Frodo was a little creepy. I like Rutger Hauer; nice to see him working.


btw I'd take any one of those ass-kicking prostitutes over Jessica Alba anyday!! :)
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(imagine Homer Simpson replying) 'Ass-kicking prostitutes'.... :P Ahhhhhhh....
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That's why I love Homer; hearing him say that seems so natural! :D
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btw I'd take any one of those ass-kicking prostitutes over Jessica Alba anyday!!
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dlbpharmd wrote:
btw I'd take any one of those ass-kicking prostitutes over Jessica Alba anyday!!
Bah!

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Actually I personally found Carla Gugino to be the hottest of the ladies in that movie. Wow! I was use to see her playing less sexy roles and then suddenly *bam*, she's nude and looking hot!

<ring on finger getting tighter ..... must purge lustful thoughts .... put other sexy women out of mind ....>


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Yeah, she was pretty fine in that. I'm still an Alba fan, though.....the hooker at the beginning who got killed (and her sister) was pretty, but the other hookers, like the one who stole Prince's haircut, didn't do it for me. Well, the oriental one did....and a bunch of the others, but you get my point. :D
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Watched Sin City again last night, and I have to agree with whoever said, way at the beginning of this thread, that Dwight's sequence really doesn't fit with the others. First time I saw it, I didn't realize how interconnected the other stories were, so it didn't bother me. Now it does. How much background is there on Dwight in the comic books? I think I'd like to know more about him, and the movie really didn't give me much.
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I just picked up the special edition of Sin City. Director's cut. I can't wait to see it.

Dwight's part was the sequence with the hookers, right? If so, than yeah, I agree. Something about that part just didn't flow well with the rest of the movie. Although it did have some of the better laughs in the movie (aka dude with the arrow through his torso).

After reflecting on all of the movies that I saw in the year 2005, I have determined that Sin City is the ONLY movie that I considered to be really good. Every other movie was either just OK or just plain crap. I mean, that's just sad. Only ONE really good movie for the entire year??? Unless I'm forgetting something, but I can't recall anything off hand.

So without furthur ado, I proclaim Sin City to be the BEST damn movie of 2005! Hazaa and all of that. Heh. Seriously, though. Sin City is my Movie of the Year. Almost by default, heh.-jay
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I finally watched this movie (the regular, un-special edition).

Sin City is so good that...right now I just don't know how to begin to praise it, so I'll refrain from babbling like an idiot until I can get my thoughts together.

How about: Sin City is simply one of the best movies I have ever seen.

This movie has the kind of visual energy and excitement that Kill Bill had-- and lo and behold, Quentin Tarantino was a "guest director" of Sin City.

I agree with Syl's comment that Sin City is "a little bit on the 14 year-old boy side" of things, but it's great moviemaking nonetheless. It's male teen hormones raised to the level of cinematic art! See, this movie naturally inspires that kind of hyperbole. :wink:

And while we're wallowing in hormones here: the rest of you guys can discuss Jessica Alba all you want, but Devon Aoki is my newfound Goddess. 8)
kevinswatch wrote:So without furthur ado, I proclaim Sin City to be the BEST damn movie of 2005! Hazaa and all of that. Heh. Seriously, though. Sin City is my Movie of the Year. Almost by default, heh.
Well, there are a lot of movies from the past year I still haven't seen/would like to see, but Sin City must surely rank among the very best of them.

Needless to say, I'm going to get the Special Edition DVD as well. :D
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Yeah, I'd have to say that Sin City and Batman Begins were my two favorite films of 05. I'm kinda miffed that I bought the theatrical cut of Sin City right before the extended popped up. Oh well, will have to rectify that one soon! ;)

I'm also getting into graphic novels in a big way. Have read Batman: Year One and The Dark Knight Returns, both by Miller. Currently deep into Alan Moore's Watchmen, as well as the Batman classic Arkham Asylum. I will most definitely be picking up the 7 Sin City graphic noves, one-by-one. Gotta get the full experience. :biggrin:
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Lord Foul wrote:Yeah, I'd have to say that Sin City and Batman Begins were my two favorite films of 05.
Have to agree there.
I think the cinematic style of Sin City really added to the whole feel of the film. Certainly one of the best comic adaptations so far in my opinion.
Not a good plan to watch it with a person not into those sorts of things though-takes the joy out of it.
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Chrysalis wrote:
Not a good plan to watch it with a person not into those sorts of things though-takes the joy out of it.
Totally agree. That's why, if I'm seeing a movie for the first time, I usually see it by myself to get an uncontaminated first impression. If friends were with me, then my focus would automatically shift to them and not the movie. And yeah, if they're not liking a movie, that would kill my enthusiasm for watching it, even if it's a movie that I personally enjoy.
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I have exactly the same attitude, MM. Seeing The English Patient for the third time I took someone with me, and her lack of enthusiasm was a sad thing.
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I watched this for the first time today. I liked it a lot.

I liked the arty, graphic novelly thing it had going on. I know that... that's not a very original compliment for it, but I thought it worked well. And I chuckled to myself occasionally.

But some of the interconnecting things jarred a bit for me. I can't quite put my finger on it, but it seemed a little muddled at points. It doesn't help that I'm awful at recognising people, so there were points that I just didn't know who was who. But that's a minor gripe, it looked great, the story was on the whole great, it was a very enjoyable film.
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Sin City and Kill Bill

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Over the last so many years I've had issues with lots of violence movies, so I understand when it's said they do not like the Godfather series "because it is too violent". And while I'm a huge fan of the battle of Helm's Keep in TtT, I agree with many who think the battle in under the Walls of Minas Tirith seems a bit over long. Whatever...

Here's an iconoclastic thought I've had for a while, does anyone think the violence as depicted in Sin City, realizing the source material is a graphic novel, is more realistically depicted than the violence in Kill Bill? (Consider the swordplay as depicted in volume 1 is almost comically protrayed, compare the Black Knight scene in Monty Python's search for the Holly Grail). Just a thought.
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I'm going to give the Director's Cut DVD a chance. I thought the film was OK, but disjointed. Didn't care for the visual style at all.

But....Mickey Rourke and Bruce Willis were phenominal in it.
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