Sin City has been showing here in the US for a week. It has got to be the coolest thing around and I have got to watch it!!! (I’ve only seen the trailer and heard my classmate’s review). I’m so excited about it!

Ok, so why do I think it’s so cool?

1. It’s in black and white, punctuated by burst of colors (like blood red, and yellow) at some parts, giving it a really dramatic look. (I just have this thing for black and white smiley )

2. It does not strive to be realistic. It’s a comic book story, and it stays that way. It looks exactly like how comics look like - bold lights, dark shadows and dramatic scenes.

3. It’s got really cool actors in it!! Bruce Willis, Benicio del Toro (loved him ever since I watched Snatch), Clive Owen (loved his acting in Closer). And Gilmore Girl’s Alexis Bledel has a small role in it! And for the guys, there’s always Jessica Alba (she plays a stripper, and she pole dances — that’s great incentive for catching the movie even if you don’t like comic adaptations smiley )

Ok, me trying to explain it here is useless. Go watch the trailer !! And you’ll know what I mean.

From what I see from the trailer, I’m guesing that some people might be criticizing the film for degrading women (yes, they are all rather provocatively-dressed and basically involved in roles that aren’t exactly ‘empowering’ in feminist view) or the overt violence, but frankly I don’t really care. The cinematography and visual artistry excites me enough already!

Can’t wait to catch it!
*highly excited* smiley


Walk down the right back alley in Sin City and you can find anything.

updated at 1.21am:
Just found out that Sin City opens in Malaysia in June. Which means I’ll get to go watch it with my darling au yong when I’m back from the US!!! woohooo!