I seem to be in a minority here, seeing that I do not think Sin City is really the masterpiece its being made out to be. Yes, the visual style is great with the very effective use of black & white and what not, but its still a bland, boring, drawl of a movie. Although Robert Rodriguez does a good job of bringing the Sin City "graphic novels" to life exactly the way they were visualised, he pretty much stops there. While reading the comics, it was impossible for me to imagine that a movie adaptation could be the very opposite of thrilling. And yet somehow, Mr. Rodriguez manages to achieve just that. After the first half an hour or so, once the excitement of the novel visual style wears off, it becomes a tedious and monotonous exercise in being cool for the sake of it. There is hardly an exhilarating moment in the movie, hardly a moment that emotionally involves you, hardly a moment that makes you feel alive, when it was all so very possible within the material that the comics provide. And on top of that, the intertwining of the three stories comes across as a very lame attempt at being Tarantino-esque. I agree that the visual style is brilliant...it is great to see a comic being adapted for the screen exactly like a comic, especially a comic as ingenious as Sin City. But why not put in a little extra effort and make it atleast somewhat riveting? Its a shame that what could easily have been a "wow" movie ends up being such a disappointing bore in spite of the obvious love Mr. Rodriguez has for the Sin City comics.
