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Title: Better than it should be
Review: A comic book, by whatever name you wish to call it, is low art. But it is a true art form. To take its elements -- such as voice-over; choppy corny dialog; unevenly rendered details; and gritty, realistic, but seemingly arbitrarily arranged compositions -- and apply them to motion pictures, should be a disaster. But SIN CITY really does work. The images are dramatic, the acting intense, the plots thoughtful. The presumed-crude elements lend a throwback sense to the movie, almost as if one is back in the early silent era and the director is experimenting with the medium and struggling and stumbling to get his story told. Yet it's probably mostly state-of-the-art special effects!And the DVD looks great on a bigscreen TV! Everything's vivd. The blacks and whites, the few colors, the details, the emotions, the heroism and villainy! Violence, nudity, very adult themes: it's very deserving of the "R" rating. But for those who can stomach it, it's a must see.
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