Just got back from seeing Sin City.

They were carding like crazy. I had to show my drivers license to buy my ticket. I'm always mildly amused by that considering I've been of legal age to see an R rated movie for almost a decade now. It’s not the kid's fault. I do look like I'm fourteen. On top of that they were also checking ID's as you went into the theater. I missed that one though because I got to my seat before that guy appeared.

Lets get some things out of the way. One: I think Robert Rodriguez is a hack. Two: The Big Fat Kill is the only part of Sin City I've read. At least I think I read it. I’m 99 percent sure I read it. It made no impression on me. Three: I’m a Frank Miller fan. I love Ronin, Dark Knight Returns, Hard Boiled, and Batman: Year One among others. Four: I had my shirt on backwards.

The movie was all over the place. Some of it was brilliant. Some of it was painfully amateurish. Mickey Rourke was incredible. As were Clive Owen and Benicio Del Toro. Michael Madsen was embarrassing. Why not just get the actual Nick Nolte? Bruce Willis was horrible in the beginning of the film but was okay at the end. He was too young for the role. He was supposed to be an old man and he’s not an old man. Just because you can get Bruce Willis doesn't mean he’s right for the part. Lets think, who could we cast who is an older actor? How about Rutger Hauer? Nah, you couldn’t get Rutger Hauer. Rutger Hauer was awesome in his one scene. He would have made an incredible Hartigan. Elijah Wood was miscast. He looked creepy, but he didn’t move well.

All the women were good, especially Alexis Bledel and Rosario Dawson. Devon Aoki is gorgeous. I'm actually not a fan of gratuitous nudity. You never would have guessed, huh? I mean, come on, nudity is great and all but the sexiest thing in the movie (well, the thing that I thought was sexiest that I’ll admit to here) was Brittany Murphy hanging out the window. Emphasis on hanging out the window.

Let me sum up. An incredibly inconsistent film (which is not surprising considering the director and the source material) that has some cool moments and lines. When it's great it's great but when it's bad damn it is bad. I also thought that they didn't quite have the vocabulary down. They should have had more of the graphic shots. I don’t think the Yellow Bastard's evil was really shown. The ferocity of his demise wasn't justified. There was plenty of cool action but none of it had any sort of plausible motivation. That's fine in small doses but after two hours you start to pay attention. Maybe they should have cut the three stories together? I think I'm done summing up now.

But what do I know. Go see it. Don’t go see it. I’m not your mother.

One last thing, at least six people left during the movie. I don't think I've ever been to a movie where more than two people walked out.

I've been getting pretty freaking wordy lately.
I don’t know what’s gotten into me.