http://ambival.net/movies/sin-city Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:43:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://ambival.net/movies/sin-city#comment-7046 Ambival.net » Movie Reviews » 2005 Movies Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:30:48 +0000 http://ambival.net/?p=441#comment-7046 [...] Sin City Robert Rodriguez [...] [...] Sin City Robert Rodriguez [...]

]]> http://ambival.net/movies/sin-city#comment-4801 Ambival.net » Movie Reviews » Ghost Rider Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:57:53 +0000 http://ambival.net/?p=441#comment-4801 [...] I was honestly surprised by quite how much there was here for me to like. Beginning with the cast – how can you argue with the casting of Peter Fonda and Sam Elliot here? Then there’s Christopher Young’s slight take on the typical Western score – when Elliot and Cage ride down the road in flames towards the finale to the main theme, I couldn’t help getting a little over-excited about the whole thing. For some reason the movie overall reminded me most of John Carpenter’s Vampires and one of the Blade movies (the worst one – is that 3? I forget . . . I don’t even remember if I’ve seen 3 yet, lol) It’s cheap and cheesy, but at least it never pretends it’s anything but, and it always keeps its tongue firmly in its cheek. There are some really nice one-liners – nothing entirely sidesplitting, but overall, it’s just, y’know, fun to watch. I think if I were to watch this again, it would be with much more enthusiasm than, say, Sin City or 300. The ending in particular – really, almost everything from the aforementioned riding-down-the-road-in-flames scene onward – was surprisingly more satisfying than anticipated. [...] [...] I was honestly surprised by quite how much there was here for me to like. Beginning with the cast – how can you argue with the casting of Peter Fonda and Sam Elliot here? Then there’s Christopher Young’s slight take on the typical Western score – when Elliot and Cage ride down the road in flames towards the finale to the main theme, I couldn’t help getting a little over-excited about the whole thing. For some reason the movie overall reminded me most of John Carpenter’s Vampires and one of the Blade movies (the worst one – is that 3? I forget . . . I don’t even remember if I’ve seen 3 yet, lol) It’s cheap and cheesy, but at least it never pretends it’s anything but, and it always keeps its tongue firmly in its cheek. There are some really nice one-liners – nothing entirely sidesplitting, but overall, it’s just, y’know, fun to watch. I think if I were to watch this again, it would be with much more enthusiasm than, say, Sin City or 300. The ending in particular – really, almost everything from the aforementioned riding-down-the-road-in-flames scene onward – was surprisingly more satisfying than anticipated. [...]

]]> http://ambival.net/movies/sin-city#comment-3514 Ambival.net » Movie Reviews » 300 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:57:45 +0000 http://ambival.net/?p=441#comment-3514 [...] What the f*ck have they been pumping into screenings of this movie to have people pushing it towards the IMDb’s top 250? Clearly the closest cinematic siblings this has are Robert Rodriguez’ Sin City which, like this, was based on a Frank Miller graphic novel, and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, which, like this, was, er . . . like this – but there are also massive hints of Braveheart (“Hold!”). I didn’t like either of the first two too much, and while Braveheart was a classic, it certainly doesn’t need to be repeated. I didn’t like Zack Snyder’s last movie, his remake of George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, too much either. But the first shots I saw from this movie kind of got me very excited indeed. I think part of the misunderstanding was, I thought it was gonna be all CGI like Final Fantasy / Animatrix style, lol. So as soon as it turned out it was a live action movie, I guess that was the early stage where my expectations began to slip. [...] [...] What the f*ck have they been pumping into screenings of this movie to have people pushing it towards the IMDb’s top 250? Clearly the closest cinematic siblings this has are Robert Rodriguez’ Sin City which, like this, was based on a Frank Miller graphic novel, and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, which, like this, was, er . . . like this – but there are also massive hints of Braveheart (“Hold!”). I didn’t like either of the first two too much, and while Braveheart was a classic, it certainly doesn’t need to be repeated. I didn’t like Zack Snyder’s last movie, his remake of George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, too much either. But the first shots I saw from this movie kind of got me very excited indeed. I think part of the misunderstanding was, I thought it was gonna be all CGI like Final Fantasy / Animatrix style, lol. So as soon as it turned out it was a live action movie, I guess that was the early stage where my expectations began to slip. [...]

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