SWG Tales

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ROCKS!!!!


Ebert was right. It IS like the graphic novels on steroids. And by graphic, I do mean graphic. You think a scene from the novels might be too violent for the movie.......wrong! Dead wrong!! I asked my wife what she thought about the movie. She said, "I don't know. I had my eyes covered for half of it." It's that violent.

I hadn't read the 3 novels the movie covers in years, and didn't re-read them so it would be fresh. That said, the memories flood back from watching the movie. The movie's scene are taken right from the novels. It's eerie and dark and violent and creepy and real. You will recognize your favorite scenes from the novels (I won't say which were mine cuz I don't want to spoil, but I will later)

Willis makes a good Hartigan, just maybe not quite old enough. Clive Owen make a real good Dwight I thought. And the biggest surprise, Mickey Roarke as Marv was the absolute fucking BEST!! I went in thinking the facial work looked cheesy, but after just a few minutes on screen it is totally the opposite. He is Marv, and he fucking kicks so much ass!! It's my favorite 1/3 of the movie. The other surprise....little Elijah Wood. He is no happy-go-lucky hobbit. He's the creepiest motherfucker you will ever see.

Overall, I will say this is the best comic-book-turned-movie I have ever seen. If you like the Sin City graphic novels, go see it. If you love them, go see it, NOW! You won't be disappointed.

Skorixor wrote:The other surprise....little Elijah Wood. He is no happy-go-lucky hobbit. He's the creepiest motherfucker you will ever see.

Yeah, I could tell from the tiny clip in the previews that Elijah was SPOT ON as Bob. At least I think that's his name.

And the movie isn't THAT graphic. Jessica Alba plays a full frontal stripper and never takes anything off. :P

I'm hoping to maybe sneak out and see it by myself tomorrow or something. Sorry Zan, I can't wait 'till Thursday, but I might still go again anyway.

X'an Shin wrote:

Skorixor wrote:The other surprise....little Elijah Wood. He is no happy-go-lucky hobbit. He's the creepiest motherfucker you will ever see.

Yeah, I could tell from the tiny clip in the previews that Elijah was SPOT ON as Bob. At least I think that's his name.

And the movie isn't THAT graphic. Jessica Alba plays a full frontal stripper and never takes anything off. :P

I'm hoping to maybe sneak out and see it by myself tomorrow or something. Sorry Zan, I can't wait 'till Thursday, but I might still go again anyway.

Elijahs char is named Kevin, and the trailers are just a smidge of how creepy he is...

and no Alba doesn't show anything BUT, let's just say the beginning ought to satisfy those needs

and by graphic I mean violence, not nudity...let's just say, piles and piles of body parts

Skorixor wrote:Elijahs char is named Kevin, and the trailers are just a smidge of how creepy he is...

and no Alba doesn't show anything BUT, let's just say the beginning ought to satisfy those needs

and by graphic I mean violence, not nudity...let's just say, piles and piles of body parts

Yeah, I read all the comics as original run issues (except for Marv's original one, which I think was part of a Dark Horse compilation when it first ran, although I have it as a trade paperback). You can't spoil the movie for me. I know how everything goes.

I'm not saying throw spoilers out here in this thread, I just know the dirty details of each story. Like, I was afraid to show people at work my action figure of Marv, because the figure alone is a spoiler.

damn, I wish I was getting into chicago earlier today...we could go see it...

I'll be back tuesday though