Wednesday, October 05, 2005
The Radio Free Movie Review
Saw two movies this week- Family Guys’ “Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story” and “Frank Miller's Sin City.”
Man, are these two good.
First off we’ll get to the Family Guy movie. I hesitate to go into any real detail on this as the fact that it’s a Family Guy movie should really say it all. So with that I’ll just leave you with a quick quote from Peter as he finds that his local video store no longer rents pornography:
Ah, rancid animation.
Now getting to "Frank Miller’s Sin City"- it’s nice because it really is Frank Miller’s Sin City. Yes, it was directed by the genius Robert Rodriguez, but it’s really Frank’s. Based on his graphic novels (and I do mean graphic) almost every scene is shot to look exactly like the drawings in the novel. IMDB trivia even tells me that Rodriguez had requested giving Marshal directorial credit (as most the shots were laid out by him) but the director’s guild would have no part in it (bastards).
Being one of the first movies to be shot entirely on green screen (no real sets to speak of) with in HD Digital, the look is purely original. It really feels as if you are watching a hand drawn, live black and white comic book. Narrative is added in seamlessly with bizarre camera angels and bold outlines, immersing the viewer in a completely different world.
Character wise this flick has two of the best examples of an anti-hero I’ve ever seen. There is this ironic duality in the Clive Owens, Bruce Willis and Mickey Rourke characters. While being pure in their intentions and staggeringly protective of the innocent, they brutally dispose of anyone that gets in their way. I think this movie may have set the record for most guys shot in the dick. Flipside is that the bad guys are as heartless and sadistic as they come. You know that feeling of ‘how does a seemingly normal guy like Stephen King come up with such sick crap?’ Well, you get that same feeling from Frank.
Robert’s in the process of Sin City 2, and I for one cannot wait. This aint exactly a date movie, but I promise it’s one of the best you’ll see all year.
Man, are these two good.
First off we’ll get to the Family Guy movie. I hesitate to go into any real detail on this as the fact that it’s a Family Guy movie should really say it all. So with that I’ll just leave you with a quick quote from Peter as he finds that his local video store no longer rents pornography:
“What kind of America do we live in when a guy can’t fire off a few knuckle children while watching porn in the privacy of his own neighbor’s living room because his VCR is broken?”
Ah, rancid animation.
Now getting to "Frank Miller’s Sin City"- it’s nice because it really is Frank Miller’s Sin City. Yes, it was directed by the genius Robert Rodriguez, but it’s really Frank’s. Based on his graphic novels (and I do mean graphic) almost every scene is shot to look exactly like the drawings in the novel. IMDB trivia even tells me that Rodriguez had requested giving Marshal directorial credit (as most the shots were laid out by him) but the director’s guild would have no part in it (bastards).
Being one of the first movies to be shot entirely on green screen (no real sets to speak of) with in HD Digital, the look is purely original. It really feels as if you are watching a hand drawn, live black and white comic book. Narrative is added in seamlessly with bizarre camera angels and bold outlines, immersing the viewer in a completely different world.
Character wise this flick has two of the best examples of an anti-hero I’ve ever seen. There is this ironic duality in the Clive Owens, Bruce Willis and Mickey Rourke characters. While being pure in their intentions and staggeringly protective of the innocent, they brutally dispose of anyone that gets in their way. I think this movie may have set the record for most guys shot in the dick. Flipside is that the bad guys are as heartless and sadistic as they come. You know that feeling of ‘how does a seemingly normal guy like Stephen King come up with such sick crap?’ Well, you get that same feeling from Frank.
Robert’s in the process of Sin City 2, and I for one cannot wait. This aint exactly a date movie, but I promise it’s one of the best you’ll see all year.
