Godzilla: Final wars & Sin City (but not the movie) reviewed
12/19/2005
Well, hello again and happy Monday…
Weekend just seem to fly by again.
Oh, well…
Finally saw Sin City this weekend- although not the movie, I saw the three separate stories on their own. That’s how I read the books, and wanted to see how they held up- pretty good I would say. About 98% of the story, look and feel is retained with some slight alterations/omissions. The stories feel like a contemporary Raymond Chandler piece (of which genre Miller was playing with in the first place) and the look/ way the actors were felt like a movie made in the 40’s/50’s. The only thing that bugged me was the short piece The Customer is Always Right: the short is okay but this was made longer as to wrap/envelop the movie version. At the end the chick from Gilmore Girls is apparently escaped the battle at The Big Fat Kill, goes to a hospital, gets checked out and is on her way out and encounters Josh Harnett’s character. She uses a cell phone that is way out of place with the whole vibe of the movie and the look of the piece is the only place in the movie that isn’t reminiscent of Frank Miller. Mostly because it’s a piece of story he never drew but I thought they could have done more to make it feel like his art. They’re threatening original Sin City stories for the sequel- and I hope they do a better job of capturing Miller’s work if they do.
My take: 4 out of 5
Also this weekend’s viewing- GODZILLA: FINAL WARS. The movie is loud, bombastic, stretching and requires no thought to watch. It’s also a lot of fun. There’s martial arts, aliens and of course- rubber monster suits. There’s online hatred for the movie because the green guy is secondary to the story and he is- it focuses on the humans. But these are Michael Bay humans- they’re as rubber as the big green guy. The movie seems to pay homage to late 70’s Godzilla movies- especially with Gigan and King Caesar in it as well as Minilla (when I described Minilla to Holly- she was wondering why a kaiju was named after the capital of the Philippines) and non-imaginative kaiju such as a big lobster, spider and mantis.
Anyway- the American Godzilla vs the REAL Godzilla is a highpoint and appropriately only lasting all to two seconds as our guy beats the crap out of the imposter. Another highpoint was the realization of who the mysterious kaiju at the end turned out to be. King vs King I tells ya.
No complaints about this one- leave your brain at the door, talk during the movie, turn the sound up and have fun.
My take: 5 out of 5 (but I’m biased- Godzilla justs kicks ass)
Well, hello again and happy Monday…
Weekend just seem to fly by again.
Oh, well…
Finally saw Sin City this weekend- although not the movie, I saw the three separate stories on their own. That’s how I read the books, and wanted to see how they held up- pretty good I would say. About 98% of the story, look and feel is retained with some slight alterations/omissions. The stories feel like a contemporary Raymond Chandler piece (of which genre Miller was playing with in the first place) and the look/ way the actors were felt like a movie made in the 40’s/50’s. The only thing that bugged me was the short piece The Customer is Always Right: the short is okay but this was made longer as to wrap/envelop the movie version. At the end the chick from Gilmore Girls is apparently escaped the battle at The Big Fat Kill, goes to a hospital, gets checked out and is on her way out and encounters Josh Harnett’s character. She uses a cell phone that is way out of place with the whole vibe of the movie and the look of the piece is the only place in the movie that isn’t reminiscent of Frank Miller. Mostly because it’s a piece of story he never drew but I thought they could have done more to make it feel like his art. They’re threatening original Sin City stories for the sequel- and I hope they do a better job of capturing Miller’s work if they do.
My take: 4 out of 5
Also this weekend’s viewing- GODZILLA: FINAL WARS. The movie is loud, bombastic, stretching and requires no thought to watch. It’s also a lot of fun. There’s martial arts, aliens and of course- rubber monster suits. There’s online hatred for the movie because the green guy is secondary to the story and he is- it focuses on the humans. But these are Michael Bay humans- they’re as rubber as the big green guy. The movie seems to pay homage to late 70’s Godzilla movies- especially with Gigan and King Caesar in it as well as Minilla (when I described Minilla to Holly- she was wondering why a kaiju was named after the capital of the Philippines) and non-imaginative kaiju such as a big lobster, spider and mantis.
Anyway- the American Godzilla vs the REAL Godzilla is a highpoint and appropriately only lasting all to two seconds as our guy beats the crap out of the imposter. Another highpoint was the realization of who the mysterious kaiju at the end turned out to be. King vs King I tells ya.
No complaints about this one- leave your brain at the door, talk during the movie, turn the sound up and have fun.
My take: 5 out of 5 (but I’m biased- Godzilla justs kicks ass)
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