On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:31:57 -0500, ktabic wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:25:28 +0000, darkness fell, lightening flashed
> and the voice of Carl spake thus:
>
>> But I think some comics converted well to film, I rate sin city and 300
>> highly...
>>
>> I would agree that Sin City was a top notch conversion, if only it was
>> in the same order, kind of like Pulp Fiction, in that there were
>> several short stories that tied in with each other. The film has it all
>> as one linear narrative. But then I suppose that that is more for the
>> benefit of the thick yank audiences......
>
> Sin City was superb, but not strictly linear - Marv (the big, ugly
> electocuted Mickey Rourke) was back in the film after his death scene
> (watching Jessica Alba dance - good enough reason for me :). Sin City is
> also good for celeb spotting - I didn't spot Frodo until the thrid
> viewing. And only spotted Rutger Hauer on the most recent.
>
> 300 is also pretty faithful - the film has more story than the graphic
> novels, and in some ways the movie is better - the first charge of the
> Persians is better on screen than on paper.
and a bit more on topic... I thought AM's V for vendetta was a good film
though again not read the original for comparison...
but I didn't spot any of those actors in sin city either... have to watch
it again...
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