"SighFi" <what@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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...
Oh, read the graphic novel. Only THEN will you realise what a pile of
****e
the film was...
>
> but I didn't spot any of those actors in sin city either... have to
watch
> it again...
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