Sin City - What a trailer!

[Moonbiter]

I am a really big, softie fanboy at heart. That basically means that I've been fooled by movie trailers more times than I care to remember. It also means that I'm a HUGE fan of fanboy extraordinaire and movie auteur Robert Rodriguez and the way he just makes his visions come alive on a minor budget. Add to that the fact that I make a living doing graphics and making promotional videos, and I've been looking for the ultimate movie trailer for my entire life.

Then along comes this!

When does the border between a music video and a promotional trailer get wiped out? Should there be an Oscar for best trailer?

Here you have a piece of concept art that IMHO trancends anything I've ever seen. First the fact that Rodriguez has decided to re-create Frank Miller's astonishing Sin City comic in black and white, using splashes of vivid colour as a special effect. That alone is shows balls unheard of in Hollywood comic book adaptions. But then there is the trailer.... You find a song by almost completely unknown Brit/French counterculture band The Servant and strips it of it's vocals. Just to find that one song out there is beyond words cool. Then you go ahead to direct a trailer that redefines pacing, style and panache to such an extent that you leave my entire creative team sitting like slack-jawed hicks at the Pole-Dancing Olympics. Every move is perfectly paced to the music. Every sound effect adds new depth to both the music and the visuals. Just check out the moment when Willis fires the Ruger Super Blackhawk out the car window, and how the gunshot matches perfectly with the visuals and builds to the crescendo before fading out.

Rant over, but if this movie turns out to be another bummer, then at least the trailer will live on as a classic.

[Ned Flanders]

agree 100%, I saw the trailer yesterday. Good cast, I have no doubt I'll love the flick as I am amongst the easily entertainted (typo intentional).

[Moonbiter]

Imagine what could have happened if Rodriguez had a shot at directing the abyssmally manure **** Tracy some ten years ago? This one could actually put a new dimension to film noir if it comes out well, and looking at the talent just makes me want to scream. Even my old fave Michael Madsen makes an appearance. As if such a project could be without him...

[FweL]

That movie cant be bad, or so i hope. I must admit that i don't know anything about that comic. Still trailers always have best parts of the movie and this trailer gave me feeling that it is hevily cutted. I will go and see it if comes to my home country.

[Yeltsu]

that must have been the coolest trailer I have ever seen, I'll definetly go see this movie

[ik911]

Wow, even Elijah Wood has a role. Somehow, it's hard to picture him in sunglasses, next to Bruce Willis and the likes.

[Moonbiter]

OH!

MY!

FREAKIN'!

GAWDS!



This has to be the coolest thing I've seen since... well, since OH WHO CARES! It's so far out I still can't get to grips with it. Forget anything you thought you knew about pulp cinema and film noir, this is a hand-standing classic! Just don't bring the kids...

Edit: Yes, I just saw the movie.

[ik911]

I can't wait till it's in cinemas in Europe

[CM]

I am watching it tonight hopefully. I have been waiting for this for a good 4 months now

[Vicsun]

I've been hyped up about this movie since I first saw the trailer. I love the fact that all negative reviews reference the violence and lack of rolemodels as the failing of the film.


"Film noir on steroids; a movie so cool you’re not supposed to be concerned about its total lack of moral grounding. Nor its profound sexism. Nor its misanthropic nihilism."

[CM]

What a trailer and what a movie. WOW! Dark and gory yet it discussed morality in a very stark light. Good and bad were sometimes clearly described and in some cases you could not tell the difference.

The music was great so was the acting. Pretty damn good. Dialogue was typical of the 1930s and 1940 classic movies. Music was damn good. The color used to describe characterization was very very interesting.

This one is for my DVD collection. I will try to watch it again.

For people who do not want to watch your average run of the mill movies. Watch this. But be warned, the themes are extremely adult in nature and the way they are shown.

Plus all the naked women was a plus

[Ned Flanders]

I thought it was ok. It looked cool, had a high body count, and had a lot of broads scantily clad...........all good things. Unfortunately, I didn't find any of the characters very compelling, except Marv. That said, it's worth seeing in the theatre just because of the visual presentation but don't get your hopes up on going to see a masterpiece.

Can't really say why I have such an opinion. I was really excited to see this for months because of the cast alone. Then add Frank Miller and Rodriguez, how could it miss. Maybe it's because I've never read the graphic novels or perhaps I placed my expectations too high. That's why I stay away from previews.

[Moonbiter]

@Ned
Funny you should feel that way, as my view is the exact opposite. I felt the characters were all fantastic, and showed a great deal of depth. Actors that I've previously thought of as no better than sub-par soap opera starlets positively shone, and were given a great script to act upon. In fact the casting was nothing short of mindblowing, IMHO. I think the movie is nothing short of a classic, and I'm pretty sure it will re-define modern cinema in a great many ways.