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movie review - Sin City

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Tokyo, 2007.08.07

This is an incessantly unpleasant and sexist movie based on a comic book series from the early '90s. The funny thing is that I was still a bit into comics at that time and recall that people who were into that series tended to be unpleasant and sexist (virgins). The male characters in this thing are usually exaggerated and are either macho-chatty or macho-silent. There are some sub-types that tend to the comically surreal and disgusting. The women are all sex objects.

The plots are loosely connected and generally OK. But I can't imagine watching this twice.

Not recommended.

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The way you write science fiction is: you sit down at your writing machine and you open your mind to the first thought that comes through. My first thought was always a cigarette.

—-Frederik Pohl