http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/news/wire/sns-ap-film-sin-city,0,4916906,print.story?coll=sns-ap-entertainment-headlines

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Graphic Novel Comes Alive in 'Sin City'




By JAKE COYLE
Associated Press Writer

March 29, 2005, 5:56 PM EST

NEW YORK -- When Robert Rodriguez approached Frank Miller about adapting "Sin City," he knew he needed a great pitch. "I told him we shouldn't insult it by turning it into a movie. We gotta take cinema and turn it into this book," Rodriguez recalls.

But to adapt Miller's black-and-white 2-D world of tough guys in trench coats and back-alley crooks, the duo thought they had to go to extreme lengths of digital mimicry.

The movie is based on three of Miller's "Sin City" comic books, an extravagant noirish world of fantastical ultraviolence. Famous among comic book readers for his "Elektra" and "Daredevil" series, Miller always said Hollywood would never get its hands on "Sin City."

"When it comes to adapting material, very, very rarely do you get `The Silence of the Lambs,'" says Miller. "Usually you end up with `Catwoman' -- something that just uses the title and throws out the source material."

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I'm really excited about seeing this movie. The previews look awesome.

Can't wait.

Saw it last Friday. Un-freaking-believeable!!

It helps that Jessica Alba is in it also!

Question for those who have seen this already: I keep hearing ultra-violent, and considerable sex for this one. I can deal with that (and plan to as this movie looks amazing!) but I'm not sure the wife will. I honestly don't want to take her if she's going to ruin the movie by griping about the violence and sex. Its not that she's a complete prude (for lack of a better term) but sometimes the violence gets to her and she's miserable (see the final seen of Hannibal). Is it as graphic as some reviews I've read or is it being a bit overblown?

I guess the thing that makes the violence stand out is the way the movie is filmed. The selective use of color on a black and white background makes for an interesting effect. It's nowhere close to a NC-17 rating if that's what you're looking for.

As far as sex goes, there were a couple of scenes with frontal nudity and nothing where you see a wang.