When the trailer for Sin City first came out, I was befuddled by who the dark broody guy was.

In this movie, isn't that, um, every guy? And even some of the women?

Well, Josh Hartnett isn't dark; Bruce Willis is....well, Bruce Willis; Benicio del Toro, somehow, doesn't seem to be broody. That leaves Clive.

Mickey Rourke is looking pretty dark.

Gotta give Rodriguez props for staying faithful to the visuals.

Gotta give Rodriguez props for staying faithful to the visuals.

Damn straight. And being so adamant about giving Frank Miller a co-director credit that, when the DGA said it was against the rules, he quit the DGA. And, from what I hear, many of the lines of dialogue are lifted directly from the comic.

And, yeah Mickey Rourke may have finally found a role that can redeem him from . . . . everything else he's ever done. Except Angel Heart. He was good in that. Basically, tho, I think he's decided to embrace the creepy.

Mickey seems to be having a serious love/hate relationship with the creepy. I think it was in EW, where he described taking the comic to his shrink and saying..."See. They [meaning the world at large] still see me this way."

I'm not sure how else he should be seen, what with the boxing and the plastic!fantastic surgery and the domestic violence, etc.

Perhaps we should focus on his taking the wee little dog everywhere. Gives him a heart 'o gold quality?

Dunno.

Except Angel Heart. He was good in that. Basically, tho, I think he's decided to embrace the creepy.

Angel Heart. I love that flick. Still not sure exactly what the hell happened there, but what marvellous atmosphere.

When is Sin City coming out anyway? I have no familiarity with the source material whatsoever, but the trailers make it look so fucking cool that I don't really care. (And despite my general dislike of Jessica Alba, that lasso dance so whatever she's doing in the first trailer is just spine-meltingly hot.)

Weekend Netflix binge:

Still in lust with Infernal Affairs. Are the prequel and the sequel out on DVD? Has anyone seen them, and if so, are they comparable in quality to the first part?

Time of the Wolf: Grim, GRIM, French post-apocalyptic drama. Tough to take even for me, who love everything post-apocalyptic. Lovely last scene, but mostly, it just made me want to swallow a bottle of drano.

Also: finally saw Office Space. So many jokes I haven't gotten over the years finally became clear! I think it fizzled out a bit at the end, but it was worth seeing just for the scene when our Trio takes a baseball bat to the fax/copy machine.

When is Sin City coming out anyway? I have no familiarity with the source material whatsoever, but the trailers make it look so fucking cool that I don't really care. (And despite my general dislike of Jessica Alba, that lasso dance so whatever she's doing in the first trailer is just spine-meltingly hot.)

April 1st. Seriously. As for reading the source material, it's definitely your call. As for Jessica Alba, she kept Dark Angel on for 2 years based solely on her ability to look hot in tight leather, so it's not that surprising, to me, anyway.

April 1st. Seriously.

Also when Apple is releasing Tiger. My paranoid side fears that both Sin City and the release of Tiger are elaborate spoofs.

Matthew Vaughn to direct XMen3 -- according to CHUD.

How about Buffista Movies 4: In 4-D for the next thread? Or Buffista Movies IV: Straight To Video?

It's not a movie, but I just finished The Wire Season Three last night. Holy shit, those guys play for keeps. I don't think I can recommend it highly enough, but I have to warn people to start at the beginning of a season and give it several episodes to set up the arc. Although Seasons One and Two were so tightly plotted (and intensely well acted and written, natch) that nothing was wasted, I still thought that the early episodes of Season Three were full of throwaway scenes at first. They were not. If anything, Season Three was even more tightly plotted.

Still in lust with Infernal Affairs. Are the prequel and the sequel out on DVD? Has anyone seen them, and if so, are they comparable in quality to the first part?

I've seen them, but AFAIK, they're not available on DVD, at least in Region 1. (They screened at the New York Film Festival as a triple-feature.) The second film/prequel is as good or better than the first (it's a gangster epic rather than a thriller), and the third makes up in entertainment value what it lacks in coherence. (There's a lot of jumping around in time, and several dream sequences which may or may not actually make sense by the end of the film. I'd have to see it again.)