I'm watching Frank Miller's Sin City, and finding it... weird.

It made a bunch of money. Got nominated for a bunch of awards. What was the appeal at the time?
Does it come down to the visual effects?
The cast?

in the past two minutes, I have witnessed a man get hit by a truck three times, punch a dog in the face, and get jump-kicked by elijah wood; Mortal Kombat-launching-across-the-screen-style

elijah wood is wearing giant oval glasses and a charlie brown sweater

elijah wood crouches like a kid watching ants burn on the sidewalk and runs like he's just finished watching his first episode of naruto

the giant man with the plastic face gets smashed with a brick
he is unconscious for 3 seconds

a woman is shot 30 times, without fanfare

for the 5th time in this movie, someone has been stabbed/shot in the balls

elijah wood smiles like a doll and vaults like he's in a Wuxia film

an award-worthy performance, sadly unrecognized

"It really gets my goat when guys rough up dames," says the man who roughed up a dame less than 3 minutes ago

(The woman is still unconscious.)

Rutger Hauer is delightful, as always, and I believe I am done here.

I couldn't help myself.

I am not done here, and I've now discovered the term "African love fest", so that's nice.

"I have never hit a woman in my life," says the man, before hitting a woman in his life.

there are three things this movie loves:

1) stabbing/shooting people in the balls
2) talking about stabbing/shooting people in the balls
3) swirlies

WAS THAT A SWASTIKA-SHAPED NINJA THROWING STAR

THE SWASTIKA-SHAPED NINJA THROWING STAR WENT INTO HIS BUTT NOW, BECAUSE OF COURSE IT DID

more like Benecio Del Ohno

a-am i right

Oops! All Berries but for Frank Miller media:

Ah! More Swastikas

OH MAN I FORGOT NANCY'S IDENTITY

OH NO

OH GOD I REMEMBER NOW

i read so many sin city comics, once upon a time

i was told that was where i was supposed to start

that these were the Good Ones

so many

Oh God

I didn't misremember this storyline

WELP

THERE IT GOES

I'll say this - the digital imagery works INCREDIBLY well for the Yellow Bastard storyline. He glows, and oozes across the screen.

It's sickening. In a good way!

Oh, it's Elijah Wood again, reading the Bible.

I don't know why the imagery is terrifying, but it is.

*Bruce Willis tears the dude's balls off with his bare hands*
*Nancy, watching, smiles in approval*
*Full House theme plays*
*Credits*