Rosario Dawson rules. Period. Alba is cute, but a distant second to Dawson. I have a thing for bad girls anyway, much more fun. You pay for it in spades, but worth it. hehehe

Sexiest girls ever in glorious black and white!
 

Black and white is awesome...I love it so much. The only thing I love more? A black and white movie with the sexiest women on the planet in it! Thanks R.R...lol.

For someone who's never read a comic book in his life (me) - I thought it was pretty cool. I'm not going to start reading comics, but I might start liking these comic book adaptations. (i know this wasn't an adaptation!)

The overall tone was original in my opinion. It felt old and once in a while new, but really it was all new because of the amount of shots and how they were done. It's the visuals that felt old (meaning 30's, 40's 50's time period).

I LOVED the women in this movie. Damn, sexy women make the world go around. My girlfriend said the same thing, so I'm not being sexist or anything...she said it before me.

I think the lighting was really, really well done for an HD picture. I expected less, but it had more than I imagined possible with HD capture. The latest cameras have finally (I think) reached maximum HD-ish look. At this point, I'm thinking all future generations of pro HD cameras will be pretty much indisingishable to film cameras. They have a slight "HD" look still, but the average person can't tell...no way in hell can they tell. It's film to them...the HD revolution has won if you look at HD and film as equals right now. The film really looked sweet...and I was watching it in an old theater with a crappy projector skipping almost the whole time. (it strobes up and down constantly because the film is jumping a sprocket).

Just my opinion, but I think R.R. finally made a movie I could stand all the way through too. The trilogy he made was good, but not great. I'd say this film was good too...great? No, the stories in it weren't life altering for me.

I'm very curious to see Stars Wars next month...has Lucas used the lastest HD cameras the same way? I've got a feeling that he's toned down the lame video game quality of the past 2...maybe it'll have more story and substance.

R.R. is definately doing some interesting things and I look forward to the years ahead with him. The only thing he needs to do and NOT be afraid to take his time...he's to busy trying to make 3 movies a year. That might hurt him, but who knows...he might be a superman filmmaker. We'll see..

Sin City is worth the $ to see in theaters, so check it out if you haven't already! At the very least, it's got some of the sexiest girls ever in glorious black and white!

I just saw this over the wekend on DVD. I was a bit wary going in, but I thought it rocked. Watched it a second time and liked it just as much.

there's an extended dir's cut coming in nov/dec?

Cool. I suspected as much.

One detail/connection I noticed that I thought was nice/weird was the use of glowing white for blood, and then the admission by Bishop(?) Roark that Kenny was filled with "White light" when he fed.

I wonder if that was coincidental style choice or an intentional connection. I'm leaning towards intentional. either way it's pretty cool.
Definitely my favorite RR film by a loooong shot.

Yup, there sure is... I'm holding out for that one.

one further comment:
after this movie, Jessica Alba has joined the short list of stars that I'll see in just about anything. Except for FF2... maybe.

hasn't "into the blue" come out already? it's the one with her in bathing suits =).

As I think I said somewhere, I saw "Into the Blue" last winter (it's been on the shelf for a while) and Jessica is just...well, let's say worth waiting for. You guys won't be disappointed!

I can't see how it could go otherwise, unless of course, she's invisible for 75% of the movie.

I always stop and watch when that trailer comes on. the moment after she stops swimming like a dolphin is the most I resume my normal breathing.

It was intentional as this is how Frank Miller illustrates it in his comics. Robert Rodriguez nearly went panel for panel from the comic for the movie. Frank Miller is a comic creatin' demi-god.