April 11, 2005
A non-snarky movie recommendation
If you've yet to see 'Sin City', I highly recommend you do. I was going to joke that the NY Times will likely hate the movie because it has the traditional cinematic layout, men as heroes and women in need of saving, but figured I'd find and read the review to confirm my suspicion that that would be their take. And yes, gender roles definitely make an appearance in their review, along with a mention about the lack of career choices for the women of Sin City, but the reviewer seemed to like the movie and appreciate it as I had. See it.
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The New York Times reducing themselves to petty arguing about feminism and gender roles instead of commenting on the actual cinematic merits of a film? Nah... Unless of course it has graphic gay male nudity and no plot. Why then, by jove, it's art.
Sin City is the best new movie I have seen all year.
Posted by: Aubrey at April 12, 2005 04:17 AMi second that - very worth while. despite some plot thinness - one of the best stylistic works i've seen in ages! nytimes reviews of movies... heh. not since janet maslin went to do book reviews did they have anyone good in that department. sigh. however, anthony lane, in the new yorker, never fails to amuse and pinpoint where movies fail or succeed!
Posted by: writersbloc gal at April 12, 2005 07:15 AMMatt Drudge and some other conservatives freaked out over the anti-religious themes of the film. So both sides have their PC ways of looking at pop culture.
Posted by: Eric Deamer at April 12, 2005 03:27 PM
