An old man dies, a young girl lives. Fair trade.

Sin City came out on video last week. For the most part I've been doing well with my, shall we say, problem of compulsively purchasing DVDs. But with Sin City there was no debate, no question. Yes, the movie is depraved, ultra-violent, has no moral redeeming value, and is overly stylized. It's also brilliant.

Yeah, I guess I could turn on my BS generators and come up with something about how this movie explores the dark parts of people. A movie that is really distilled savagery and emotion. It is those things, but I don't find it meaningful in that space. What I find meaningful is its style, originality and feel.

When I recommend this movie to people I tell them they've never seen a movie that looks like this one does. I know that to be true, because no other movie ever made looks like this one.

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