MrDave
April 3rd, 2005, 11:43pm
The Pope dies and here we are spending money on a movie about a canibal cardinal.
Moviegoers Living in 'Sin City'
by Brandon Gray
April 3, 2005
As news of Pope John Paul II's death dominated the weekend, moviegoers apper to have vindicated recent accusations that America is plagued by what religious radicals call a death culture—a charge lobbed by President George W. Bush in the wake of the Terry Schiavo case—by flocking to the ultra-violent Sin City.
A mostly monochromatic, digitally-rendered noir picture adapted from comic books by Frank Miller (Robocop 2) and co-directed by Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids) and Miller, Sin City gorged on a gluttonous $28.1 million weekend estimate at 3,230 locations. Pre-release industry tracking was comparable to Constantine, another R-rated comic book adaptation, which opened to $29.8 million in February and has made $73.7 million so far.
Death Culture sounds like a good name for a punk band. Anyone know if it is taken?
http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1772&p=.htm
Anyhow, I have seen this movie and it is particularly graphic in some ways, however thinking back on it I seem to remember most scenes as if they were out of a comic book, so I wouldn't call it very realistic gore.
Moviegoers Living in 'Sin City'
by Brandon Gray
April 3, 2005
As news of Pope John Paul II's death dominated the weekend, moviegoers apper to have vindicated recent accusations that America is plagued by what religious radicals call a death culture—a charge lobbed by President George W. Bush in the wake of the Terry Schiavo case—by flocking to the ultra-violent Sin City.
A mostly monochromatic, digitally-rendered noir picture adapted from comic books by Frank Miller (Robocop 2) and co-directed by Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids) and Miller, Sin City gorged on a gluttonous $28.1 million weekend estimate at 3,230 locations. Pre-release industry tracking was comparable to Constantine, another R-rated comic book adaptation, which opened to $29.8 million in February and has made $73.7 million so far.
Death Culture sounds like a good name for a punk band. Anyone know if it is taken?
http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1772&p=.htm
Anyhow, I have seen this movie and it is particularly graphic in some ways, however thinking back on it I seem to remember most scenes as if they were out of a comic book, so I wouldn't call it very realistic gore.