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Like most other movie goers this weekend, we saw Sin City. We loved it. As unashamed comic book nerds, the idea of a direct graphic novel adaptation of the Frank Miller classics was simply spectacular to watch. Cinematical thinks "The Hard Goodbye" was the best of the stories and we agree although it did run a little longer than necessary. We can forgive that though because of Carla Gugino. Mmmm, Carla Gugino. We're highly recommending the flick, particularly if you're a fan of low plot, high action, comic style storytelling. Think Kill Bill on acid and with a lot more focus on one style.
The question, though, is how to see it? We caught it in digital format at the cinerama dome but a film loving friend argues that the best way to see a black and white noir flick is in 35 MM so that the natural imperfections in the film grain shine through. We're wondering though if the shocks of color would be as bright or the green screen effects be as effective on traditional film. There are scenes where you get just a hint of color on something and maybe that doesn't come through on traditional film.
Oh well, guess we'll just have to see it again to test it out.
Update: Guess we saw it in 35 MM. Gotta find the Digital.
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Just to clairify something here - you saw it at Arclight (I'm going today) but did you see it IN the dome, or in one of the other theaters? Because the dome is NOT digital last I checked, so if you saw it in the dome you probably saw the 35mm version. That said, a few film producing friends have told me that with a movie like Sin City, there's so much digital post production being done that the digital is actually closer to perfect, and the 35mm is just a copy from the final digital version.
You're totally right, Sean. This is what 3 hours sleep gets me.
Time to find a digital version to compare.
I saw it with my wife on Sunday.
We missed the 1PM show in the digital room due to subway delay. We moved our tickets to the 2PM showing in the Dome.
You could see the gate weave of film if you really look, but the picture was superb.
If it's recorded digitally, it will look best on the digital screen. If it's recorded on film, the film projector will look best (if you are at the technically sound Arclight). Digital projection has a bit of trouble with the graininess of film. So when you go film -> view digital, there can be issues.
As more filmmakers switch to digital recording, the clean look will take over the traditional grainy 'film look' that people are used to.
saw it friday, 4:00pm show at the arclight. digital projection. fantastic looking film.
as someone who has spent many years working with film, this movie has almost completely sold me on all digital production.
did anyone else notice during the trailer for "revenge of the sith" that a couple of the shots looked very "video"?
if that kind of look could be eliminated then i think i would be completely sold on digital. i guess i will have to wait for the movie to see how it really looks.
i have to disagree with michael on his bit at the end of his comment. i think the switch to digial will happen when the studios realize that they can spend far less money shooting and distributing digitally than they can with film. even now, very few (under ten) major studio releases this year were shot digitally. the decision to switch will be purely an economic one.
until then, digital will still be a niche player.
I'm going to see digital today so I'll report back for sure..
I don't think they have any digital theaters here in Indianapolis so I'm obviously just missing out. I just wanted to say though that I think both the trailer and the one-sheet for Episode 3 look pretty cheesy. That's not to say I won't be seeing the film. I'm just pointing it out.