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Mon Mar-28-05 03:37 PM
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| anti-Bush themes in film version of "Sin City" |
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Edited on Mon Mar-28-05 03:38 PM by villager
Okay, so I saw "Sin City" last week, and while my goal here isn't to write an advance review, I wondered about some of the subtle, and not so subtle, anti-Bush/anti-Right themes in the work, especially the "Yellow Bastard" section.
While I keep up with comics fairly well, and know Miller's work, I hadn't read "Sin City." The plot of a spoiled politician's son literally getting away with murder -- and knowing he can -- seemed to resonate rather startlingly with with the present moment.
Especially later when said politician launches into a tirade about real power coming from getting people to believe a big enough lie, at odds with the truths in their hearts. Once they turn away from what the know is right, the deal, for the corrupt leaders, is sealed.
So: Is this in Miller's original work? (There was some fairly political stuff in "Dark Knight," after all...) Or was the story "updated" for the present moment?
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Mon Mar-28-05 03:39 PM
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| 1. That movie looks awesome!!! |
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It is going to make a killing this weekend.
I can't wait to see it.
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Mon Mar-28-05 03:39 PM
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| 2. it certainly looks great... |
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...pretty intense quotient of violence, though, so get ready...
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| Zing Zing Zingbah
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Mon Mar-28-05 03:47 PM
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| 4. It certainly does look like it will be good. |
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I won't be seeing it until in comes out on DVD.
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Mon Mar-28-05 05:36 PM
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| 8. I can't wait to see it, too! |
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Mon Mar-28-05 03:46 PM
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| 3. Very interesting question. |
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I hope a knowledgeable person answers. I will check back.
Can't wait to see this movie! Too bad about the violence. I'm liberal about the 1st ammendment, but getting a little fed up with the lack of imagination demonstrated by these goar fests.
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Mon Mar-28-05 04:34 PM
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| 5. waitin' for one of the graphic novel readers... |
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...to check in, myself...
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Mon Mar-28-05 07:41 PM
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Mon Mar-28-05 05:05 PM
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| 6. Apparently it's very faithful to the comic |
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Edited on Mon Mar-28-05 05:07 PM by primate1
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Mon Mar-28-05 05:33 PM
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we'll credit Miller with the politics then; it's just grown more appropos with present, denuded, debased moment...
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Mon Mar-28-05 07:50 PM
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| 10. If it is in the movie it was in the comic |
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there is no screenwriting credit everything is directly from the comic.
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Tue Mar-29-05 05:15 PM
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| 11. then Miller was predictive... |
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...of our present Bush-spawned darkness...
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