Sin City

Data
Title: Sin City
Year: 2005
Length: 124 minutes
Directors: Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez, with Quentin Tarantino
Writer: Frank Miller
Starring: Jessica Alba, Devon Aoki, Alexis Bledel, Rosario Dawson, Benicio Del Toro, Carla Gugino, Jaime King, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Nick Stahl, Bruce Willis, Elijah Wood
Music: John Debney, Graeme Revell, Robert Rodriguez
Distinctions: currently #102 on IMDb's Top 250

My reaction
Synopsis: several loosely-related crime stories set in a corrupt city
How I saw it: in the theater, 2005; on video several times (used to have on DVD), most recently (rented from Netflix) yesterday
Concept: Great.
Story: Okay. The individual stories are good, but there's no good reason to put them together.
Characters: Good. Most are cliches, but in that archetype sort of way that works for noir.
Dialog: Bad. Presumably it's intentionally bad.
Pacing: Eh. It moves too fast, and is simultaneously too long.
Cinematography: Great.
Special effects/design: Great. The visuals are good enough to make up for all of the movie's faults, and then some.
Acting: Bad. Intentionally bad, I think. Then again, the few great actors in the movie (Rourke, Owen) aren't nearly as bad as everyone else, so maybe it's not intentional. Either way, it's the sort of bad acting that helps create atmosphere.
Music: Good.
Subjective Rating: 8/10 (Great). It used to be one of my favorites. After a number of viewings, once the shock of how cool the visuals are wears off, it looses a lot. Still a very interesting movie, though.
Objective Rating: 7/10 (points off for dialog, pacing and acting) 2.8/4 (Good).