Throwback Thursday: Sin City remains an incredible comic book movie

Dynamic dialogue

Perhaps the most important part of this movie was the dialogue. Each story was told like you would read a comic from the protagonist’s perspective. The audience followed along while they were given insight to what the characters were thinking as the movie progressed. This wasn’t just nonsense either. It was well-written.

In fact, you could put this movie on just for background noise and you’d still find the dialogue amazing, as each person paints such a picture with words that you can see it in your head without actually looking at the screen. John Hartigan’s story is a perfect example of this.

In the beginning, Hartigan (Bruce Willis) was on his last case. He was going to save a little girl from a deplorable person. A guy who was so connected that no one would dare go after him. As Hartigan was going after him, he detailed everything that was going on. From what he was going to do after retirement to the pain in his heart.

When he finally saved a young Nancy, he thought he was dead. With what we thought were his last words he said, “An old man dies. A young girl lives. A fair trade.” That moment hit everyone in the heart. He knew the deal and was more than ready to deal with the consequences.