This afternoon, I ducked out of the beautiful weather into a dark theater to watch Sin City.

The thing that struck me first was not the movie itself; rather, it was the lack of advertisements before the movie. Sure, I was forced to sit through 15 minutes of movie trailers, but I didn’t have to deal with any stupid Pepsi or Ford cinemercials. Ah, it reminds me of the good old days, four years ago, before they started putting full-on ads before movies.

In my opinion, Sin City is a very well done movie. I liked it for its style, its writing, and its unabashed yet appropriate use of CG. It’s original and therefore refreshing. Oh yeah; it had a Porsche 550 Spyder too (what a classy touch!). I won’t say more about the movie lest I ruin it for the uninitiated.

I liked it well enough to move it to #6 on my all-time favorite movies list. In order, the top seven are: Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption, The Sting, Fight Club, The Usual Suspects, Sin City, and The Game. Honorable mention goes to The Bourne Identity, The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), The Godfather, and Groundhog Day. For the record, the worst movie I have ever seen is Radio Flyer — yuck.

Anyhow, see Sin City. It’s (sinfully?) good.