Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014) Blu-ray 3D [Region Locked]

[Paul H]

Edit: * Theatrical release per IMDb is on Aug 22, 2014

Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray) release

Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014)



Dwight is hunted down by the only woman he ever loved, Ava Lord, and then watches his life go straight to hell. Chronologically, this story takes place prior to "The Big Fat Kill" (featured in Sin City) and explains how Dwight came to have a dramatically different face.

[Chloenator]

This is incorrect. August 22nd is the date for the theatrical release. When I went to see The Lego Movie, the theater I went to had the poster up for this and it said August 22nd.

[Zivouhr]

Thanks for posting the info on this. August 22nd is a long ways off for now, but good to hear it's at least late summer.

Sin City 2 3D could be great in 3D, but I can imagine it will be a big challenge to pull off in 3D also, relating to the high contrasts of the black and white tones used as the art style, which make ghosting tough to minimize if the goal is stronger 3D. Same with outer space and bright lights on dark backgrounds.

Ever notice in stronger 3D films, background flames flickering on a dark wall have ghosted images on each side (one extra ghost copy on each side of the intended single 3D flame in the middle)? Reason being the great but limited crystal technology of 3D stereo glasses can't block out all light, and high contrast tones make it more obvious.
With that in mind, I imagine this may aim for medium 3D as the goal, but hope I'm wrong and they go for strong 3D, for the days when 3D glasses are in the past, and even if it results in more ghosting for today's current 3D glasses tech.

[Paul H]

Originally Posted by Sad Beautiful Tragic

This is incorrect. August 22nd is the date for the theatrical release. When I went to see The Lego Movie, the theater I went to had the poster up for this and it said August 22nd.

Thanks for the heads-up! Will make an edit-update in the first post.

[onyxbfly]

Deff Looking forward to this. One of my favorite comic series ever!

[Zivouhr]

I read Mickey Rourke will return as Marv in a sequence. That was my favorite action scene from the original movie, when he's escaping from the apartment building down the flights of stairs.

[BleedOrange11]

High, high hopes for this!

Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame To Kill For - Official Trailer - The Weinstein Company - YouTube

[ZombieCrue]

Originally Posted by Sad Beautiful Tragic

This is incorrect. August 22nd is the date for the theatrical release. When I went to see The Lego Movie, the theater I went to had the poster up for this and it said August 22nd.

Seriously agree. When I saw this I was like WTH? Are you saying it's straight to video? I hate the whole pre-order system in general. It assumes how long a theater run will be and makes me think industry people have no faith in certain film properties. Looking forward to seeing how this works in 3D though. My home and theaters use passive glasses so I don't experience all the negative of active systems even though the images are not dual 1080p the brain doesn't know the difference.

[Dubstar]

saw it this morning - I thought the 3D was inconsistent - some scenes looked excellent, others not so much - all in all, it was a mixed bag if you ask me.

[Zivouhr]

Sin City 2's 3D was in the mostly high medium, strong 3D range, with some regular medium shots mixed in.

As far as consistency, I agree with Dubstar in that the biggest problem I saw with the 3D was the fact that Rodriguez films too many close ups of the face, which brings the face into the majority of the screen, leaving little effectiveness to the 3D effect which got flattened out on the closeups.
Otherwise, when he zoomed out, the 3D was strong and mostly effective and very nicely done. XD3D Cinemark theater showing.

The 3D is definitely worth seeing despite all of the face closeups. With high contrast black and white and some gray tones of the comic book style, I noticed a lot of ghosting of lights in building windows, which is unavoidable most times with stronger 3D. I personally don't mind it, as if 3D eventually goes glasses free, this will not be a problem as long as the Glasses Free 3D Tech is able to completely block out all vision of the other eye's angle, unlike with 3D glasses, which can't completely block out the other eye's light.

Sin City 2 is more interesting than the first one in terms of story and characters and more action. Marv is a major character this time, which was what I was hoping.

[BleedOrange11]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

Sin City 2's 3D was in the mostly high medium, strong 3D range, with some regular medium shots mixed in.

As far as consistency, I agree with Dubstar in that the biggest problem I saw with the 3D was the fact that Rodriguez films too many close ups of the face, which brings the face into the majority of the screen, leaving little effectiveness to the 3D effect which got flattened out on the closeups.
Otherwise, when he zoomed out, the 3D was strong and mostly effective and very nicely done. XD3D Cinemark theater showing.

The 3D is definitely worth seeing despite all of the face closeups. With high contrast black and white and some gray tones of the comic book style, I noticed a lot of ghosting of lights in building windows, which is unavoidable most times with stronger 3D. I personally don't mind it, as if 3D eventually goes glasses free, this will not be a problem as long as the Glasses Free 3D Tech is able to completely block out all vision of the other eye's angle, unlike with 3D glasses, which can't completely block out the other eye's light.

That's a bummer their close-ups are too flat. Faces have a lot of dimension in real life when you get up close and should mimic that in 3D movies. I'd still like to see this for myself eventually.

[dogofwar]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

Sin City 2 is more interesting than the first one in terms of story and characters and more action. Marv is a major character this time, which was what I was hoping.

I thought the first one was better. Having Marv being a bigger part of the movie was a plus, but the first one had the Bruce Willis.Jessica Alba story and Elijah Wood was a great villain.

[bhampton]

Originally Posted by Dubstar

saw it this morning - I thought the 3D was inconsistent - some scenes looked excellent, others not so much - all in all, it was a mixed bag if you ask me.

If the Eva Green and Jessica Alba boob shots are the part with the strong 3D then all is well.

[datlocolatino]

Originally Posted by bhampton

If the Eva Green and Jessica Alba boob shots are the part with the strong 3D then all is well.

I recommend the new 300 movie!!

[scherzo]

Originally Posted by bhampton

If the Eva Green and Jessica Alba boob shots are the part with the strong 3D then all is well.

Gratuitous nudity is a poor box office draw. We already have the internet for that.

I'm not all that surprised at this movie's failure. It's YEARS overdue, and Miller's best Sin City stories were already used in the first movie.

[Rui]

there's a lot to like in this movie. I just wish they didn't end the film with the 'Nancy' story, which was clearly the weakest story from both films (and by quite a large margin).

But the 'Dame to kill for' section is probably the strongest Sin City story (from both films IMO) and the 3D is done quite well.

[Damon1281]

Originally Posted by Rui

there's a lot to like in this movie. I just wish they didn't end the film with the 'Nancy' story, which was clearly the weakest story from both films (and by quite a large margin).

But the 'Dame to kill for' section is probably the strongest Sin City story (from both films IMO) and the 3D is done quite well.

Ironically, it was Nancy for whom I would kill.

[levcore]

Originally Posted by Rui

there's a lot to like in this movie. I just wish they didn't end the film with the 'Nancy' story, which was clearly the weakest story from both films (and by quite a large margin).

But the 'Dame to kill for' section is probably the strongest Sin City story (from both films IMO) and the 3D is done quite well.

I totally agree, her story was so dull and a real duff one to end on. It feels like the movie just stops rather than ends. The dame to kill for section was good though yes.

[lateralspin]

Unfortunately, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For was regarded as a major flop.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/en...pped_n_5705003

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by Mobe1969

Hah, yes she has been in a few. Only topless in the first two through :P

Not as many 3D as The Rock though. He must have the record. San Andreas, Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle, Rampage, Skyscraper, Planet 51, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Hercules, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.

The Rock has a lot of 3D films, yes, with more on the way for 2019. Also add Moana 3D from Disney. He played a major voice role in that 3D film.

And a new Jumanji 2 3D film on the way for possible summer to late 2019. And Jungle Cruise from Disney in 2020 might be in 3D also.

Originally Posted by lateralspin

Unfortunately, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For was regarded as a major flop.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/en...pped_n_5705003

Yes, that's true that not enough of the first film's fans took enough interest to support it in theaters. I wasn't a big fan of the first, but I saw both in theaters, the 2nd mostly because it was in 3D.

Same thing with Dredd 3D, which would've had a sequel by now, if more fans gave it a chance while it was in theaters. Buying it on disc is one thing, but seeing a movie in theaters is crucial for a film to have a sequel in theaters, or at least direct to video as with the Deathrace movies.