Curt asked about my laughing with or laughing at comment
about Sin City:
"Why 'laugh'? Why assume the reaction will be negative? Are
the hardboiled conventions so ridiculous?"
I didn't mean to imply negativity, don't see humor as
inherently negative, quite the opposite. I just meant that in
Sin City, comic and movie, Miller pushed the conventions of
the genre to a point of absurdity (any genre's conventions
would be exposed as absurd when pushed far enough), and that
I found that a lot of fun. But I felt I was laughing along
with Miller about a genre we both love, absurdity and all. I
count myself among those who laughed with the movie, and that
was part of my enjoyment. Are you really saying you found the
movie entirely seriously, did not laugh while watching
it?
As for The Spirit movie, thanks for pointing that out to me.
I'm not sure Miller is right for Chandler (though I'm not as
convinced he's wrong as many here do), but I could see him
being a good match for The Spirit, especially if he goes for
Eisner's graphic look. Wonder what he'll do with/about
Ebony.
Mark
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