S and I are watching Sin City on DVD:

Cool Visual Effect Josh Hartnett Sex Violence Cool Visual Effect Cool Visual Effect Bruce Willis Violence Violence Violence Cool Visual Effect Violence Violence Sex (is that...? yeah) Mickey Roarke Violence Cool Visual Effect Objectified Women Cool Visual Effect Violence Cool Visual Effect Violence Violence Benicio Del Toro Threatened Violence Threatened Violence Threatened Violence Violence Clive Owen Violence Cool Visual Effect Violence Violence Violence Chuck Taylors Violence Cool Visual Effect Violence Sex Violence Theoretically Empowered Women in Uncomfortable Clothes Violence Violence Violence Violence Romance (?!!) Violence Violence --

S: Eeeew.
Me: Yeah.
S: I'm going to the bathroom while they cut up the bodies.
Me: Are you sure you don't want me to pause it?
S: Yes!

-- Violence Violence Violence Good Dialogue Violence Cool Visual Effect Violence Goo Violence --

Me: So have you ever been to the La Brea Tar Pits?
S: Nope.
Me: They're something else.

-- Violence Violence Bruce Willis Again Violence Violence Blah Blah Blah Violence Violence Cool Visual Effect Violence Redemption Violence Sacrifice Violence Josh Hartnett Again Implied Violence. The End.

I will add that Jessica Alba and Rosario Dawson did their best to crawl off the prop table, but really, the movie just wasn't on their side. It was visually stunning (in all senses of the word "stunning"), and it did make me want to converse with it, which is my measure of success. My side of the conversation was often, "Wait -- hang on -- what the hell? -- now that's just -- oh, come on!" but that counts, too.