Sin City 2 Review Analysis

Sin City 2 Review Analysis;

The author of the Sin City 2 review, Robbie Collins, shows clear use of pragmatics in his piece from the very beginning. The very first words of the review are ‘Film Noir’, now, if you are not a follower of Sin City or have not watched ‘Film Noir’, like me, then right from the beginning you would have no idea what Collins is saying. This choice of words conveys a clear message to readers of who his target audience is and whether you are in it. ‘Film Noir’ deliberately loses the majority of readers from the beginning as this language is very subject specific. He also creates a limit as to who can read his piece because only  very few, specific people could understand what he is trying to say. The use of pragmatics also clearly conveys the purpose of the text. This is to inform mature age groups who are followers of Sin City of what his opinion is of this much anticipated and long waited for, second film.

As this piece is a review, Collins is shown to have clearly thought about the graphology of the text. When writing a review you would want it to stand out so people choose to read it and you would want any pictures used to relate accordingly to the film and Collins has managed to do this successfully.  The most prominent item on the page is the picture. The picture of one, strong and powerful looking woman relates to his use of the words ‘Film Noir’ and furthermore relates to the words ‘femme fatale’.  He uses this picture to give an idea of the film and to tell you that this film strongly shows how one woman is powerful enough to lure different men in before attacking them, like a spider does with its prey.  Collins also uses prominent headings & sub-headings. His use of the words ‘chilly’ and ‘atrocity’ in these headings tells us straight away that this is a dark, cold and cruel film. Lastly, the subheading ‘sin city 2: neither high art nor noir’ is subject to a limited audience, however, once knowing what is meant by ‘noir’ it helps you to understand what his view is on the film from one sentence, before you even start  reading the actual review. Collins’ use of graphology makes his review stand out and tells us what he thinks about the film without having to read on.