Actually, generally I enjoy Rodriguez, despite his trademark violence - see aforementioned low fondness for The Faculty, and I loved Once Upon A Time In Mexico, and not just because of Johnny Depp. He's generally a highly stylish director - I must see Spy Kids, if only for the hell of it. I don't know what happened in Dusk Till Dawn, I blame Tarantino. (Good lord! a quick IMDB check reveals that Rodriguez's birthday is two days before mine. Too weird. This means he shares it, if I remember correctly, with James Webb.)

I'm looking forward to Sin City, if only because it's apparently such a perfect comic-book adaptation; the screenshots I've seen have been stupendous. Have you seen the frame-by-frame comparisons at this (http://www.filmrot.com/images/sincity-comparisons/sincity.html) site?