Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Memorergi good film but with many flaws

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

marieltrokan When it comes to the future, protection from the present is to not be at risk because of the present.To not be at risk, because of the present, is to be at risk because of the past. To be at risk because of the past is impossible, because the past is unable to influence the present. The future is impossible, because the past is unable to change the present - the impossible is created by the inability of the past to create the present.In juxtaposition, it's the possible which is created by the ability of the past to create the present - reality is created by the ability of the past to create the present.Reality is created by the ability of the past to create reality.When the ability of the past creates reality, reality is created: when the ability of the past creates ability, ability is created.The ability of the past, is the non-ability of the present - the non-ability of ability. When the non-ability of ability creates ability, ability is created.An ability that's created isn't an ability or a creation: an ability that's created is an inability that isn't created.When the non-ability of ability creates ability, an inability is timeless.A non-ability ability is a timeless inability. When a timeless inability creates an ability, an inability is timeless.When a limited power creates a limitless power, a limitation is limitless.A limited power has a duty to improve itself so that the experience of limitation is better.A weakness needs to improve itself so that it's more fun to experience the weakness

J-bot6 This film's a bit unusual in that the peripheral actors outperform the lead actors. Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Josh Harnett, and Aaron Eckhart turn in over-the-top performances that tend to repeatedly rip the viewer out of the movie.In contrast, Mia Kirshner, Mike Starr, James Otis, and Fiona Shaw did a great job. To be fair, the more subdued scenes with Aaron Eckhart were quite good.The style of filming is pretty cool. I'm certainly a fan of noir films. However, there's something about the exterior period sets that don't seem quite right. Maybe it's that they're so squeaky clean. As hard as this film tried to be genuine, it still felt contrived -- both in performance and appearance. Then there's the character development side of it. It would have been nice if some time was cut from the boxing match and a bit more time spent on the characters and their interactions. Things happen between characters in this film as if almost instantaneously. Some kind of method of showing that time has passed before major shifts in attitude take place between characters would help a lot. The current cut makes it seem like the characters change their minds suddenly and almost without explanation. It's pretty confusing to watch -- and that's not even factoring in the convoluted plot. Black Dahlia is a movie that wants to generate atmosphere, but it can't. If a person wants a modern take on noir with a bit of camp, they're probably better off playing through Bioshock 2. For Black Dahlia to really work, any and all camp (and any hyper-real portrayals) need to be eliminated. This is a film that would have worked if it had instead been a bit understated.

Michael Ledo This is a fictional account of the investigation into the infamous case of the Black Dahlia, the murder of Hollywood wanna-be Elizabeth Short (Mia Kirshner). The film opens introducing two police officers and former boxers Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) and Dwight 'Bucky' Bleichert (Josh Hartnett). Lee lives with the flirty and high maintenance Kay Lake (Scarlett Johansson) well beyond his means unquestioned by his partner. They are assigned the case of Raymond "Junior" Nash, child rapist and murderer. When the Black Dahlia case comes up and becomes more high profile, Lee insists on taking it over and abandoning the Nash case...he is described as a "political animal." The investigation leads to the seedy underground of Hollywood films. This is where Bucky meets Hilary Swank who looks similar to the dead girl.The film felt slow. The "B" dialogue had no zip as the actors gave us what could be borderline raspberry performances. There is a mystery aspect that is explained in the last few minutes.This film was nominated for an Oscar "Best Achievement in Cinematography" and The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards in four categories.Guide: F-word and nudity.

Bob An I feel relieved now that after taking a quick look at other reviews I see that I am not alone in the fact that I did not understand ANYTHING what was going on in the film! So... First of all, I did not understand whether the killed girl ( but there were many more killed - if I understood) was very famous in Hollywood or just some obscure wannabe star. I think I heard the both facts in the film !? And why and how is she important to the story of the film? Her connection to the main characters is very vague - to say the least! And plus, where were those black & white footage of her found? I can go on with the questions...but there are no answers. Maybe the film was conceived to be half told... but as this is not quite a mystery film ( to me) I do not thing that lingering questions add to the appeal of the film.Josh and Scarlett are both really beautiful / handsome in the film. They even kinda look as if they were really from the 50's ! Hilary is good too. Actually I think that those names kept me watching the film as the film itself is rather non-eventual and on the verge of being boring ...Five from me as I liked the brownish color of the film and for the costumes. Soundtrack could have been better ( if there is one at all).