Went to visit a friend yesterday who is a member of LoveFilm, so he always has a stack of DVDs lying about.
I'd heard uninspiring things about The Black Dahlia, but with nothing to lose suggested that we watch it.
It was indeed uninspiring. Highly stylised to the point of being comical. The excuse, I suppose, is that it is an homage to Film Noir, but it was so lacking in soul that it was simply an exercise in technical skill.
Excellently crafted, but entirely unengaging. I would call this a background movie. The orchestral soundtrack and the sharp images which are occasionally striking, are all things that you can dip in and out of.
There is no point trying to outguess the contrived and obscure plot, and the actors did a fine job of portraying the cartoon characters required by the director.
Not a write off, but not a film I would suggest going out of your way to see.
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