William ArnottThe Black Dahlia - 4 Clocks
November 15th 2006 00:44
Sometimes a story just has too much story to be a movie. When such a tale is nevertheless squeezed into a two-hour feature it inevitably results in massive audience confusion or an underdeveloped plot – The Black Dahlia was both.
It started out with promise, luring moviegoers to the theater by advertising “Hollywood’s most notorious unsolved mystery.” Unfortunately that storyline was only one of many, any of which could have sustained its own movie but whose tie to one another failed to sustain this movie.
The only redeeming part, in my opinion, was a scene set in the home of a wealthy and eccentric family. It began with an eerie exchange about the death of the family dog and ended with Josh Hartnett’s character being referred to as a manwhore. And while it served no real purpose other than to introduce some of the movie’s characters, watching the outlandish dialogue of this wacky family was the only time I felt I was getting my money’s worth…but then again I got in for a discounted rate!
It started out with promise, luring moviegoers to the theater by advertising “Hollywood’s most notorious unsolved mystery.” Unfortunately that storyline was only one of many, any of which could have sustained its own movie but whose tie to one another failed to sustain this movie.
The only redeeming part, in my opinion, was a scene set in the home of a wealthy and eccentric family. It began with an eerie exchange about the death of the family dog and ended with Josh Hartnett’s character being referred to as a manwhore. And while it served no real purpose other than to introduce some of the movie’s characters, watching the outlandish dialogue of this wacky family was the only time I felt I was getting my money’s worth…but then again I got in for a discounted rate!
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