The Black Dahlia, (movie) |
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 Sep 16 2006, 01:28 AM
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QUOTE(Acid Bath Slayer @ Sep 16 2006, 1:19 AM)  This may find a new seat in my top ten worst films of all time. What a incoherent, busy, mess of an effort. Drama school acting, no direction, awful collection of red herrings, false starts, and embarrassing camp. De Palma sets a new low for himself; what a douche bag! I encourage you: Do not see this noir-wannabe overdeveloped trash! Unless, of course, you like to torture yourself. I must, okay I don't "must" have to, but I really want to, ask you something. Do you go into a movie theater with an open mind? Completely open mind? Yes. I know that was totally bad grammar. |
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Sep 16 2006, 03:22 AM
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 You say you eat fucking hearts for breakfast. Group: Member Posts: 662 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,026 |
I wanted to watch this originally.
But after spending an hour reading up on the real case info, I'm a little freaked out. |
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Sep 16 2006, 05:21 PM
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QUOTE(Sherlock. @ Sep 16 2006, 1:28 AM) I must, okay I don't "must" have to, but I really want to, ask you something. Do you go into a movie theater with an open mind? Completely open mind? Yes. I absolutely adore film. My expectations of this film were nothing but poor. It was a De Palma film, Josh Hartnett was in it, the trailer looked pretty bad, and the buzz was enough to make me want to vomit. However, I don't allow my expectations to define a movie for me. I'm very open minded and take each film at face value. Many a time my expectations are blown away. This happened to be one of those situations. I was expecting simply a mediocre film, nothing too special, and in some cases, just plain bad. However, what I saw was beyond plain bad and sunk further below par than I could have ever imagined. It was awful beyond my expectations. Total shit, and I can say that having gone in with an open mind. For serious. But, also note, I'm a film snob. I have rather high standards in regions of film and a very defined, yet eclectic, taste. But, in my honest summation, this movie will be hated by the general public as well. But, don't take my word for it, sneak into a theater and see it. 
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Sep 16 2006, 09:24 PM
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QUOTE(Acid Bath Slayer @ Sep 16 2006, 2:19 AM) I encourage you: Do not see this noir-wannabe overdeveloped trash! Unless, of course, you like to torture yourself. HEY NOW. I enjoy being a masochist. 
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Sep 17 2006, 01:14 PM
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 Amberific. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,913 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,772 |
QUOTE(thanhmai @ Sep 16 2006, 4:22 AM) I wanted to watch this originally. But after spending an hour reading up on the real case info, I'm a little freaked out. Well, it doesn't really have anything to do with the real facts of the case. In fact, a good deal of it is made up. There's some goriness, but nothing a teenager who grew up with cable wouldn't be able to handle. QUOTE(Acid Bath Slayer @ Sep 16 2006, 6:21 PM) Yes. I absolutely adore film. My expectations of this film were nothing but poor. It was a De Palma film, Josh Hartnett was in it, the trailer looked pretty bad, and the buzz was enough to make me want to vomit. However, I don't allow my expectations to define a movie for me. I'm very open minded and take each film at face value. Many a time my expectations are blown away. This happened to be one of those situations. I was expecting simply a mediocre film, nothing too special, and in some cases, just plain bad. However, what I saw was beyond plain bad and sunk further below par than I could have ever imagined. It was awful beyond my expectations. Total shit, and I can say that having gone in with an open mind. For serious. But, also note, I'm a film snob. I have rather high standards in regions of film and a very defined, yet eclectic, taste. But, in my honest summation, this movie will be hated by the general public as well. But, don't take my word for it, sneak into a theater and see it. Yeah, it blew big time. Brian De Palma is a hack. Which is a shame because I was looking forward to it. And Scarlett Johannsen cannot act. Period, dot dash. She was horrible. I hated how her way of emoting was to stand there with her mouth opened like a fish. I did like the mother though. She was at least genuinely entertaining. |
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