Fauna's final words to Hodel - "You are boring." are opposite to reality. Hodel's character had more 'life' and reality to it than all the others who are either on automatic robotic stance or completely over wrought. Fauna's sudden surge of philosopher-savant at the end is so unbelievably contrived it's unbearable. We finally discover Hodel's 'vision' but not what it meant to him. Somehow the timeline felt reversed - the audience should have been shown 1917 towards the beginning. The way it was written in only served as more of a let down.
It's only because I am familiar with the actual story of the Black Dahlia that gives the story any texture. Now we will probably never know 'what' it was that made Hodel walk down that formidable corridor in the middle of the night as we peer with him underneath that door and see .... ?
The center of the story has all but dissolved. There is over acting and under acting. Chris Pine tries too hard to convince. India Eisley has absolutely no depth to her performance - it's one-tone. The plot, editing and directing is disjointed and scattered. The crux story-line of the Black Dahlia seems to be serving only as a tease to keep watching a drawn out tale. It had so much promise and has disappointed too much. The 'wrong fashion era' wardrobe is the least of their worries. I've corrected my original rating to reflect my disappointment.
It's only because I am familiar with the actual story of the Black Dahlia that gives the story any texture. Now we will probably never know 'what' it was that made Hodel walk down that formidable corridor in the middle of the night as we peer with him underneath that door and see .... ?
The center of the story has all but dissolved. There is over acting and under acting. Chris Pine tries too hard to convince. India Eisley has absolutely no depth to her performance - it's one-tone. The plot, editing and directing is disjointed and scattered. The crux story-line of the Black Dahlia seems to be serving only as a tease to keep watching a drawn out tale. It had so much promise and has disappointed too much. The 'wrong fashion era' wardrobe is the least of their worries. I've corrected my original rating to reflect my disappointment.