Frequently Bought Together
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Product details
|
Reviews
THIS DVD IS EX-DISPLAY - NEW BUT NOT SEALED - BECOMING VERY COLLECTABLE NOW - RARE TO FIND -The case may be slightly shop soiled but the disc has been kept in a plastic disc sleeve in a dry area). THIS DVD HAS BECOME VERY COLLECTABLE & HARD TO FIND
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pay attention, I'll be asking questions later,
By
This review is from: The Black Dahlia [DVD] (DVD)
A complex who-dunnit with a good layer of Raymond Chandler hard-boiled dialogue laid on a specific era in America. You need to keep your wits about you to follow the plot which has more twists than a very twisty twisted thing. It isn't LA Confidential (though it comes from the same novel) but it's not bad if you enjoy processing clues.
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pay attention and be impressed,
By
This review is from: The Black Dahlia [DVD] (DVD)
I rented this film and then before I watched it I saw the review ratings, and absolutely dreaded the thought of wasting two hours on this film. I therefore ignored the film for a day and I have just watched it. By the four stars I have given I can conclude that this film is actually pretty good.
At no moment in the film did I lose interest and the story, directing and characters were engaging and the plot was interesting and at some points genuinely chilling and dramatic. It was a film that I therefore enjoyed. I think the setting and flair of the film is very much in the mould of LA Confidential and Chinatown. I could not give the film five stars because the film really is quite difficult to follow at times. My advice to anyone intending to watch the film is this is a really good film but pay attention and try to remember the names of the characters. It is extremely difficult to follow the plot precisely and I think a second viewing would be helpful, but in the end the story fits nicely, and even if you don't quite follow what is going on the directing, music and acting is nevertheless compelling. I think that a different reason why the film has received bad reviews on this site is because the film is based on a book, and normally a person who has experienced one form of media on the story ends up disliking the new media. I have not read the book and I won't because of the above reasoning, but I think that for anyone who has not read the book I really can't see how if with a little attention this film cannot impress.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A Very Stylish Film. Substance, well...,
By The Sundance Kid (London UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Black Dahlia [DVD] (DVD)
This is a Brian De Palma film - it's all about the look and feel , and about style over substance. It's all about Scarlett Johansson's hair and the image of Josh Hartnett kissing her on the neck as she arches her head back. It's all about the Citizen Kane-style huge sweeping camera movement that starts at street level and then moves right up and over a building to then move down the otherr side and hone in on a scene behind it. All adaptations will lose something and perhaps this doesn't offer enough to fully make up for this, however, it is a very stylish film which looks great. The characters are two-dimensional, but they are two-dimensional 'noir' characters (esp Hilary Swank) which work to create the mood and are part of the style - which the convoluted plot that you neednt worry too much about following (you can read the book for that) creates as well. If you can approach this film and enjoy it for its look, mood and style then check it out, the narrative works, however if you loved the book or are only interested in deep characterisation then you may find fault.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
|
Most Recent Customer Reviews |
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
