The Black Dahlia - Bad Noir

The Black Dahlia

I’m becoming concerned with my choices of movies lately. Last week I went to see The Covenant and that was bad. This week it was The Black Dahlia.

The Covenant was boring and predictable but at least it had hot A&F like boys.

I was glad to see that Josh Harnett was in this movie. He sure is hot and worth watching but then I thought to myself, “Ummm, Josh Harnett hasn’t been in any good movies.”

This movie is fiction but it is based on one of the most brutal unsolved murders in Californian history. So it should make for some good material... right? Wrong!!

This movie is long, boring, confusing and there are characters added for no good reason. It has sections that if deleted would have made a better movie, like the boxing match. What was that about? That could have been left out. I know that Brian De Palma is trying to set up the characters but 45 minutes worth, I don’t think so.

The whole movie was a disappointment. The good news here is that you do get to see a good shot of Josh Harnett’s naked hot ass getting out of bed. Which is hot but is that worth 121 minutes of my time…? NO.

It’s never a good sign when you keep looking at your watch and that’s what I was doing.

The Real BLACK DAHLIA:
The Black Dahlia Murder of 1947 has both intrigued and mystified Los Angeles since its occurence in 1947. The sensational nature of the murder, the unusual name of the case, and the lack of a solution to the case add to the mystery.

Elizabeth Short was an aspiring 22 year-old actress who had spent some years working at odd jobs, moving around the country, hooking up with a variety of men and women. She had black hair, and dressed in black, and soon became known in the hangouts she frequented as the Black Dahlia.

On January 15, 1947 her nude body was found in a vacant lot at 3800 Norton, in Leimert Park. She had been mutilated and the body cut in half. The killer had also carved the letters "BD" into one thigh.

Once the body of the Black Dahlia was identified there was a steady stream of confessions, from both men and women. Not before or since have there been so many false confessions as with this case. Unfortunately, the murderer was never identified.