CrowleyHead
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I went through digging a ton of DVDs I copped from my old grocery store job for 5$ a piece..."The Black Dahlia" is the biggest mess I've seen in years. Like, it's not even just BAD, it's confounding. I spent whole sections of that movie rewinding and trying to figure out why in the world De Palma would make such maneuverings.
It's amazing how far you can make it by being so sloppy and immature a storyteller. "Dude, look at this... I'm close up on Eckheart's face, but Harnett is up the stairs, talking to the cop, in the distance, and there's this conflict.... You wanna be up there, but you need to be hear right now for the clue!""Yeah, but... Why is the dialog so shitty, and why are these actors turning in so many lukewarm performances?""PFFFT! WHATEVER MAAAAAN."
I mean, this is the idiot who made Scarface, so I'm not shocked. But JESUS. How does he get the backings? At least with Michael Bay the masturbatory action is a setting piece, and therefore serves a purpose.
It's amazing how far you can make it by being so sloppy and immature a storyteller. "Dude, look at this... I'm close up on Eckheart's face, but Harnett is up the stairs, talking to the cop, in the distance, and there's this conflict.... You wanna be up there, but you need to be hear right now for the clue!""Yeah, but... Why is the dialog so shitty, and why are these actors turning in so many lukewarm performances?""PFFFT! WHATEVER MAAAAAN."
I mean, this is the idiot who made Scarface, so I'm not shocked. But JESUS. How does he get the backings? At least with Michael Bay the masturbatory action is a setting piece, and therefore serves a purpose.