The Black Dahlia

Director: Brian De Palma
(2006)

The Black Dahlia is a film noir inspired by the 1940's murder mystery of Elizabeth Short. I'm not a fan of films that are inspired by real life events that don't really follow in recounting what really happened but are an imaginative adaptation of what could have possibly happened. Its confusing to the public. No one really knows what happened to Elizabeth Short, The real Black Dahlia, so how could you possibly make a film about it? Also, the girl that is supposed to be the Black Dahlia in the film, played by Mia Kirshner (whom I've come to like because of her role as Jenny in The L word, though I'm not really impressed with her this season) is portrayed as having a dark past that includes pornography and in the real story no one is sure of what her actual background was and what could most likely have caused her brutal murder.

This is yet another Scarlett Johansson film so I just had to see it and she was back to one of her normal roles unlike Scoop. She's incredible in this film and she and the other cast members such as super hot and uber masculine Josh Hartnett and Aaron Eckhart. It was also invigorating to see Hilary Swank playing a more feminine role where her beauty is brought out brilliantly and she isnt so masculine like in her others films. IE: Boys Don't Cry, Million Dollar Baby. She's an amazing actress and was completely believable as the bratty rich girl.

I hate that they did an adaptation of the story/mystery of Elizabeth Short's murder and I hate that she had to die such a brutal death.