This movie was pretty good. I won't go into the plot or anything since others already have.
The Cinematography was beautiful. The copy I have is 1080p and the black and white is really crisp. That was probably the best thing for me. So, I guess a combination of cinematography and media quality, is what I'm thinking of. With any less than1080p, I doubt I would have even bothered to finish it.
That's not to say that the story wasn't entertaining though. It did keep my interest all the way through. Though I pretty much guessed who the killer was by about a quarter of the way through. I just hoped I was wrong. But, I wasn't.
**spoilers**
That does bring me to the part I didn't like. The stupid romantic subplot. A subplot where a poor gold digging semi-prostitute ends up with the philandering playboy. Similar to pretty woman in it's ridiculousness. But, at least in that movie the guy wasn't a womanizer, if I remember correctly. But here we get the typical happy ending, even if it does seemed doomed to self- destruct about a week after the film ends, when the playboy discovers another beauty, and the gold digger sues him for half of everything he owns. lol
The good thing about it was that the final confrontation with the killer, (though playing out exactly as I expected, and I do mean exactly, with the police breaking in as Lucille Ball was being strangled) was handled a little better than I expected. Some of the speeches the killer made, and the sort of back and forth between the killer and the inspector, were pretty good. As I said, those parts were better than expected from a movie with such a cliche romantic plot, and typical Hollywood type ending.
That does bring me to a minor point of confusion though. I thought Noirs weren't supposed to have typical happy endings. I may be wrong, as I do kinda have a hard time understanding what classifies a film as Noir. But most of what I've read about it seems to suggest that one of the genre's defining characteristics is that the films don't have a happy ending. So, I don't know about that.
But anyways, it's a pretty good movie. Definitely worth a watch, and will probably keep you entertained throughout. But probably not good enough to where you seek people out and recommend it to them.
That's not to say that the story wasn't entertaining though. It did keep my interest all the way through. Though I pretty much guessed who the killer was by about a quarter of the way through. I just hoped I was wrong. But, I wasn't.
**spoilers**
That does bring me to the part I didn't like. The stupid romantic subplot. A subplot where a poor gold digging semi-prostitute ends up with the philandering playboy. Similar to pretty woman in it's ridiculousness. But, at least in that movie the guy wasn't a womanizer, if I remember correctly. But here we get the typical happy ending, even if it does seemed doomed to self- destruct about a week after the film ends, when the playboy discovers another beauty, and the gold digger sues him for half of everything he owns. lol
The good thing about it was that the final confrontation with the killer, (though playing out exactly as I expected, and I do mean exactly, with the police breaking in as Lucille Ball was being strangled) was handled a little better than I expected. Some of the speeches the killer made, and the sort of back and forth between the killer and the inspector, were pretty good. As I said, those parts were better than expected from a movie with such a cliche romantic plot, and typical Hollywood type ending.
That does bring me to a minor point of confusion though. I thought Noirs weren't supposed to have typical happy endings. I may be wrong, as I do kinda have a hard time understanding what classifies a film as Noir. But most of what I've read about it seems to suggest that one of the genre's defining characteristics is that the films don't have a happy ending. So, I don't know about that.
But anyways, it's a pretty good movie. Definitely worth a watch, and will probably keep you entertained throughout. But probably not good enough to where you seek people out and recommend it to them.