The Killers

So I read the Ernest Hemingway story, The Killers, and it was everything a noir story should be. Humor, anger, angst, and in the end it leaves you wondering how it will end. I don't think it's more than three thousand words either. A nice twenty minute read.

Rolling along from that read I picked up the movie and was impressed with the first fifteen minutes--the amount of time it took to play out Hemingway's story. The movie proceeded to fill out the characters back stories and where they went after the short story had finished.

Beyond the first fifteen minutes, the movie lost its spark. The Hemingway dialog, taunt action, and brevity was gone. In its place was standard Hollywood plot, dialog, and acting. The noir wasn't noir in this movie at all.

Ava, ah, Ava. A beauty to behold, a creature worth every second on the screen. Too bad she was so underused.

Overall I was disappointed by the movie.