Other than spectacular cinematography, this movie lacked almost everything. First, given the amount of death that followed Poe around, this story not by him but written about him, this story opens more doubts of Poe's writing being fiction than the memoirs of a killer.
Bale is good, but the story is just so bizarre. Devil worship, Poe notoriously anti-church, but then a killer who's the investigator, it just twists too much and is overkill in its attempt to make Poe seem like the innocent.
The true reasons Poe was dismissed from the USMA were always pretty vague and this fanciful story could be one, just adding to the folklore. Perhaps that's why I think it sucked, but gave it a 3 for the cinematography. Skip it unless you really love a poorly written, boring murder mystery with fairly decent acting.
Shout by Alexandra EBlockedParent2023-06-13T03:15:47Z
Other than spectacular cinematography, this movie lacked almost everything. First, given the amount of death that followed Poe around, this story not by him but written about him, this story opens more doubts of Poe's writing being fiction than the memoirs of a killer.
Bale is good, but the story is just so bizarre. Devil worship, Poe notoriously anti-church, but then a killer who's the investigator, it just twists too much and is overkill in its attempt to make Poe seem like the innocent.
The true reasons Poe was dismissed from the USMA were always pretty vague and this fanciful story could be one, just adding to the folklore. Perhaps that's why I think it sucked, but gave it a 3 for the cinematography. Skip it unless you really love a poorly written, boring murder mystery with fairly decent acting.