The atmosphere is mind-blowing, especially when watched during a winter night. The costumes felt very authentic and the cast did amazing job, especially Christian Bale as a detective and Harry Melling (who has become one of my favorite actors) as Edgar Allan Poe.Another thing I must mention ...
The period production, with the Pittsburgh area standing in for upstate New York, contrasts the stark beauty of winter exteriors with the golden glow of candlelit interiors, several historical buildings adding authenticity. (Note that while the story is fictional, Poe did briefly attend West Point...
Don’t expect the source of your hurt to be the source of your healing.Closureis an effective plot device in a lot of really lame movies. But there’s no such thing as closure in real life.Life is all about the flow. There aren’t any points where everything comes together and it ...