The Black Dahlia

Im not sure what to say about The Black Dahlia. I watched it with very high hopes because of the amazing cast that it has. But the movie just didnt work for me. During the movie, and after it's over, if you get a feeling of "did I fall a sleep? what was the relationship between...? Why was it so looooonng?" dont worry you're ok, though if you didnt fall asleep Im sure you came very close to it. The plot is so confusing, and incoherent that Im not even sure why this cast played it at all.
Even with the performances, Josh Hartnett, who plays the boxer-turned-detective Bucky Bleichert, seems to be trying to hard to look like he's clueless, because after a certain part you're thinking he didnt even know he was in the movie, and actually doesnt know what's going on. Hilary Swank, plays the femme fatale Madeleine, is once more trying to bring out the feminine side of her, and I think the only shot that she succeeds is when she's making out with Bucky, otherwise all of it seems very superficial. Scarlett Johansson, who plays Kay, is equally un-believable, literally.
I might watch the movie one more time just in the hopes of finding out what it was all about. Afterall, the story of the murder of Elizabeth Short, should be much more thrilling.