I don't understand how people can call this thrilling and suspenseful when it's monotonous, unimaginative and lacking substance.
The cast is doing an amazing job, cinematography's impressive but it falls short on writing/directing in my opinion.

I don't know why, with such wonderful performances of actors and beautiful scenes and landscapes, it was a constant struggle for me to stay awake.

A decent crime story with a detective thread that keeps secrets to itself until the very end.

Slow-burn period piece mystery with beautiful landscapes, decor, costumes and snowy weather. Great acting from everyone, it has atmosphere for days and the dialogue was elegantly written. Unfortunately the mystery is unengaging, it's wayy too long and the intrigue got lost somewhere in the middle. Good luck to you all trying to stay awake!

Loved the way the scenes were set with colours and atmosphere, as well as there were a few Poe-motives snuck into it here and there.
And what a fun fellow Poe was! Enjoyed every minute of his and Landon’s exchanges.

I liked how the mystery keeps deepening, how you start suspecting about everyone until you get set on a path, question everything and in the end still get a completely new story.
I did suspect that everything was connected, would just have been too many loose threads in a good story, but it wasn’t obvious for me how until the end. I did also suspect that maybe the main character we are being introduced to and put ourself into his shoes might not be as innocent and maybe have something to do with it, but the plot quickly distracted me from that thought.

Enjoyed this greatly

i liked the ending, but the first half of the movie was so boring that i almost fell asleep twice.

Christian Bale as amazing as always, he just embodies every character he plays, and he plays them very well every time, i also loved the Edgar Allan Poe character in this movie

An honest thriller, with excellent performances by Bale and Melling. Indeed, the pace is a bit slow in some passages, but overall, in my opinion, it is a well-written script, with a final twist that is not entirely obvious. Landor's role as father and teacher to Poe also gives the movie that touch of humanity that makes it less cold and detached.

Great atmosphere and moving story. Sometimes quite slow but catches up in the second part.

I'll be the first to admit that I'm dumber than Patrick Star, so I'm not sure if the clues were obvious to others, but I did NOT see that ending coming. It hit me right in the feels, damn.

Great perfomances from all actors and actresses involved, although the pacing was a little slow for me. Good movie for an arbitrary evening, but nothing to write home about.

Good story, but too slow for my taste :yawning_face:

Just another overrated film in my own opinion. Though the cast delivered their performances very well, and cinematography was above average, the plot itself fell short for some reason. It was unnecessarily long which i think could've been shorter yet more insightful and creative. Overall, at least for me, it failed to hit the mark, but sill watchable, just keep your expectations low so as to not overly disappoint.

Like the title itself the film felt pale, lifeless and bleak. With some fine ass
performance from Christian Bale & Harry Welling the film, helmed by Scott
Cooper couldn't hold much to itself as i thought it would. Started off steadily
and somewhere along the way the film lost it's footing but the final 17mts of
the film was something that i was not expecting, but the twist alone and Bale
couldn't be the saving grace of this Pale Film...

Even the surprise twist was boring...