Film Noir le a bein

I finished "watching" Out of the Past today in class and I didn't like it very much, but I think Film Noir may have some potential. The problems that I had with Out of the Past is that the plot was too confusing. I didn't know what was going on for most of the time. At first I thought that the main character was part of the mob, but I was sadly misinformed when it's revealed that he is a private investigator. There are a couple of other things that I didn't like about Out of the Past that I won't get into. Although I didn't like Out of the Past, I see some potential in the other Noir films we will watch. The hardcore gritty vibe of these films remind me of Mob Movies and hopefully we will watch something as interesting as The Godfather.