Chinatown

[baumer]

Review discuss and have fun!

[acsc1312]

An old fashioned classic. Another great Nicholson performance, as well as a great one from Dunaway.A

[lab276]

How can a film be this perfect? Everything in it comes together so well, the plot, the characters, the music, the cinematography, everything. And the story is so convoluted. That it not only makes sense but is fulfilling and gets better every successive time is a testament to the perfect-ness of it. And that ending.A

[Jake Gittes]

One of the greatest films I will ever have the pleasure of seeing. Sheer perfection.

[TheMovieman]

And absolute classic and has become one of my favorites since seeing only for the second time a couple months back (I had seen it before in my teens but never really followed it closely enough). Jack Nicholson is brilliant and Faye Dunaway is stunningly tragic in her role.

"Forget it Jake. It's Chinatown."

*****/*****, (A+, 10/10, 4/4)

[pinocchio]

Probably Polanskis best and a true masterpiece.Anybody here has seen the sequel -- The Two Jakes?

[luna]

beautiful, sumptuous music to open and close this sets the mood for the whole thing. quite fantastic.

 

A-

[Plain Old Tele]

What else can be said?

[JohnnyGossamer]

One of the greatest films I will ever have the pleasure of seeing. Sheer perfection.

In my top two along with Kind Hearts and Coronets.

[Jake Gittes]

In my top two along with Kind Hearts and Coronets.

It's my #2 after Pulp Fiction. Occassionally I feel the temptation to move it to #1, but the frankly silly ranking thing notwithstanding, it's really just a magnificent piece of filmmaking.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Not as good as it is considered.

 

Give it 7/10

[Jake Gittes]

I would have said the same thing after my first viewing. If there's a clear example of a film that truly benefits from repeated viewings, it's Chinatown. I don't think I had realized the full brilliance of the script until I watched it for the third time.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

"forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."

 

The ending is pretty depressing though.

[Sam]

Fantastic film, and insanely rewatchable.A+

[The Stingray]

Saw it with my dad when I was 13-14 years old. Thought it was okay. Haven't revisited it since.

[Lordmandeep]

Quite a sad ending but a classic.

[Jack Nevada]

Good stuff. A perfect blend of style and substance. 

[darkelf]

Nicholson's best performance.

 

9/10

[TalismanRing]

It's a !0

 

*slap*

 

It's an A

 

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It's a 10

 

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It's an A

 

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It's a 10 and an A!!!

 

*sob*

[The Stingray]

Saw it with my dad when I was 13-14 years old. Thought it was okay. Haven't revisited it since.

 

Further proof that kids are stupid... A masterpiece.