Chinatown

The movie Chinatown is easily one of my favorite movies of all time. Although I am more used to the actor of Nicholson of being a much older man, I like his character even more as a younger person. Cuz he's baller. This film was perfect film noir with the dectective, the mystery and the depressing ending. One thing that i would like to question is how the officer actually hit Ms. Mulwray. It almost seemed as though she was shot by a sniper who was in one of the builings one because of how far away she was (handguns are not very accurate, with the exception of short distances) and two because of the bullet hole size (there is no way that a handgun would put a hole that large in a persons head), it abosolutely had to be a sniper.

Kiss Me Deadly

This movie was alright at best, through the entirely i felt that there were was to many weird and strange occurences such as the mysterious box, the torture, and the horrible acting. The ending completly threw me off with the sci-fi and was not a good thing to add. When a movie starts out normal and finishes with an ending that outrageous and obscure i like to question whether or not it was actually a good film.

Out Of The Past

Though many might not consider film noir to be a specific genre I still feel like this may be a genre, and coincidentally my favorite genre. Many of the movies that I see today fit into other categories but most notably they are a part of film noir. I thought that Out of the Past was an excellent example of film noir and i also thought that it was an amazing film. I thought that this was an interesting and different type of film noir though because of the use of elaborate scenery and lighting.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

The ways that the director used to tell the story of Joel and Clementine in The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind are truly unique. One thing that the director did very well was the use of the open ended conclusion, it leaves the view guessing, pondering, and even wondering if the couiple will stay together because of the past events. Or if the couple will stay together and live a happy life. Another thing that the dierctor did very well would be something that I think of as a scene montage instead of just a shot montage. But not only was it a scene montage but he mixed these scenes up in a specific order to confuse the viewer and to tell the story in a new way. With this scene mixed up scene montage I feel that the viewer was sucked into the film and that they were forced to figure out what was happening in their own heads.

His Girl Friday

Although I have found myself not to be too interested in the romantic/ slapstick comedy, I found this movie to be quite different than its counterparts of today. The reason that I found this movie to be so much better than Comedies of today may be because of the quick talking and the long takes that dierctors of today no longer focus on. I believe that this type of directing and acting requires so much more skill because of how easily it would have been to forget a line or to screw up a scene.