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Doe 04/18/23 2:23:47 PM #1:	What a nihilistic flick --- https://imgur.com/gallery/dXDmJHw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75GL-BYZFfY <cite>Doe posted [p:972922986] in Just saw C... [t:80416282]...</cite> <quote>What a nihilistic flick</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Southernfatman 04/18/23 2:24:20 PM #2:	Forget it TC, it's Chinatown. Great movie even if it's not exactly a happy one. And that theme! ~~The ultimately defeated look Jack Nicholson has in the end is something else and is one of the best acting moments. Says it all without saying anything.~~ People rag on it, but I thought The Two Jakes wasn't bad. --- http://i.imgur.com/hslUvRN.jpg When I sin I sin real good. <cite>Southernfatman posted [p:972922994] in Just saw C... [t:80416282]...</cite> <quote>Forget it TC, it's Chinatown. Great movie even if it's not exactly a happy one. And that theme! The ultimately defeated look Jack Nicholson has in the end is something else and is one of the best acting moments. Says it all without saying anything.People rag on it, but I thought The Two Jakes wasn't bad.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BurmesePenguin 04/18/23 2:25:56 PM #3:	John Huston's Noah Cross is one of my all time favourite villains. I need to watch it again, but I have a hard time with the whole Polanski thing. <cite>BurmesePenguin posted [p:972923025] in Just saw C... [t:80416282]...</cite> <quote>John Huston's Noah Cross is one of my all time favourite villains. I need to watch it again, but I have a hard time with the whole Polanski thing. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo 04/18/23 2:30:21 PM #4:	Great flick. Based on true events. --- Putin delenda est <cite>brestugo posted [p:972923109] in Just saw C... [t:80416282]...</cite> <quote>Great flick. Based on true events.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
masterpug53 04/18/23 2:32:59 PM #5:	Southernfatman posted... People rag on it, but I thought The Two Jakes wasn't bad. Hard to say whether Chinatown or Who Framed Roger Rabbit takes the crown as best in the trilogy :-P --- Simple questions deserve long-winded answers that no one will bother to read https://imgur.com/1WshTZu - by DB_Insider https://imgur.com/eW67nT8 - by Wii_Shaker <cite>masterpug53 posted [p:972923153] in Just saw C... [t:80416282]...</cite> <quote>Southernfatman posted... </cite><quote>People rag on it, but I thought The Two Jakes wasn't bad.</quote>Hard to say whether Chinatown or Who Framed Roger Rabbit takes the crown as best in the trilogy :-P</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Southernfatman 04/18/23 2:37:48 PM #7:	masterpug53 posted... Hard to say whether Chinatown or Who Framed Roger Rabbit takes the crown as best in the trilogy :-P Ha, now that would be an interesting triple feature. Would certainly put some levity in there. BurmesePenguin posted... I need to watch it again, but I have a hard time with the whole Polanski thing. Especially since he's in it. --- http://i.imgur.com/hslUvRN.jpg When I sin I sin real good. <cite>Southernfatman posted [p:972923223] in Just saw C... [t:80416282]...</cite> <quote>masterpug53 posted... </cite><quote>Hard to say whether Chinatown or Who Framed Roger Rabbit takes the crown as best in the trilogy :-P</quote>Ha, now that would be an interesting triple feature. Would certainly put some levity in there.BurmesePenguin posted... </cite><quote>I need to watch it again, but I have a hard time with the whole Polanski thing.</quote>Especially since he's in it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smashingpmkns 04/18/23 2:39:04 PM #8:	One of the greatest scripts ever written. Thank god they changed the ending. --- http://i.imgur.com/x04tPRZ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/t7T392I.jpg <cite>Smashingpmkns posted [p:972923250] in Just saw C... [t:80416282]...</cite> <quote>One of the greatest scripts ever written. Thank god they changed the ending. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Doe 04/18/23 2:42:27 PM #9:	I acknowledge it is an excellently crafted movie. But after several film classes that featured a lot of film noir i am just about done with this genre and style. My watch history of acclaimed films is now skewed enough that when the protagonist is a failure it's just old hat. I'm stuck in one of two worlds where either the joke cracking hero saves everything in blockbuster fashion, or else some loser with a 30% quantum probability of being played by Jack Nicholson stumbles around as the director relishes in how his portrayal of LIFE is so DARK and REAL. When I first learned that George Lucas was a close collaborator of craftsmen like Francis Ford Coppola, I was shocked at where he ended up. Now, I feel great sympathy for him! Can't imagine what it does to the brain to be around these New Hollywood guys all day long. I'm exaggerating of course, I think I'm just feeling 70s fatigue. I'd love to see a thoughtful and complex and well-crafted movie where the director believes positive change is possible in the new world. According to Shmoop, Polanski got the writer to change it so that ~~the rapist survives being shot~~. Just something I can't take my mind off in retrospect of his life. --- https://imgur.com/gallery/dXDmJHw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75GL-BYZFfY <cite>Doe posted [p:972923305] in Just saw C... [t:80416282]...</cite> <quote>I acknowledge it is an excellently crafted movie. But after several film classes that featured a lot of film noir i am just about done with this genre and style. My watch history of acclaimed films is now skewed enough that when the protagonist is a failure it's just old hat. I'm stuck in one of two worlds where either the joke cracking hero saves everything in blockbuster fashion, or else some loser with a 30% quantum probability of being played by Jack Nicholson stumbles around as the director relishes in how his portrayal of LIFE is so DARK and REAL.When I first learned that George Lucas was a close collaborator of craftsmen like Francis Ford Coppola, I was shocked at where he ended up. Now, I feel great sympathy for him! Can't imagine what it does to the brain to be around these New Hollywood guys all day long.I'm exaggerating of course, I think I'm just feeling 70s fatigue. I'd love to see a thoughtful and complex and well-crafted movie where the director believes positive change is possible in the new world. According to Shmoop, Polanski got the writer to change it so that the rapist survives being shot. Just something I can't take my mind off in retrospect of his life.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo 04/18/23 3:36:34 PM #10:	Southernfatman posted... People rag on it, but I thought The Two Jakes wasn't bad. Not bad at all. The original was just a tough act to follow. --- Putin delenda est <cite>brestugo posted [p:972924357] in Just saw C... [t:80416282]...</cite> <quote>Southernfatman posted... </cite><quote>People rag on it, but I thought The Two Jakes wasn't bad.</quote>Not bad at all. The original was just a tough act to follow.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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