China Town

Why does it seem in the olden movies, that all the bad stuff happens to the Chinese. Anyways, I thought that this movie was a little predictable. If you call the bad guy, of course he is going to bring his lackies and take you with him. If you're rich, you are going to pay off the police. There is no reason why you wouldn't if you had any chance of getting caught. Jack Nicholson doesn't play "hurt" very well. He plays mean, but he can't play hurt. I realize that most of the time, he has to play mean, but when he got his nose slit, he just shrugged it off like it was nothing. That would REALLY HURT. Plus by the time he got the bandages off of his nose, it would have taken atleast a couple weeks. Did it take him that long to solve the case? Another thing; how the h#*$ did they even make that shot. The policeman were atleast 60 yards from the car. Then to hit a square ft space over the car? there is no way that is possible. There was so many things that this movie had, that was completely unrealistic, i didn't like it

Kiss Me Deadly

I thought that this was a lot better film than out of the past. This film at least had some happy points to it. Kiss Me Deadly even had some characters that you could connect to (it's to bad that he died :( ). No more vroom vroom. This movie had a lot more suspense than the the other film noir that we watched. I have to say that the best ending was when they didn't run out of the building. It added a lot more suspense to it. Also it gave the movie a solid ending. Not, where will they go, and what will happen next. Most of the friends of the main character get killed, so it would make sense that he would join him.

Out of the Past

This wasn't a very good movie in my opinion. It was hard for me to connect to the characters at all. The main character seemed predictable. This whole genre is a soap opera that has gone horribly wrong. (BTW i HATE) soup operas. The ending of the movie was incredibly sad. Even the main character's girlfriend didn't end well. She rejects a guy, then leaves in a car. I can see why this genre is not very popular. It is so much like a mystery, why not just watch mysteries. Mysteries atleast, have decent suspense to them. They mostly all are in color. (i dont mind black/white, but i prefer to be able to not feel like I'm color blind. This movie wasn't very attractive, And I don't see it being popular with the current teen crowd.

My Darling Clementine

I think this overall was a good movie. It was a little difficult to get the story in the beginning, but it got alot better near the end. I like how, in the dreams, they would transition between scenes using water under the feet, through a doorway, etc. It made for a cool effect. The movie used good lighting, so i knew when things were sad, and what weren't. This movie seemed to use alot of panning and craning to follow the characters across the screen. To add the the camera use, the story had a good plot. Erasing someone from your memories, thats really cool.

Girl Friday

This Movie is very odd. I did not think This movie was very good. This story was predictable. The jealous ex is obviously going to try to get her back for himself. I feel bad for the coming husband. This movie was suppose to be a screwball comedy, but I still think that His Girl Friday falls into the romantic comedy. It still is guy meets girl, guy loses girl, and now wants her back, but can't. I usually dont mind romantic comedies , but i dont like this one. The fast paced talk is suppose to match the press buisness; i get thatm but tit takes away from the film. Another thing about this movie. The director(s) of this movie chose to not use very many camera shots during a scene. They have a lot of the conversations with only one shot. This makes the scene seem to draw out and seem longer and longer. These thing added with the predictability of the movie, make this movie boring.