Chinatown

This is one of the few movies I have seen where evil conquers at the end of the film, another one being No Country for Old Men. This was the first film noir movie I hade ever seen. Even though this film is much more recent then many of the classic film noir’s it still has the look and feel of a great noir film. What is different in this film is that the audience only sees what Jake sees, it is not one of those movies where the audience sees the bad guy hiding around the corner before the protagonist sees him. This works so well in moving the plot because the audience discovers plot twist at the same time as Jake does. This gives a different feel to the film; it really feels that the movie is centralized around the character rather than the plot. The end is definitely something different, instead of a happy ending where everything works out absolutely nothing works out. The antagonist finishes in the lead, but in this film it is difficult to label who the antagonist really is until right near the end of the movie. Great movie that is definitely deserving of the title classic.