Chinatown

Out of all the films we've watched all this year this has to be the worst ending one we've watched. It was almost overly so even for a noir. Since that is the point of a noir though I can see why they made it that way. For the most of the movie it was good and the acting was pretty good, I wouldn't say great but it was good. Unlike in previous noir movies we've watched the main character JJ Gittes is a likable person as well as is Mrs. Mulray who may have been a seductress but was also the most pure intent people in the movie. The entire movie kept referring to "Chinatown" which was not truly understood until late in the movie. It is referring to the state of life that most of them live in. Life being corrupt and the ones with power win all the time and even the best of intentions will just end up getting people killed no mater how hard you try. this is fitting with the noir movies almost to the nth degree. For the most part I liked the movie until the end in which afterward I decided I never wanted to see the movie again.