Review of Chinatown (1974) by Ben R — 22 Apr 2013

I could tell I was watching a really good movie, but for some reason, this didn't hit me as hard as it should've. I was pretty tired while I was watching the required screening for my film class, and I almost felt asleep a couple times, so it's partly just my fault.

But I wasn't much interested in the aspects of the plot that related to land use and real estate and the privatization of water - I don't know much about those topics at all, and they bored me a little.

The ending was really tense and dark, so I definitely had a good impression of it as I left, but the first half just didn't interest me much.