"Forget it Jake, It's Chinatown." One of the best noir/detective movie with a great story and Jack Nicholson doing his thing.

Chinatown was mostly very good. It was a bit too slow-moving, but everything was very deliberate and intentional, and by extension always at least a little engaging. However, while the screenplay was mostly well-crafted, the ending just sucked, thanks Polanski.

Recently I have been watching Faye Dunaway's films, for no reason. I heard Chinatown is one of the best films she took part in so I was really looking forward to watching it. After two hours and ten minutes, I found myself looking at the screen and thinking, what is so special about this film? Why does it have stellar reviews across the board? Why is it one of the films I must watch before I die? I have no idea. It was average at most. Yes, the unexpected story line in the end regarding the father and the daughter was, interesting, but it had nothing to do with the main murder. I really feel I missed something important to like this film. But I watched it carefully. I didn't drift away. I was wide awake, focused and not tired. It is the two hours and ten minutes I will never get back in my life. I did not like it and I am not ashamed to say it. Please change my view on this and tell me what I have missed.

Most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and the right place,they're capable of anything.