Vertigo vs Chinatown
Arguably the two best noirs ever made. Both imo rank among the 10 best films ever made. Both feature absolutely flawless cinematography. Both feature unbelievable performances from Stewart and Nicholson, respectively. And both have famously tragic endings. Better movie?
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Re: Vertigo vs Chinatown
I haven’t seen Vertigo :(
*movie fan card gets revoked* |
Originally Posted by Saunch (Post 1810582)
I haven’t seen Vertigo :(
*movie fan card gets revoked* It's okay. Everybody is missing some classics. I didn't see Citizen Kane until about three years ago. |
Re: Vertigo vs Chinatown
I haven’t seen Citizen Kane.
*thrown out of the forums* |
Originally Posted by Saunch (Post 1810582)
I haven’t seen Vertigo :(
*movie fan card gets revoked* Both are fantastic. Vertigo for me by quite some way though. |
In any case, Chinatown is a perfect movie.
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Originally Posted by Saunch (Post 1810587)
I haven’t seen Citizen Kane.
*thrown out of the forums* |
Originally Posted by Camo (Post 1810588)
I hope you don't go into it with too high expectations and accept that it's a film that works better if you let it fester. It's the most frequently called 'overrated' Hitchcock in my experience i think that's largely due to massive expectations at least from discussions with people that were underwhelmed. Not saying it is without a doubt one of the best films ever made like its reputation, just that like with Citizen Kane and various other films that are extremely acclaimed people expect unreasonable things from it. Hope you enjoy when you check it out.
Both are fantastic. Vertigo for me by quite some way though. Vertigo is flawless. Problem is... so is Chinatown. So, much like many of these comparisons... I flip-flop on my opinion often. BUT... I think that the sheer haunting brilliance of Vertigo gives it a slight edge, combined with it's frighteningly ironic ending. |
Re: Vertigo vs Chinatown
They are both very good but I like Vertigo better personally. I cared about the characters more personally for some reason.
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Re: Vertigo vs Chinatown
I haven't seen Vertigo, but I watched Chinatown recently and I quite liked it
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Re: Vertigo vs Chinatown
Vertigo by a landslide. It has great colours, soundtrack, and twist and turns. Chinatown is entirely revolved around the mystery, so it's not very entertaining if you're not writing down clues on a piece of paper every 5 seconds.
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Originally Posted by DocHoliday (Post 1810598)
For what it's worth, every single great movie in history is called overrated by some, including Citizen and Godfather.
Kinda held back on your silly "x film is the best" posts, don't attempt to tell me anything about your silliness please, thanks. |
Re: Vertigo vs Chinatown
Originally Posted by Camo (Post 1810909)
Originally Posted by DocHoliday (Post 1810598)
For what it's worth, every single great movie in history is called overrated by some, including Citizen and Godfather.
Kinda held back on your silly "x film is the best" posts, don't attempt to tell me anything about your silliness please, thanks. |
Originally Posted by Camo (Post 1810909)
Originally Posted by DocHoliday (Post 1810598)
For what it's worth, every single great movie in history is called overrated by some, including Citizen and Godfather.
Kinda held back on your silly "x film is the best" posts, don't attempt to tell me anything about your silliness please, thanks. I love both Citizen and Godfather 1. |
Re: Vertigo vs Chinatown
Chinatown by a miiiiiiiiilllllle. At least it's interesting.
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Re: Vertigo vs Chinatown
Originally Posted by honeykid (Post 1811303)
Chinatown by a miiiiiiiiilllllle. At least it's interesting.
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Re: Vertigo vs Chinatown
I like Chinatown a lot, Vertigo was ok.
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Originally Posted by DocHoliday (Post 1811314)
You're entitled to an opinion, however, what makes Vertigo uninteresting?
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Chinatown is much better, not even close. Vertigo is overrated af
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Re: Vertigo vs Chinatown
its a hard call, two movies with great plot and mystiqueness of equal quality, add to that actors of the top caliber, so yeah tough call for me, two classics of cinematic history
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