I went through my Chinatown blu that I got for Christmas so I thought I'd embark on a mystical journey through the works of Jack Nicholson. Always a risky proposition to go through actor catalogs instead of directors.
The Last Detail: 6/10. I admit, I didn't watch this for a long time because of that cover. I mean come on what's going on there. This was fine, just some dudes doing some stuff.
The Two Jakes: 5/10. The sequel to Chinatown directed by Jack Nicholson. It wasn't
completely infuriating, only mostly. Competently directed, but too many unnecessary call backs to the first film. Sometimes, literally, as in they put some shots from Chinatown in it. It's also essentially the exact same story only replace water with oil. Really could have been something if they distanced themselves and just made a new detective story. I did think the return of the hall of records guy was a nice touch.
Reds: 7/10. A pretty good love story that gets bogged down with too much politics late in the film. Nicholson was real son of a bitch in this, it was awesome.
I think I've seen pretty much all his great films, now all I have left are those romcoms he did around 2000 and movies where he becomes a werewolf. Fuck this was a bad idea.
Sansho The Bailiff: 9/10.
. Pretty heavy handed but sometimes that's not a bad thing. Dat end.
My Dinner With Andre: 8/10.
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The Blood of a Poet: 4/10. Another "hey let's give some artists a movie camera and let them film some nonsense" from the early 30s.
East Of Eden: 8/10. So I put this on because I wanted to see James Deen ream out Stoya's asshole, but I must have picked up the wrong one? This was a nice melodrama, although I've always been confused by this aww shucks character that Dean plays. He was like the same thing in Rebel, but it doesn't make any sense cause he's like a superhunk, like the what the hell does he have to worry about. Also you know I don't think they had that hairdo in 1917, but all right.
