THoughts?

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Sir_Shrinky_Dink — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 09:56 AM)

THoughts?

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OldAussie — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 01:25 PM)

No, not even close.
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ZakkWyldeMyLittlePony — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 03:14 PM)

Chinatown. It's one of those 70s films I love.
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Patricia91 — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 03:26 PM)

No, Chinatown is better.
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emeiserloh — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 07:15 PM)

Both are among my very favourite noir films, though they were made after the classic noir period

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alchrisjacob — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 07:46 PM)

Both are 4/4.

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brokedickdog5 — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 08:31 PM)

Both are excellent films.
I'd say Chinatown is better.

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shepardjessica-1 — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 01:13 AM)

Touch Of Evil is much better. Chinatown is overrated.

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JackBluegrass — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 05:30 AM)

Touch of Evil
is not even close.
E pluribus unum

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chninlp — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 06:39 AM)

They're both regarded as all-time great films but for me it's always about the film score.
It is impossible for any noir score from either the classic noir or neo noir to be as great as
Chinatown
.

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James_Byrne — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 07:33 AM)

TOUCH OF EVIL is superior to CHINATOWN in every way its a no contest. The Nicholson movie has no right being mentioned in even the same sentence as the Welles classic.

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chninlp — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 08:41 AM)

Touch of Evil
may be superior to
Chinatown
in most waysexcept for the score.
Like I said, no noir film score is as great as
Chinatown
and that's very easy to prove. Goldsmith's score is arguably one of the great works of music from the 20th music, period; I'm certainly not the only person who thinks this:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204261704574274152752739772

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koskiewicz — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 08:28 AM)

I like both films equally well and own copies of each on DVD

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Scott-101 — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 09:51 AM)

Not a very sophisticated question. Normally if the OP starts his own thread of thoughts or specifies more where he wants to take the discussion, it's a little easier for us to bounce off of.
ironically, when I made my top films of all time list, Touch of Evil was 2 and Chinatown was 3, so that's kind of random
if anyone's curious, here it is.
http://sophomorecritic.blogspot.com/search?q=top+100+chinatown