The Asphalt Jungle

 One thing I really did not enjoy about the ending of the movie is that all the criminals had to die. I understand if characters that don't appeal to the audience such as the doctor have to be killed, but the main character (Cobby) has no reason not to get away with his crime. Although he has done some wrongdoing in his life, we get to know him and he is indeed a good man. He cares for his girlfriend, loves her even though he may not show it, and is a respectable guy. I really liked how the movie went into the details of showing how they actually robbed the place and how everything was well thought out from breaking the walls to get into the bank to getting on the floor and crawling into the cell to avoid getting detected by the scanning lasers. I have expressed a dislike for movies that are black and white in the past, but I thought the lack of color added to the theme of the film as a sort of gangster-old school action movie. One other I like that the director did was give every character a distinct personality. This shows that although they may be criminals, they are still humans with their own character traits, they just have flaws and have made big mistakes. I overall enjoyed the film even though I found it a little difficult to understand at first because it seemed like there were so many subplots and secret plans.