Hitchcock is a very interesting director he never sticks to one formula when it comes to movies every movie made by Hitchcock is very different and unique especially Vertigo. The film is very distinctive and has a lot of suspense and action. However, the movie does go by slowly but is very unforgettable and is a wonderful movie. I love how the movie is shaped on Scotties fear on heights, also the way he is tested by his fear and then later on how he conquers his phobia. Hitchcock uses a very complicated story and plot but i loved the music that was composed by Bernard Herman. Because of the music the film creates a very suspenseful, and makes the whole movie very scary and unforgettable. This film is extremely different because the audience has to pay attention for the details in the film that is very important. An example is "Madlin's" necklace if the viewer did not pay attention to the movie then they would have no idea how Scottie would have found out about the real murder.
Jimmy Stewart does a wonderful job playing his role. He makes the audience to sympathize completely with him, even as we disagree with many of his character's actions and decisions. Kim Novak is completely believing in a this difficult two-part-role, Vertigo would not have been memorable without her fine performance. The rest of the cast that have the smaller roles, but are also very good, especially Scottie's old friend, who provides important insight into Scottie's character. Overall the film is very good and I loved it
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Notorious
Notorious was not a very good film by Hitchcock. When i think of Alfred Hitchcock
I see him as a director that produces scary, and thriller movies not a spy movie. Hitchcock's sad attempt to create such an average spy movie was very upsetting. I have seen many spy movies but it was very similar to almost every spy movie. Hitchcock's is better then a simple spy movie, he created very good movies but this movie is his worst one. The acting, and the plot was terrible. The main actress started to get annoying by the first scene, and the love story that Hitchcock attempted to produce between the two spies was an epic fail.
However, I did like the camera work during the party how the camera started from the view of the staircase into zooming in the key in her hand. Also how her "husband" and her mother-in-law started to poison her and then as she is slowly dying then she sees her husband and the mother-in-law slowly fading away. Then once she is about to pass out you see the whole living room and then you just see her fall to the ground.
Overall Notorious was a very interesting movie but Hitchcock could have done much better in the movie. In today's era almost every movie is a spy movie, and when a teenager sees a spy movie from the 40s she is not shocked by it. I love all of Hitchcock's scary movies but I expect more from Hitchcock then another spy movie.
I see him as a director that produces scary, and thriller movies not a spy movie. Hitchcock's sad attempt to create such an average spy movie was very upsetting. I have seen many spy movies but it was very similar to almost every spy movie. Hitchcock's is better then a simple spy movie, he created very good movies but this movie is his worst one. The acting, and the plot was terrible. The main actress started to get annoying by the first scene, and the love story that Hitchcock attempted to produce between the two spies was an epic fail.
However, I did like the camera work during the party how the camera started from the view of the staircase into zooming in the key in her hand. Also how her "husband" and her mother-in-law started to poison her and then as she is slowly dying then she sees her husband and the mother-in-law slowly fading away. Then once she is about to pass out you see the whole living room and then you just see her fall to the ground.
Overall Notorious was a very interesting movie but Hitchcock could have done much better in the movie. In today's era almost every movie is a spy movie, and when a teenager sees a spy movie from the 40s she is not shocked by it. I love all of Hitchcock's scary movies but I expect more from Hitchcock then another spy movie.
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