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• 1 StanleyRumm // Oct 13, 2009 at 10:43 am

  I quite like Rope. It's a well-made, suspenseful play. So too Dial M For Murder. The Man Who Knew Too Much is a very good adventure movie. So good he made it twice. Some of the Cary Grant ones were not ridiculous all the time.
  Vertigo makes little sense and is a very silly little movie. And has anyone actually _SEEN_ The Birds? It's diabolically bad… man and woman notice lots of birds in the city, head to a small town, mad birds attack the small town. THE END. …Huh?
  Even Psycho is “adequate” at best.
  In short, I think Hitchcock deserves the “Master of Suspense” label. He was also master of film in general -camera movement (or not), lighting, how to set an atmosphere, etc.
  But most of his films -the more famous ones in particular- in my opinion are almost laughably bad outside a key-scene or two.

  …Oh I just remembered my favourite: Rebecca! Excellent film. And I must admit Rear Window has grown on me over the years. Like damp through a wooden frame perhaps, but grown on me anyway.

  Hell the more I think of it… I apologise for some of the above but I'd prefer to let it stand… he was truly great. If every director failed as Hitchcock failed cinema today would be in an *infinitely* better shape.
  I still think Vertigo and *especially* The Birds are two stoopid movies though.
  And Shadow of A Doubt is another great one. And I used to love the Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV series. Mostly. As I remember it.
  I'll shut up now. :)

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• 3 Jett Loe // Oct 13, 2009 at 12:06 pm

  ahhh…we'll have to agree to disagree re: The Birds ;)

  i think it's great – notice how the end of every scene ends with a character staring out into space = Hitchcock's response to the New Wave etc. – a fascinating film – but of course we all have pictures that have a special place in our heart and that leave others cold – Gareth loves The Goonies for example…

• 4 StanleyRumm // Oct 13, 2009 at 5:43 pm

  I quite like Rope. It's a well-made, suspenseful play. So too Dial M For Murder. The Man Who Knew Too Much is a very good adventure movie. So good he made it twice. Some of the Cary Grant ones were not ridiculous all the time.
  Vertigo makes little sense and is a very silly little movie. And has anyone actually _SEEN_ The Birds? It's diabolically bad… man and woman notice lots of birds in the city, head to a small town, mad birds attack the small town. THE END. …Huh?
  Even Psycho is “adequate” at best.
  In short, I think Hitchcock deserves the “Master of Suspense” label. He was also master of film in general -camera movement (or not), lighting, how to set an atmosphere, etc.
  But most of his films -the more famous ones in particular- in my opinion are almost laughably bad outside a key-scene or two.

  …Oh I just remembered my favourite: Rebecca! Excellent film. And I must admit Rear Window has grown on me over the years. Like damp through a wooden frame perhaps, but grown on me anyway.

  Hell the more I think of it… I apologise for some of the above but I'd prefer to let it stand… he was truly great. If every director failed as Hitchcock failed cinema today would be in an *infinitely* better shape.
  I still think Vertigo and *especially* The Birds are two stoopid movies though.
  And Shadow of A Doubt is another great one. And I used to love the Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV series. Mostly. As I remember it.
  I'll shut up now. :)

• 5 Jett Loe // Oct 13, 2009 at 7:06 pm

  ahhh…we'll have to agree to disagree re: The Birds ;)

  i think it's great – notice how the end of every scene ends with a character staring out into space = Hitchcock's response to the New Wave etc. – a fascinating film – but of course we all have pictures that have a special place in our heart and that leave others cold – Gareth loves The Goonies for example…

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