movies

[MrSaigon]

I know you're not supposed to concede that Michael Bay is capable even of entertaining a six-month old with the jingliest keys ever under penalty of Internet shame. But I'll check out Pain and Gain at some point.

The positive reviews all qualify themselves like my first sentence there. It's actually pretty funny (and, yes, reasonable).

[lukethedrifter]

Thought I'd seen Rear Window before. I hadn't. I have a terrible memory for movies but I think it's my favorite Hitchcock.

[Vidor]

The ending of that confused me. She found a ring, what is that supposed to prove? Maybe the wife forgot the ring before she left town.

[Cole Burns]

Thought I'd seen Rear Window before. I hadn't. I have a terrible memory for movies but I think it's my favorite Hitchcock.

Maybe you saw the Simpsons version?

[robbotis]

Thought I'd seen Rear Window before. I hadn't. I have a terrible memory for movies but I think it's my favorite Hitchcock.

It's my co-favorite w/ Vertigo.
The opening scene of Rear Window is pretty cool. One shot, panning all that he can see out his one window is a pretty cool setting for the movie.

I rewatched Polanski's The Pianist this weekend. Even as a big downer, it's a great movie.

[Freed Roger]

Thought I'd seen Rear Window before. I hadn't. I have a terrible memory for movies but I think it's my favorite Hitchcock.

Had a discussion the other day with someone -Was trying to figure out what Hitchcock movies we've seen or haven't. Part of the confusion is he used so many of the same actors and actresses. Then pop culture and other films have sampled a lot of Hitchock, that we figure we've seen it already.

Rear Window -great all the way around, but that use of color is quite excellent. Grace Kelly is a work of art in that film.

[TimeForGuinness]

Thought I'd seen Rear Window before. I hadn't. I have a terrible memory for movies but I think it's my favorite Hitchcock.

Def one of my favs, the suspense created in that movie is crazy.

[lukethedrifter]

Thought I'd seen Rear Window before. I hadn't. I have a terrible memory for movies but I think it's my favorite Hitchcock.

Def one of my favs, the suspense created in that movie is crazy.

Seemed implicit that Jimmy Stewart's character being a photog allowed for his peeping tom ways to be sort of excused. Hitch was a perv, did he excuse his own pervy ways because he's a director?


Also, Miss Torso was apparently on 17 during shooting. I feel ashamed.

[JL21]

I think it's the other way around. Hitch wanted to prove that everyone's a perv. Ergo keeping audiences completely excited and happy and engaged, and loving a movie, while taking part in the same pervy behavior that Stewart did. It's the same thing with Vertigo where Stewart spends the whole time trying to [expletive] a dead woman- basically he's a necrophiliac.

He made a whole career out of showing movie audiences that they were just as dirty and voyeuristic as he was.

[TimeForGuinness]

I think it's the other way around. Hitch wanted to prove that everyone's a perv. Ergo keeping audiences completely excited and happy and engaged, and loving a movie, while taking part in the same pervy behavior that Stewart did. It's the same thing with Vertigo where Stewart spends the whole time trying to [expletive] a dead woman- basically he's a necrophiliac.

He made a whole career out of showing movie audiences that they were just as dirty and voyeuristic as he was.

This.

Was going to say, he did a great job making sure the audience was looking thru the lens for a good part of the movie...