I got the impression someone was sitting in an office thinking, “You know, Anthony Hopkins could play a great Hitchcock”. And they were right – he did… Then, they really tried to build a movie around the idea. As window into another time and place, it was fun to watch. But, movies like this work better if they stand on their own. If the main character wasn’t Alfred Hitchcock, and this was just a movie about the struggles of a fictional director, it’d be completely forgettable. Anyway, I suppose I am glad they made it, and glad I watched it… kind of like stepping into a time machine and being a fly on a wall for a bit.
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Thor
I heard this was dumb, but I just had to witness the dumbness for myself. You don’t really need to watch this movie, as it’s so predictable, you can pretty much guess how it goes. Well, I suppose that isn’t entirely true – I was confused by some of the bits… like the feds just let Thor go after he breaks into the compound and beats everyone up? I don’t think that’d be happening… even if they are “following him”. That just seemed like lazy writing. I did appreciate some of the details. The special effects were nice, the bits of background story were fun… and the guy who played Loki did a good job. But taken as a whole, if they spent millions making this, you’d think they could have made it just a little… um, better?
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
When did Woody Allen spit this one out? I can barely keep up with Woody Allen’s movies, and all I have to do is watch them… He has to actually make them. I frankly don’t know how he does this. Anyway, this one has all the usual hallmarks. It was just silly fun, that might actually make you think about things. Basically the movie follows a cast of characters who reverse roles as the movie progresses. At first, one has a life in chaos, and all the others are on the rise. By the end, that same one is doing well, and everyone else is in chaos. The fun part about it is that the stories are hardly cut-and-dry, and the plot is linear. You might think this is what’s going to happen, but it’s not really clear until the very end. It’s a rare movie that uses every frame to tell the story. This one does.
Amistad
The story was probably done about as well as it could have been done… it was probably more dramatic than the actual historic event. I loved “whatshisname” in the lead role – great job! It was really interesting, but almost suffers from taking itself too seriously. (yes, that means I liked it)
The Silence of the Lambs
Hey, they’re making a sequel to this. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing, but it should be interesting. It’s really hard to make a movie about a serial killer that doesn’t just turn into a silly slasher flick in the end. This is one of the few films which has managed to do it.
The Innocent
A cold war drama. I guess it was a decent movie, but I still don’t understand the woman’s character… why was she so cruel to the main character? When it comes down to it, there wasn’t any reason.
The Elephant Man
Great movie, very sad. Isn’t it amazing how powerful a person’s appearance can be? I mean – how defined we are by our appearances. I wonder how the actual elephant man would have flourished with the Internet.