Today we watched Vertigo (1958) which is #61 on the AFI top 100, but on the 10th anniversary list (released in 2007) it was bumped up to #9. Pretty cool. We liked it but didn't think it was as good as Rear Window. bR's reaction: disembodied heads. gR's reaction: many more strange falling sequences, lots of staircases, Madeleine's make-up looked like paint... but it was a really awesome twist at the end. It was a total surprise and gR was NOT expecting it!! Excellent story and the classic dialogue, style, costumes and music were all delightful.
On Deck: not sure... maybe Unforgiven?
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Gimme Stewart
Tonight we watched Rear Window (1954) which is ranked #42 on the AFI list. bR has seen it before- this was gR's first time. gR loved it...
1. Grace Kelly's Mark Cross overnight bag
2. Jimmy Stewart is a photographer
3. the couple that lowers their dog down in a basket to potty
4. Miss Lonely Hearts hooks up with the songwriter
5. the sequence at the end where Hitchcock speeds up the film to make the running seem more frantic
6. the scene where Jimmy Stewart falls out the window
7. he broke his other leg... oh the irony.
gR was able to spot Hitchcock right away when he appears in the songwriter's apartment (in case you didn't know, he appears in all of his films). bR turned the light off right when Thorwald starts creeping up to Jimmy Stewart just to freak gR out... seconds later the living room lamp also went out (on a timer) which heightened the creepiness.
It was a fantastic movie. Many consider it Hitchcock's best film. We'll let you know if we agree once we see the rest.
On Deck (to continue our Hitchcock kick): Vertigo
1. Grace Kelly's Mark Cross overnight bag
2. Jimmy Stewart is a photographer
3. the couple that lowers their dog down in a basket to potty
4. Miss Lonely Hearts hooks up with the songwriter
5. the sequence at the end where Hitchcock speeds up the film to make the running seem more frantic
6. the scene where Jimmy Stewart falls out the window
7. he broke his other leg... oh the irony.
gR was able to spot Hitchcock right away when he appears in the songwriter's apartment (in case you didn't know, he appears in all of his films). bR turned the light off right when Thorwald starts creeping up to Jimmy Stewart just to freak gR out... seconds later the living room lamp also went out (on a timer) which heightened the creepiness.
It was a fantastic movie. Many consider it Hitchcock's best film. We'll let you know if we agree once we see the rest.
On Deck (to continue our Hitchcock kick): Vertigo
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Apocalypse Wow
Last week we watched Apocalypse Now. It is ranked #28 on the AFI top 100 list. gR was confused when all the french people showed up. Thank god for wikipedia to fill in the historical gaps for her. bR didn't realize it was based on the book Heart of Darkness, which is also weird since that is about a river in the Congo, not Vietnam. We've decided that any movie with Dennis Hopper in it is pure gold. Definitely a movie everyone needs to see at least once.
On deck: Rear Window
On deck: Rear Window
the ryans' movie quest
We've decided that our movie quest is deserving of it's own blog. It is so substantial... so daunting... and so intriguing to all of you that updating our list movie by movie via blogging is the only logical answer. We'll blog about movies we've already checked off when we have a spare moment. Otherwise, we'll try to update posts as we go.
To see the original movie quest announcement, click here
To see the movie quest spreadsheet, click here
To see the original movie quest announcement, click here
To see the movie quest spreadsheet, click here
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