Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Thanks DDMAN---I'm actually excited about possibly enjoyin' V and RW now, lol.
Originally Posted By JohnS1 Rear Window also cast Perry Mason ... er, Raymond Burr ... as a villain. I love movies that turn the usual heroes into bad guys!
Originally Posted By DlandDug Rope? ROPE??? Possibly the dullest film Hitch ever made? Glad you liked it, though. It was a technical challenge that Hitchcock tried out. It is widely considered one of his least watchable. I agree that for a great Jimmy Stewart movie you should watch The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. I love this film, and I am not fond of westerns.
Originally Posted By DlandJB "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" is one of my all time favorite films -- but I don't know if you'd like it if you didn't like IAWL since it is also a Frank Capra movie. But I adore it...and Jimmy Stewart Philadelphia Story -- absolutely wonderful.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <It is widely considered one of his least watchable.> Really? It's got high ratings at IMDB, and most of the people there seem to appreciate it a lot and enjoy it. I may prefer it to "Family Plot", which I saw last week. Like I said earlier, I found this one really intriguing mostly because of the weakening Phillip---I felt so bad for him (well, as bad as you can feel for a murderer)...but Brandon was too arrogant and smarmy for me to feel much sympathy for.
Originally Posted By Ursula Ah, heck. Jasmineita beat me to suggestiong The Philadelphia Story. It's one of my favorites right up there with Topper. I figured that if TDG disliked JS in it, he could at least drool over Katharine and that house! I also 13th watching Rear Window. Gosh, I just LOVE that movie.
Originally Posted By Kylesmom I've always loved Jimmy Stewart movies, especially Philidelphia Story. Rope and Rear Window are probably my favorite Hitch movies
Originally Posted By mapleservo There's a young Jimmy Stewart in "After the Thin Man" (1936). Not sure what you'd think of it, but I think the Thin Man movies are lots of fun. Perfect husband-wife banter. We saw the rerelease of Rear Window in the theater a bunch of years back. The set was just amazing at that size. Great movie.
Originally Posted By DlandDug I will agree that Rope is superior to Family Plot. But that's not saying much...
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Ouch, lol. I just haven't heard much bad press on Rope. FP, yes, but I've seen that R is more appreciated now. At least it had the psychological interest.
Originally Posted By JohnS1 They are such different films that any comparison between them seems off base. Rope was a great psychological drama/suspense with a minimal number of characters and tension building up in triangular fashion. Family Plot (Hitchcock's last film) is basically a light comedy with some echoes of past movies, some grewat social commentary and stirling performances by the whole cast, I thought. I think that being his last film. FP was really raked over the coals ebcause critics expected some ultimate statement about life by the aging director in his final film. But, of course, he had no idea it would be his final film. In fact, I think I read somewhere that he had another film planned and it would have come very near to having a rating higher (lower?) than R. But that's a whole other subject.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy True...though I do have to say in FP I loved the car "failed brakes" scene---that was a tense 3 minutes or so!
Originally Posted By utahjosh The LDS church made a short film starring Jimmy Stewart called "Mr. Krueger's Christmas." It features Jimmy as an old man living in an apartment basement, who's lonely on Christmas. It's endearing if not really cheesy.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Well, I just finished watching "Vertigo" on cable. And I want those 2 hours of my life back. Boring, uninteresting, dragging, slow, bad...*this* is one of Hitchcock's most popular and well-known films?? Please! "Rope" is much more captivating with its premise, psychological and moral studies and its unique camera work, and even "Family Plot" is much more interesting and entertaining than this---especially that car scene in the mountains. The only remotely interesting part in "Vertigo" for me were the end scenes---after I'd already wasted two hours sitting there, getting restless, changing positions on the couch, waiting for *something* to happen. Man...Jimmy Stewart was alright, but it was just one stinker of a "film" for me. I sure hope "Rear Window" won't let me down someday!
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Give it another go, Tall Disney Guy. 'Vertigo' is a psychological thriller. Stewart as a man obsessed with his love.
Originally Posted By JohnS1 Vertigo can be a slow go the first time through, I agree. I saw it first as a kid and was impressed with the early day special effects and the whole concept of falling from high places. The opening scene on the rooftops still makes me shiver. And the whole concept of the film in which nothing is what it seems to be, can make it either compelling or tedious, depending on how you view it. I'd read an essay or two about Vertigo, then watch it again, TDG. It's really a film for film school students when you think about it - the kind to watch after studying the concepts Hitchcock intended to express in the movie.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I second that...Vertigo is one of Hitchcock's best films. The "Rope" is great and way ahead of it's time... I mean...sexy gay men killers... whoa!! Now Tall...go see "Airport 77" one of Jimmy Steward's worst films ever!!!
