I finally got round to watching Psycho last night (I know, it's like a hundred years old). It's all right, but it's exactly the same as all his other movies. Five minutes of explanation at the start followed by an hour of NOTHING - then an unsatisfactory ending.
I mean, it wasn't terrible, it just wasn't that good. Do you think it's just because of the sheer number of movies he made that explains why people love him so much?
2006-11-15 22:45:44 · 9 answers · asked by people are scum 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
He was just one of the first of his genre...they were scary back when they were released...but then again, people got scared of telephones back then as well so everything is relative...
Bunch of crap I agree...Psycho, The Birds...all pony
North by Northwest was alright though
p.s. read the article on the guardian on line...I was searching for Chris Moyles (in google) when I stumbled across it...they give him a really funny telling off for being rascist/sexist/gayist which of course he tells them to f*ck off about!
2006-11-15 22:50:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's like saying the current comedy is better than Abbott and Costello's "Who's on first" comedy bit. Different times different opinions...
Think of what Hitchcock could do today with all of the computer graphic capabilities... bet he would create better movies than some that are out today... I love horror films and enjoy many of them that are out today but you have to step back a bit for the older ones to appreciate them..
Say don't you like the movie One million years BC with Raquel Welch!! (It was old like Hitchcocks)
I love your cameo!!
2006-11-16 01:58:02 · answer #2 · answered by P!ss Ant 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me Hitchcock is one of the "real" great moviemakers. What appeals to me and a lot of others is his take on "terror". Unlike most horror films that attempt to scare the hell out of you with obvious things like monsters, war, gun battles, or whatever, he uses everyday life. Since you mentioned Psycho (one of the best and not that remake) the interaction of the main character and her "looking over her shoulder" all the time because of the money she stole, is a slow burn nerve wracking. It keeps you actually on a slow burn as you too are always afraid because unlike all the folks around her going about their normal business, "you" know what is really going on. The same thing applies later on of course with Norman after he kills her as one of the genius of that to me is that while you can feel Norman's apprehension with everybody "snooping" around, you also get to feel "their apprehension" because they think something is up, but nobody knows what the heck it is. On another of his movies "The Birds" he takes ordinary life and makes it suddenly terrifying and with no real warning. My favorite scene from that movie is Tippi Hedren smoking that cigarette on the bench outside the school there and you see the camera pan from her to a few birds perched behind her on the jungle gym. As she continues to smoke the camera agains pans out and now there are what appears to be thousands of birds getting poised to attack. She has "no clue" to this until the very moments just before they actually start the attack. Strangers on a Train is another one where you take a seemingly "benign" conversation between two strangers where one jokingly talks about how it would be if somebody killed his wife and it turns into a real murder, blackmail, etc. What Hitchcock does to me is force me to actually become involved in the story instead of simply watching a story and waiting for something else to unfold. I cannot watch his movies without feeling like I am in the position of the major actors most of the time I am watching. Like a lot of European cinema, these movies require watching the entire movie and not conversing, going for popcorn, and such as you can miss very small things that are much more important later on. Hope that you find time to watch them again at some point and really get into what is happening as I think you might be surprised at how the experience differs from most other cinema. Many of the great classics are done similar such as "Sunset Blvd." that Billie Wilder (sp) did with Gloria Swanson. Later movies like Jaws use almost the same type of format. I know that this is way too long winded, but basically before Hitchcock there were horror movies, but Hitchcock gave us "suspense" movies. They are not always the same thing, but can combine both as Psycho did. :-)
2006-11-16 00:48:43 · answer #3 · answered by mohavedesert 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His movies are set in real setting to where everyday things can turn into something bad. He plays off of real fears that people have in his movies.
2006-11-16 01:52:52 · answer #4 · answered by thekorean2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watch all his movies with Cary Grant and the answer will be obvious.
2006-11-16 03:03:19 · answer #5 · answered by Raymond S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He knows how to scare people
2006-11-15 23:42:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In his day he was an innovator, by todays standards he isnt anything special....:D
2006-11-15 22:48:57 · answer #7 · answered by huggz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there is suspense. Sometimes we need this in our life.
2006-11-15 22:53:49 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in my case it is because i love the horror aspect of his films i love horror films in general
2006-11-15 22:48:38 · answer #9 · answered by tabitha 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋