At its base, this film is a formulaic romantic comedy following the old form faithfully from beginning to end. However, this film does this very, very well.
Although the running time is over 2 hours, I barely noticed the time passing, it was paced so well, and the plot and development continued moving effortlessly from scene to scene, each of which was remarkably well written. A few scenes started running a little unnecessarily long, but they were very few and still served a purpose by doing so.
This film had a very clever plot to begin with, and it continued twisting into something equally clever and heart-wrenching with the girl hung up on someone else, and the boy doing his best to deal with his secret feelings for her.
Everything tied up real nicely without a cheesy line around. Very excellent movie. It did earn itself a best picture for its work.
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Psycho -- 1960 -- R
This is probably Alfred Hitchcock's most famous movie, and considered to be the grandfather of the slasher genre, although this film is not a slasher, but a thriller.
It follows a woman who steals some money and runs, eventually finding herself at a rundown hotel in the middle of nowhere. After chatting with the proprietor of the establishment for awhile, she learns he lives in the house behind the motel with his aged mother. When his mother doesn't take too kindly to her boy oogling the new girl, mother takes action. The thrills continue to escalate to a shocking conclusion.
As a thriller, this film takes one situation after another and milks it for all its worth from the escape with the cash to walking through the old house, it's an edge of the seat kind of ride from the thriller master.
Though considered to be the grandfather of the slasher movie, don't get this confused with the gorefests of today. This film has two kills and almost no blood. It flows like a thriller with well-crafted characters and the constant question marks of "What is going on?" and "Will so-and-so make it?"
Hitchcock rarely fails to deliver a great film, and it's no wonder this one is so good as he had been directing for 34 years by the time this film was made. I have yet to downplay a hitchcock, so don't miss this one either.
It follows a woman who steals some money and runs, eventually finding herself at a rundown hotel in the middle of nowhere. After chatting with the proprietor of the establishment for awhile, she learns he lives in the house behind the motel with his aged mother. When his mother doesn't take too kindly to her boy oogling the new girl, mother takes action. The thrills continue to escalate to a shocking conclusion.
As a thriller, this film takes one situation after another and milks it for all its worth from the escape with the cash to walking through the old house, it's an edge of the seat kind of ride from the thriller master.
Though considered to be the grandfather of the slasher movie, don't get this confused with the gorefests of today. This film has two kills and almost no blood. It flows like a thriller with well-crafted characters and the constant question marks of "What is going on?" and "Will so-and-so make it?"
Hitchcock rarely fails to deliver a great film, and it's no wonder this one is so good as he had been directing for 34 years by the time this film was made. I have yet to downplay a hitchcock, so don't miss this one either.
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