We're currently running through som Hitchcock movies and Rear Window is the only one I can really recommend. Psycho was really disappointing. Some films don't age well. I haven't seen Vertigo yet though.
I haven't seen THAT many Hitchock films, so I would guess that you are right in some regards (I thought Vertigo SCREAMED of the 1960's), but I thought his direction of Rebecca was spot on. One of the better book-to-movie adaptations out there. I also really enjoyed Notorious & Spellbound, but I do love Ingrid Bergman (and Claude Raines & Gregory Peck). Dial M for Murder was also good that was adapted more modernly--I almost wished I hadn't seen "A Perfect Murder" prior to watching "Dial M for Murder." Like you, though, Rear Window is by far my favorite of his films.
Vertigo, I didn't love. North by Northwest I enjoy the first 45 minutes...I've seen the first hour about 5 times and I've only (barely, half heartedly) finished it once.
There are so many good ones, it's hard to pick. Off the top of my head:
Rambo: First Blood The Fifth Element Die Hard Alien When Harry Met Sally You've Got Mail The Princess Bride A Room with a View Pride and Prejudice (the OTHER BBC version) Sense and Sensibility Shakespeare in Love The Breakfast Club The Terminator Terminator 2 Ever After
Spaceballs Blazing Saddles Young Frankenstein The Big Lebowski The Great Muppet Caper Muppets Take Manhattan Wayne's World Apollo 13 It's a Wonderful Life Citizen Kane Inglorious Basterds Big Top Pee Wee/Pee Wee's Big Adventure The Sound of Music All the President's Men Duck Soup
As a small kid my absolute favorite was Follow That Bird, and I think it actually holds up pretty well today/for adults.
Post by phunluvin82 on Mar 21, 2014 13:31:43 GMT -5
Not all of these meet the pre-2000 cutoff, but are some of my all time favorites:
The Big Lebowski The Royal Tenenbaums Boondock Saints Donnie Darko Super Troopers Dazed and Confused Pulp Fiction I Heart Huckabees Big Fish Mallrats The Departed Shawshank Redemption