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Rear Window(Second Viewing)
This is simply an amazing film and shows why Hitchcock had very few rivals in film making. Especially when you consider that most of the movie takes place in one room and you hardly ever realize it. It just draws you in.
James Stewart does a great job playing a man who has voyeuristic quality's and has relationship issues. He is very convincing here and probably has the best performance in the film.
Grace Kelly is stunning here and does well here as Stewart's girlfriend. But,her character at times feels a little bit simple. But, perhaps that's the point.
The people in the apartments also provide good performances and I really like the way that all their story's intertwine and you feel that you know them at the end. I feel that the other people across the street were also a very important part of making us feel like we are seeing everything that Stewart is.
Overall,one of my favorite Hitchcock films(Not my favorite though,That would have to be Strangers On A Train.)and a very solid look at life through one's window.
The Big Chill
This is a very enjoyable movie, But not something that you go away from amazed. There are a lot of good scene's and the actor's play their roles well, But every time I watch this it feels like it's missing something. I just can't put my finger on it though.
The performances are solid, But no one really stands out here. They all seem to be at the same "good,But not great" level. While they fit well together, I can't remember ever thinking that anyone stole the show.
The film work is average. No scene's really catch your eyes and the locations,while nice, are quite bland.Aside from the opening scene where they dress up Alex's body I can't think of any good scene composition. A very average looking film.
On the positive side, The story is quite interesting and the way that these people look back on their past offers a good rendition of "The past always looks brighter" idea. Also,there are quite a few laugh worthy moments.
Overall, a decent film and an enjoyable one,But it never kicked it up a notch to resemble anything great.
Save The Tiger
Lemmon's Oscar winning performance in a really slow moving film. Lemmon was great here,But I have a feeling that this was one of those "We liked your career and we've snubbed you so many times. so here's an Oscar" deals. Lemmon's been better and the plot didn't really engage me at all.
Manhattan
A lot of people call this Allen's best film. A lot of people haven't seen enough of Woody Allen's films.
This is a pretty good film and basically Woody's tribute to New York,But it drags quite a bit for me(I've tried watching this twice in the past few days and I've fallen asleep both times.). The performances are fine, But it suffers from a lack of good pacing. This movie should have either been ten minutes longer or ten minutes shorter. Either extending the plot or lessening some aspects would have help quite a bit.
Allen's fine in this,But after a while you kind of get sick of seeing him play the same character in every one of his films. I know he's basically playing himself, But I prefer it when he mixes it up slightly. There is almost nothing different in this character than Alvy Singer(They are both successful in the entertainment industry,They both had multiple wives,etc.)and Anne Hall's a way better movie.
Overall, the black and white is nice and a lot of the establishing shots of the city are very pretty,But the story fails to captivate me every time.
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