The wide acclaim for this movie perplexes me. From the first scene poorly recreating a drive down the highway to the endless series of people gushing about the movie whose opinion's are of no interest to me, this movie seems utterly useless.
After about 20 minutes or celebrities telling me how awesome the shower scene is or Hitchcock is or offering some well known snippets about the famed director I started skipping ahead, trying to find something interesting. There was someone reading the shower passage from the book, and there's a story-boarded screenplay version that's somewhat different from what finally happened, and from what I hear there are some other interesting analytical things in there. But most of the time skipping forward would just give me another celebrity or filmmaker blathering on. Many of these people didn't even seem to have much knowledge or expertise; they just really, really liked the movie.
Should I watch a 90 minute movie in the hopes of finding 10 or 15 minutes of genuinely interesting content? I say no.
After about 20 minutes or celebrities telling me how awesome the shower scene is or Hitchcock is or offering some well known snippets about the famed director I started skipping ahead, trying to find something interesting. There was someone reading the shower passage from the book, and there's a story-boarded screenplay version that's somewhat different from what finally happened, and from what I hear there are some other interesting analytical things in there. But most of the time skipping forward would just give me another celebrity or filmmaker blathering on. Many of these people didn't even seem to have much knowledge or expertise; they just really, really liked the movie.
Should I watch a 90 minute movie in the hopes of finding 10 or 15 minutes of genuinely interesting content? I say no.