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Any Hitch films that you really don't like?

posted 11 years ago by filmmagnet
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I have seen 17 of his films, and given them an average rating of 8.76 on IMDb. There is only one of these I have rated a 7, Dial M for Murder, and I have rated none lower than this. However I have been very selective in what I've chosen to see out of his and I am pretty sure that if I watched every one of his films the average what drop considerably as it seems he had his share of failures, they're just not what I've chosen to watch. There is only one I haven't seen that I'm definitley going to, The 39 Steps. What I want to know is what films to people consider to be poor Hitch, i.e. you have rated 6 or less on IMDb.

[–] movieghoul 11 years ago

Some of his UK films aren't very good, but since he worked for hire in his younger days, it's hard to hold this against him.

Of his US films, I would say The Paradine Case stands out as a truly bad film, and a strange one for Hitchcock, since it breaks his own rule that films should show, not tell, and TPC has reams of spoken exposition.

And if you ever have the opportunity, see Dial M for Murder in 3D as it was intended, it's quite a revelation.

[–] Patmratm 11 years ago

There are some of his early British films that I don't care for like The Ring, Number Seventeen, and Juno and the Paycock.

[–] tsrts 11 years ago

The one that I didn't like much was Juno and the Paycock

[–] heyuactor 11 years ago

Haven't seen many of his early British films but of the rest I recall not caring much for Family Plot.

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[–] lizcarlo87 11 years ago

I have not seen his British ones yet. Torn Curtain is not very good.

[–] franzkabuki 11 years ago

Recently I tried to rewatch Spellbound in order to perhaps improve my opinion of it, but the sheer abundance of pop-Freudian drivel, delivered with smug seriousness as if it were some deep, scholarly insight, prevented me from carrying on beyond some 20 minutes. Have no idea what kind of a mood one needs to be in in order to successfully look past that silliness.

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[–] archer1949 11 years ago

Yeah, Spellbound was dumb as hell. A talky, dreary plot with a clearly uncomfortable looking Gregory Peck looking like he just wanted it to end. Not even Ingrd Bergman could save this dog.

The thing that really did this movie in for me were the dream sequences, with their brick-to-the-skull "OMG! SYMBOLISM!!!!" that were more funny than anything else.

I am also not to crazy about the Man Who Knew To Much remake.

"Nope, Hipster nonsense. I'm out."

[–] brodieexb 11 years ago

Sabateur is a terrible movie