All screenplays on the simplyscripts.com and simplyscripts.net domain are copyrighted to their respective authors. All rights reserved. This screenplaymay not be used or reproduced for any purpose including educational purposes without the expressed written permission of the author.
Well that's the whole point of him being a good detective, isn't it? He's got a sharper eye then most. Plus, he didn't think it was Madeleine. She just reminded him of her. I think it holds up fairly well actually. The guy was in a sanatorium for months. She must have been on his mind that entire time. He was obsessed with her. It makes complete sense to me.
Actually I think both the original story for Vertigo by Boileau-Narcejac D'entre les morts and their other story Celle qui n'était plus which was turned into the great film Les Diaboliques are probably the finest crime novels ever written.
To be honest I could do with another look, it's just how I felt at the time. One assumes that it must work as it is a great film. But if we consider it for a minute, and you point out he's been contained for a moment, then this surely makes it even less likely to be real. Also, if we are looking for clues, looking for the great detective working out the solution, this happens because.... he's walks out of a shop, that's it.
I will look forward to watching this again, but as the debate has been about those great ones you can't get, this is mine because the WHOLE premise is based upon a sick copper, walking out of a shop, spotting a look alike and then obsessing about her being the same girl....which by miracle she is. Takes some believing.
If I wrote that I don't think the title of genius would be heading my way.
But...I accept it is considered Great and I genuinely feel I have probably missed something, or maybe there is a lot of acceptance which other films are not granted.
Gosh, never thought I would get contentious on this site
The Elevator Most Belonging To Alice - Semi Final Bluecat, Runner Up Nashville Inner Journey - Page Awards Finalist - Bluecat semi final Grieving Spell - winner - London Film Awards. Third - Honolulu Ultimate Weapon - Fresh Voices - second place IMDb link... http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7062725/?ref_=tt_ov_wr
There are some movies that make me want to shit in my own eyes so I don't have to watch them again:
Donnie Darko Annie Hall -- sorry, I don't think Woody Allen is a god. Just a self absorbed piece of crap. Blade Runner -- Hasn't really held up that well, IMO
And the second half of Full Metal Jacket. I will never ever turn the first half off, but I feel like Kubrick suffered a brain fart once he killed off Pyle and Hartman.
Oh, and ANY movie by Terrence Malick. Boring, pretentious pieces of human excrement (had to come up with another description for shit).
Gary
Some of my scripts:
Bounty (TV Pilot) -- Top 1% of discoverable screenplays on Coverfly I'll Be Seeing You (short) - OWC winner The Gambler (short) - OWC winner Skip (short) - filmed Country Road 12 (short) - filmed The Family Man (short) - filmed The Journeyers (feature) - optioned
To be honest I could do with another look, it's just how I felt at the time. One assumes that it must work as it is a great film. But if we consider it for a minute, and you point out he's been contained for a moment, then this surely makes it even less likely to be real. Also, if we are looking for clues, looking for the great detective working out the solution, this happens because.... he's walks out of a shop, that's it.
I will look forward to watching this again, but as the debate has been about those great ones you can't get, this is mine because the WHOLE premise is based upon a sick copper, walking out of a shop, spotting a look alike and then obsessing about her being the same girl....which by miracle she is. Takes some believing.
If I wrote that I don't think the title of genius would be heading my way.
But...I accept it is considered Great and I genuinely feel I have probably missed something, or maybe there is a lot of acceptance which other films are not granted.
Gosh, never thought I would get contentious on this site
I don't think you are being contentious. But there are some things I think you missed about/got confused on when you watched the movie.
Also, I should mention, I didn't watch the film with any expectations because at the time that I watched it, it was just another Hitchcock film for me. So I, personally, don't assume its great just because "they" say so.
But back to Vertigo. You say, "But if we consider it for a minute, and you point out he's been contained for a moment, then this surely makes it even less likely to be real."
I don't understand. How does him being in the sanatorium make it less likely to be real?
"Also, if we are looking for clues, looking for the great detective working out the solution, this happens because.... he's walks out of a shop, that's it."
"spotting a look alike and then obsessing about her being the same girl....which by miracle she is. Takes some believing."
He's not the great detective looking for a solution. He knows she's dead but can't cope with the fact he lost her. It's true that he is somewhat lucky in seeing her. But not too much a stretch considering he is a detective, and part of his job is to remember faces, features, and spot them from far distances. He was always looking at things that reminded him of Madeleine, he frequented the same places she frequented. It's safe to say she was constantly at the forefront of his mind. So even a quick glance in a crowded subway would have riveted his attention towards Judy. I just take it to be something that's part of his character that works. In real life we run into people all the time. As a matter of fact, I just ran into some friends today. I don't think that's a miracle. Nor do I think it takes some believing. I think its a fact of life.
I don't think you are being contentious. But there are some things I think you missed about/got confused on when you watched the movie.
Also, I should mention, I didn't watch the film with any expectations because at the time that I watched it, it was just another Hitchcock film for me. So I, personally, don't assume its great just because "they" say so.
But back to Vertigo. You say, "But if we consider it for a minute, and you point out he's been contained for a moment, then this surely makes it even less likely to be real."
I'm really going to lookout for this now. See what I didn't see before. I don't understand. How does him being in the sanatorium make it less likely to be real?
"Also, if we are looking for clues, looking for the great detective working out the solution, this happens because.... he's walks out of a shop, that's it."
"spotting a look alike and then obsessing about her being the same girl....which by miracle she is. Takes some believing."
He's not the great detective looking for a solution. He knows she's dead but can't cope with the fact he lost her. It's true that he is somewhat lucky in seeing her. But not too much a stretch considering he is a detective, and part of his job is to remember faces, features, and spot them from far distances. He was always looking at things that reminded him of Madeleine, he frequented the same places she frequented. It's safe to say she was constantly at the forefront of his mind. So even a quick glance in a crowded subway would have riveted his attention towards Judy. I just take it to be something that's part of his character that works. In real life we run into people all the time. As a matter of fact, I just ran into some friends today. I don't think that's a miracle. Nor do I think it takes some believing. I think its a fact of life.
-J.S.
I'm going to look out for this now, see what I missed before.
The Elevator Most Belonging To Alice - Semi Final Bluecat, Runner Up Nashville Inner Journey - Page Awards Finalist - Bluecat semi final Grieving Spell - winner - London Film Awards. Third - Honolulu Ultimate Weapon - Fresh Voices - second place IMDb link... http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7062725/?ref_=tt_ov_wr
I think some were in the wrong mood and little would have impressed them.
R
It wasn't for lack of trying... trust me. When I don't like a film that is univerally considered really good... I'll come back to it again... just in case my "mood" is wrong. and at times it has worked... several movies that I hated when i first saw them... became big favorites of mine over repeated viewings.
The first time i saw Fight Club...i hated it so much it gave me a migraine...
but all I did was read and hear how fucking great it was....
ive come back to that film a few times over the last few years... to give it another chance.
the second half of Full Metal Jacket. I will never ever turn the first half off, but I feel like Kubrick suffered a brain fart once he killed off Pyle and Hartman.
Gary
Haha i feel the same way. It's like, what happened?
And the second half of Full Metal Jacket. I will never ever turn the first half off, but I feel like Kubrick suffered a brain fart once he killed off Pyle and Hartman.
I too agree with this. The first part of the film is so much fun. Then, it's like another movie starts that just doesn't have that much going for it.
And the second half of Full Metal Jacket. I will never ever turn the first half off, but I feel like Kubrick suffered a brain fart once he killed off Pyle and Hartman.
Great shout. I feel the exact same way about this, but it slipped my mind earlier.
Oh, and ANY movie by Terrence Malick. Boring, pretentious pieces of human excrement (had to come up with another description for shit).
Despite being a fan of his, I will be the first to admit that I do not like all his work. What films have you seen of his, if you don't mind me asking?
Oh, hell. Star Wars (the first two and half) were CLASSIC. You're a fuddy-duddy, Phil.
Me, I have to admit to being underwhelmed by both the Godfather series and Chinatown. In both cases, I see where they would have been a lot fresher and had more impact if I'd seen them when they first came out (which I didn't.) But looking back? Eh.... Sorry - I know that's a major offense in some people's eyes...
STAR WARS. I could never get through it. I wanted to like it. Everyone said I would like it. I hated it!
THE HANGOVER. One of the worst comedies EVER!!!
CONTACT. Horrible movie.
Shawn.....><
Oh Shawn. Eh tu?
*Love* the original Star Wars trilogy, and the first Hangover is one of the last films in memory to make me actually laugh out loud (I'm going to pretend the sequels didn't happen.) How could one not be seduced over to that movie after the Tiger Song?
And Contact? When it came out, I did enjoy the fact that the damned thing was an attempt at real hard-core SF - the ending aside. I kinda of doubt it would hold up if I watched it again, however...
I'd have to say A Christmas Story. I know to some people it's up there with Its A Wonderful Life, but I don't see that at all. I guess cuz I never saw it when I was a kid, but as an adult, it didnt have the charm that it could have. Leg lamp? Gimme a break.
I'm going to agree with Janet in that Chinatown ain't all it's cracked up to be.
I've seen it numerous times and most recently last year, but everytime, it's the same thing - dull, overblown, weak story, nothing worth all the hoopla, IMO.
Agreed. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills when I hear people praise Woody Allen. I don't get it. I'm convinced he's the J. Edgar Hoover of Hollywood. He has dirt on everyone and blackmails them into praising his films. That's why he never goes to awards shows for fear of having an "accident." He must have evidence of Diane Keaton clubbing a black, Jewish, retarded, baby seal to death with a burning American flag while dressed as baby Jesus in a Hitler Youth outfit.
And Terrence Malick? Excuse me while I throw up in my mouth a little. Though his films are visually stunning, they have been known to be used at CIA black sites to extract information from the most hardened terrorists. Several terrorists have eaten their own ears off to escape the drone of his monotone monologue.
I cried tears of joy when 'The Thin Red Line' ended. The whole theater applauded when the credits rolled because we knew we were finally free. I can't say it was exactly like what Mandela felt when he was released from prison, but it must have been similar.
I’ve given this some thought and my overall pick for "great" movies I hate is...
TWISTER!
Come on, flying cows? There were SO many moments in this movie where I cringed at the dialogue and un-believability of the story.
Bill: Jonas Miller. He's a nightcrawler. We all started out working in the same lab, but Jonas went out and got some corporate sponsors. He's in it for the money not the science. He has a lot of high tech gadgets, but he doesn't have any instinct, and he doesn't have Dorothy.
---------- Beltzer: Maybe we'll see some F-4's. Haynes: That would be sweet! Bill: 4 is good. 4 will relocate your house very efficiently. Melissa: Is there an F-5? [silence falls over the group] What would that be like? Preacher: ...The Finger of God.
----------
Dusty: He's gonna rue the day he came up against The Extreme, baby. Bill, I'm talkin' imminent rueage.
----------
Bill: Here! These pipes go down at least thirty feet, if we anchor to them we might have a chance!
And the list goes on. In fact, the story is so silly, I find myself constantly taken out of it by its sheer silliness. Almost like a pisser!
You could almost hear a line like—
We just spotted the tornado in the next county over. It’s held up a convenience store and has taken hostages.
Anyway, my vote goes to the movie that should have thought to put sharks in the twisters instead of cows.
Pages: 
Author
The "Great" movies you DON'T like.
Logged
Locked Board