Welcome everyone. This blog mainly exists as a way of tracking all the movies I've been watching and some of the initial thoughts and general feelings I've had about them.
Rating System
5/5 - Fantastic movies; movies which need to be seen and enjoyed by everyone.
4/5 - Movies which are very good but don’t have that spark which compels you to make others watch them as well.
3/5 - Average movies; watchable and enjoyable, but nothing which elevates them higher. The baseline all movies are given before watching.
2/5 - Can be watched but really bland and forgettable.
1/5 - Minimal to no reason to watch these films. It may have some redeeming factors e.g. it’s so bad it’s good or there’s one character that’s awesome enough to make it not a total waste of time.
0/5- Total waste of time. Nothing redeemable about these films.
As with every review blog/site, this is all my own personal opinion so feel free to take everything with a grain of salt.
Also I'm Scottish so all reviews will be in UK English. Get used to theatre, colour and words ending in -ised.
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Top Films for April, 2011 (Excluding re-watched films)
Total watched this month: 39 (17 new)
The Invisible Man 4.5/5
Tangled 4.5/5
The Karate Kid (2010) 4/5
The Creature from the Black Lagoon 4/5
The Color of Money 3.5/5
Date Night 3/5
Hot Tub Time Machine 3/5
To Catch a Thief 3/5
The Mummy (1932) 3/5
Bride of Frankenstein 3/5
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#91 To Catch A Thief
After a number of people have their jewelry stolen on the French Rivera, the police immediately suspect famous WWII resistance fighter and cat burglar John Robie (Cary Grant). Having gone straight long ago, Robie has to attempt to catch this new thief and clear his name. In order to do so he befriends the wealthy woman (Jessie Royce Landis) and her attractive daughter (Grace Kelly) which he thinks will be the next robbed. Soon feelings for the daughter being to complicate matters however.
This film didn’t hold my attention as much as most of the other Hitchcock films I’ve seen did. The plot took a little while to build up and, as such, it came off as a little slow. Once it did get started however, the remainder of the film was thoroughly enjoyable.
I’ve come to the realisation that Hitchcock just knew how to direct women really well. A lot of other films at the time tended to push women into the background or only consider them as an after thought. In Hitchcock films however, they are nearly always as well developed and important as the men in the films.
Grace Kelly was really good in this and had an easily acceptable chemistry with Grant almost immediately. The best part of the film was definitely the interactions between the two lead actors. Grant was just Grant, nothing all that new but likeable all the same. Hey, If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
The intrigue over who the burglar actually was held your interest enough that when the final reveal/rooftop chase came you were significantly invested to find out who it was and why they were doing it. It wasn’t that hard to figure out who it was going to be but I’m blaming years of watching and reading crime thriller for this rather than a poor set up.
I’d say it was a fairly average Hitchcock flick, with a slow start, but even then it was still enjoyable enough to recommend others watch it and decide for themselves. 3/5
