The Fox and the Hound (1981)

I remember watching this when I was a wee lad...

But for the life of me, i cannot remember the ending (did not finish the movie??)

Additional, I don't remember like the movie much

Disney Animation went into a slump after the passing of Walt Disney

If memory serves, One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) and The Jungle Book (1967) were one of the last few movies he had a personal involvement...

After his passing, the animation created by the company went into slow decline...

They are NOT bad (Rescuers comes to mind), but they just aren't fantastic (worst example would be Sword in the Stone and The Black Cauldron).

Now watching this movie after so many years, I have to say, I appreciate it a lot more!

Very simple story and quite well told

Some people might say that it is overly sentimental and I'm cold blooded, so I appreciate the warmth!!

Have a safe weekend everyone.

My Two Sen

Conan the Destroyer (1984)

Ah the good old 80s a mini fantasy movie golden age.

Conan the Barbarian, The Sword and Sorcery, Lady Hawk, Legends, Princess bride and many more.

One of the fantasy movie in the list, is Conan the Destroyer (1984)

After Conan the Barbarian, I was actually disappointed by this!!

Having a chance to watch this now, it isn't as bad as I remember...

Sets were impressive.

Characters were amusing.

After the more gripping Conan the Barbarian, I originally felt that Conan the Destroyer (1984) a little kiddie... and it was the intention of the producer for it to be so...

I can see why I dislike the movie initially, Princess Jehnna is a VERY irritating character, and I stand by my word.

I suppose, having "aged" I can now see pass the irritatingness!!

A nice like movie for a lazy Sunday afternoon, heck maybe even a lazy Saturday afternoon for that matter!!

My Two Sen

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

It has been a long time since I last watched Star Wars (now know as Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope)

I had watched it in 1978, in the cinema (mono)

I watched it again in the cinema when it was remastered and re release, (1997) and subsequently got it on Dvd. (Just before Star Wars ! Phantom Menace [what a name])

Now it is re re release on Bluray

As a remaster work to HD, how does it stands. In a word, good. There are imperfections, and I feel, these imperfects only adds to the movie. You youngun have to understand that this was made 33 years ago!!

I have watched it twice yesterday, once on the new spanking DTSHD MA, and Star Wars never sounded better! The second time with George Lucas and Carrie Fisher's commentary and it is interesting hearing the director and lead actress's comments on the movie.

Will have to watch it one more time with commentary from Harrison Ford and Mark Hamil and other technical people.

It is interesting to learn that the Obi Wan Kenobi's character wasn't suppose to die at the end, and because of rewrites (and the fact the George Lucas cannot figure out what to do with him in the V ad VI exept to stand around!!), his character was killed off much to the disappointment to Sir Alec Guinness. George Lucas manage to calm him down by reassuring him that his role would reoccur in V and VI (abate spiritually!! )!!

Also interesting to learn that Harrison Ford had a 13 year old som when he made Star Wars IV Mark Hamil was 20+ (playing 19) and Carrie Fisher was actually 19>

On set, there was actually competition between Mark Hamil and Harrison Ford (Alpha Male syndrome??)

Would I recommend this??

Undoubtedly, YES!!

Am now watching Empire for the second time. Will post as soon as I finished.

My Two Sen

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

This is a "strange" movie.

Firstly, it is the 1 of 2 Star Wars movie not directed by George Lucas (Irvin Kershner directed this, the other movie being Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi)

And it is a movie without a beginning and an end!!?

Visually, as a remaster work it is stunning. Much MUCH better then Star Wars IV: A New Hope.

Could be due to the fact that George Lucas had gotten DOUBLE the budget for this compared to Star Wars IV: A New Hope (back then USD 26 Mil!?)

Apparently, when it first came out, it was not well accepted, but personally, I thought it exceeded Star Wars IV: A New Hope in every way!!

Three points of interest about this movie

1) Most of the action sequence happened at the beginning of the movie

2) The irony of the fastest ship in the galaxy (Millennium Falcon) spent most of the movie being NOT the fastest ship in the galaxy

3) When they shot the end of the movie, Dark Vader character weren't given the actually dialogue and the director actually gave him direction on how his body language/movements should be. This was done so that the now classic reveal would not leak out before the movie premiered. It worked.



I still think the Star Wars IV, V and VI run rings around the prequels.

But then again, that is My Two Sen!!

Strangers on a Train (1951)

Well, color me yellow and call me ignorant. I never knew the Low Yat movie thread had an Alfred Hitchcock forum, let alone two!!

I was thinking about starting one and was most surprise to find two.

Since I'm more familiar with Makakeke, I thought I'll post my stuff here. I've not visited the Low Yat forum for quite some time and is not even sure if he still visits...

Okay

Alfred Hitchcock work, is ingrain in many people minds. Yes even kiddies. They reason is, his works is so influential, a lot of current directors emulate him!!

Alfred Hitchcock was probably the first to come out with a formula for "Suspense" and "Thriller" in movies and people who are familiar with his work will also say in their minds anyway, Hitchcock had done this and Hitchcock had done that whilst watching a current movie!! (I do anyway)

Many modern director had tried (and some had failed miserably, never muck with the master, unless you know what you are doing!!)

Namely

Rope (1948) (supposedly based on true event) was remade as Murder by Numbers (2002) (a bad remake)
Dial M for Murder (1954) was remade as A Perfect Murder (1998) (I kinda like this remake)
Psycho (1960) was remade as Psycho (1998) (Pure and utter disaster!!)

I'm sure there are more, but for the life of me, at 1:16 am in the morning, the old noodle is stretched thin...

What had me tickled pink is they are now releasing most of Hitchcock's movies on Hi Def, which is good. Not all of Hitchcock's movie had been available DVD. And I don't think all his works will be made available on Hi Def... I doubt alot of his early works in England would ever be release on Hi Def....

The first time I watch this, I watched on on DVD.

Now having the opportunity to watch it in High Def, a lot more detail had popped up.

Mainly the texture of the characters' clothing and detail of objects.

There are some really soft scenes and that is mainly due to the shots with rear projection (an old fashion special effect technique)

The plot of the movie is thus

Guy Haines, and up and coming Tennis Superstar is entangled with his wife.

She has been making demands for him and had promised to give him a divorce.

Meanwhile, he is dating a senator's daughter and has been frank with her about his soon to be divorced wife.

He travels by train to his hometown to finalize his divorce.

On the train he meets up with Bruno Antony, who recognizes Guy Haines as the tennis player...

He also know a lot about his personal life and came up with the idea of switching murders...

As they say, the plot thickens...

I understand that this wasn't a big hit for Hitchcock, and he later commented that maybe his choice of the unknown lead actors namely Farley Granger and Ruth Roman maybe a poor one.

I actually appreciate both of them and thought that they did their respective roles well.

So kiddies, if you want to know the original master of suspense, give this a try.

I'll try to post all my observation about the Alfred Hitchcock movies as I revisit them on Hi Def

My Two Sen

The Lady Vanishes (1938)

This was release on Bluray on the Dec 06, 2011.

I must have watched it again some time soon after that.

I had intended to post my observations soon after but work/time schedule/procrastination set in...

As a bluray piece, most people familiar with the format would be disappointed.

Supposedly, Criterion had put alot of effort into transferring this from 35mm prints to the digital format.

It is suppose to be way superior compared to the DVD release.

Looking at the source material they had to work with I would go as far as to say, it is only decent.

Please bare in mind this movie came out in 1938...

The story is thus

A rich American playgirl, Iris Henderson, on a holiday in Europe, meets up with a semi retired governess Miss Froy. They were leaving the small village they were in on the same train in the morning. That evening Iris, was rudely awaken by Gilbert (he likes playing music loudly at night) and through this situation they meet. Iris is really cheese off by Gilbert.

In the morning, Iris and Miss Froy boarded the train. But before they could, a flower pot fell off a ledge at the train station and landed on Iris head!! Miss Froy brought her into the train and gave her some of her tea. Iris decided to take a nap because she has a headache and the last thing she saw was Miss Froy smiling face. She slept for a while and when she awoke, Miss Froy is no where to be seen and no one recollect seeing her... In her search, she bumps into Gilbert...

This is a very VERY old movie, and some part may seem... meh, but Hitchcock has the ability to draw you back in and takes you on a train ride!!

Give this a try why don't you...

My Two Sen

Rebecca (1940)

I cannot talk about Rebecca without mentioning David O. Selznick.

He produced Gone with the Wind. And because of the buzzed generated while producing Gone with the Wind, he used that as leverage to invited Alfred Hitchcock to America to direct movies.

Also interesting to note that Alfred Hitchcock had earlier visited America and was not able to get any studios interested in taking him on as a director, though at that time he had already made a couple of internationally critically acclaim movies, namely Jamaica Inn, The Lady Vanishes etc.

David O. Selznick and Alfred Hitchcock were NOT compatible. They both had VERY different working styles and I believe Hitchcock had gone as far as describing Selznick as being meddlesome.

There are stories of Selznick visiting Rebecca's set and demanding all kinds of changes, Hitchcock would shoot the scenes according to how Selznick "suggested" and as soon as Selznick leaves, Hitchcock would reshoot the scene as he had originally planned...

Having Laurence Olivier (already a well known actor) and Joan Fontaine (an ingenue at this point) wasn't easy.

Laurence felt that Joan was not in his caliber and when they were not shooting a scene, he had totally ignored her. There is a story where the entire crew threw Joan Fontaine a surprise birthday party and after the candles were blown and the cake was cut, Olivia took his piece and walked back to his own changing room, ignore the party...

I like this movie. Probably one of the first Alfred Hitchcock movie I had the chance to watch in it entirety.

The reason I believe why Selznick was attracted to his material is probably because it is Wuthering Height-ish.

Also, I understand the first project Selznick originally wanted Hitchcock to work on, is a movie about The Titanic, but scrap the plan when he couldn't get a boat to sink!!!!

The story is thus

A young Au Pair meets a rich widower Maxim de Winter in Monte Carlo. They fall in love and got married. They then return to Maxim home. The new Mrs De Winter finds that adapting to her new life is a lot more complicated then she thought it would be. The original Mrs De Winter still cast a large shadow...

If possible kiddies, watch this if you get the chance.

Sorry for rambling on. As stated this was the very first Alfred Hitchcock movie that introduces his movies to me (I did see some Alfred Hitchcock Present before this) and I had dig as much "dirt" as I can about it...

I have done a review of Rebecca some time back, when this thread was known as Last Movie Watched

Here is my original review Rebecca Review

My Two Sen

The Birds (1963)

This is probably one of Alfred Hitchcock's best known work.

It is also probably one of Hitchcock's movie I like the least.

This is Hitchcock's most special effects laden or in another words, most technically demanding movie by Hitchcock and there lies the problem.

What Hitchcock wanted to present in the movie in 1963, was alot more complex then the technology which was available then, would allow.

Alot of the scenes would require either rear projection technique, or optical projection technique.

Because alot of green screen and many layering was required, but the time the nth layer was added, some layers just got too blurred... hence not able to sell the scene. At least for me.

Also alot of the action scene were done with blue/green screen, and because of the speed required, the blue/green edge is really visible, again, making the scenes a hard sell to me...

There is a silver lining.

There is a scene in the movie, when the proverbial "shit has hit the fan", the people in the village start to look for a scape goat. And the lead actress (Tippi Hedren) character, Melanie Daniels, got the blame. Hitchcock made a very sharp observation by saying that no matter how civilized/evolved we think we are, when something happens, we would still resort to our more based instinct.

I have mention in my previous posting, that Hitchcock's work, is often copied/emulated, I really cannot say for a FACT that this is what happened, it is my humble opinion that Stephen King and director Frank Darabont, was inspired and explored this more thoroughly in the book/movie The Mist (2007)!

The story is thus

Melanie Daniels a modern rich socialite, in San Francisco, is attracted to lawyer Mitch Brenner. So much so that she tracks him down (he often goes back to his home town Bodega Bay during the weekends). Once she had done so, the birds in Bodega Bay starts to act up!!

Give this a try why don't you. At least you see some old school special effects (and before you snicker about the aged special effect, please note that George Lucas practically used the same technique. The difference is, he is filth rich enough to go back to all his original master film rescan everything to digital format and recompile everything again, giving you the sharp edges and seamless merging between the different film elements)

There is one more thing that troubles me about this movie



My Two Sen

Saboteur (1942)

Good job Universal.

This is a good transfer to HD!

I love this transfer

This is alot better then the DVD transfer.

Please note that this was release two year after Rebecca (1940) and nine years BEFORE The Strangers On the Train (1951).

I really like this transfer. It is very consistent and unlike The Strangers On The Train the effects shots were minimum and weren't as obvious as Strangers...

This movie was made at the height of WWII, and it is interesting that "doing the right thing, liberty and good how good an average Americans are" are so "American".

I really feel that the cast, director and producer really believe in this (I'm sure there were some pressure put on movie company to make the "right" kind of movies during the war)

It is also interesting that the villains are all the the "rich and opulent" (old world) and that the average Joe (American) can "save" the day.

Priscilla Lane and Robert Cummings makes interesting leads and also have to add the actor who play Priscilla Lane uncle, have the best lines about governments, and it is STILL applicable at this day and age...

The story start with Robert Cummings being accuse of being a Saboteur (the air plane factory he works at had a bad fire, stopping it from producing air plane for the war effort). He goes on a run.

It has a very clunky story line, where the plot lines don't actually match up.

And the ending... well, let not go into that.

I know I sound down right negative about this movie, but despite what I say above, it actually works!!

If you like old movie and you like thrillers, give this a try why don't ya!!

My two Sen

The Trouble with Harry (1955)

This by far is Alfred Hitchcock's most beautiful movie!

The transfer is sharp and the colour palate, BEAUTIFUL.

I don't think he uses color like this before and never did again after.

The late spring early autumn colours were just brilliant!!

This is also Alfred Hitchcock's more "comedic" and "quirky" work.

Dark comedy I believe they call them now

A VERY young and pretty Shirley MacLaine is in this one and I never knew how "off beat" she can be and she is REALLY off beat here...

The story is thus

Capt. Albert Wiles discovers a body whilst he was hunting.

He thinks he had killed the man with a stray bullet.

As he attempted to bury the body, almost everyone started traping through the area.

One was so engross in what he was doing he do not notice the body.

Another was more interested in what he can "procure" from the body (he took the corpse's shoes)

A young lady and a small boy notice the body during their walk. The young lady obviously recognized the body but didn't want to do anything about it...

When the coast was clear, the captain again proceed to attempt the burial but was discovered by another lady from the villages...

And there are a whole lost more details to be reveal about the movie!!!!

Oh the dead person, if you had not guessed by now, is Harry!

Watch this. I cannot recommend this movie enough.

My Two Sen

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

This is a weird movie.

It has ALL the makings of a Disney Classic from the 60s (Mary Poppins etc) and yet it is made by MGM.

Even weirder, it is produced and written by the people who are responsible for JAMES BOND!!

Albert R. Broccoli wanted to be like Disney and own production company, theme parks etc.

Picture and Sound quality is pretty good (for it's age, not the best, but a strong, decent!)

This is a musical.

This is a guilty indulgence for me, because it brings back a lot of childhood memories..

Not everybody's cup of tea, and have to add, if you want something different for a Sunday afternoon, you cannot go wrong with THIS!!

My Two Sen

Hudson Hawk (1991)

Okay, I'm gonna say something that will probably make alot of people scream (feel free not to)

I LOVE Hudson Hawk....

This movie bombed at the box office, and I ABSOLUTELY love it!!

Comedy, action, clever story!! It's got it all!!

It is now release on Bluray, picture's not the best, decent not great.

Sounds decent too.

I LOVE HUDSON HAWK!!



My Two Sen

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

Masterful.

Absolutely, POSITIVELY masterful.

It is a 2:13 hour movie, and every single minute is mesmerising!!

Joan Crawford and Bette David supposedly cannot stand each other in real life and oh my goodness that animosity towards each other translated on screen. And it fits their role, to a T...

It is SUPERB!!!

Two thumbs UP.

If you like good CLASSICS and suspense, I cannot recommend this enough.

My Two Sen

The Young Master 師弟出馬 (1980)

I LUV Jackie Chan stuff from the late 70s and early 80s...

There is something "eternal" about them

Case in point, The Young Master.

Having watched it for the first time many MANY years ago, I never notice how many Shaw Brother's regulars who are in this!! I believe in the 1980s, Shaw Brothers was "streamlining" their productions, and I suppose, actors have to eat.

I also notice that Jackie directed this, at the ripe old age of 26!!

As per his signature, comedy with Lion Dance, fighting scenes

The martial choreograph was good, maybe a little jade compare to today's standards, but seeing how they did everything practical back then (eg. not CGI) , I appreciate it.

The story is routine, and the highlights would be the fighting scenes

Like a blast from the past??, look no further.

My Two Sen

Flipper (1996)

Not sure if any of you remember this. I'm not sure if this was ever released on DVD (I first watched it on Laser Disc). It is now available on Bluray.

First thing first, seriously, Elijah Wood looks EXACTLY here (1996) compared to when he was in, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), Sin City (2005), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), many many years later...

I not sure if I'm suppose to admire that or to be freaked out!!!

Paul Hogan does his usual sleep walk through the movie.

I'm still impress how they got all those shots from the dolphins(s).

Not a bad family affair

If you like the more recent movie, A Dolphin's Tale, you'll like this one as well.

My Two Sen

Highlander (1986)

This is a cult classic.

And you know what is weird, it actually was alot better in my mind then it actually is!!

It does not have the nicest transfer, but it does have it's moment.

The concept, the music, Christopher Lambert and most importantly Sean Connery.

Apart from an interesting story line the effects are actually cheesy.

Some scenes on HD, I can see the wire works!! I kid you not!!

Again, a decent blast from the past.

My Two Sen.

Willow (1988)

In the 80s, George Lucas was at his peak.

The original Star Wars trilogy made him a ton of money.

The said movies' toys and merchandising (T-Shirt, Coffee Mug etc) is still making him tons of money.

Indiana Jones the first of another franchises was making him tons of money.

Industrial Lights and Magic, a company he founded, specialising in movie Special Effect, because of Star Wars and Indiana Jones, became the industry standard (was making him tons of money)

He started Pixar and then sold it to Steve Jobs... making him tons of money, so as stated he was at his PEAK.

One thing did allude him, the movie rights to The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings!!

So much so that he said to himself, what the hey, I'm RICH and powerful, I'll write my own version of The Hobbit and the resulting product is Willow...

I do remember going to the cinema to see this and at the end I went... Meh!!

They wanted the Han Solo-ish main character (loveable Rouge) and selected Val Kilmer to be Madmartigan. Nobody and I say NOBODY can out Han Solo, Mr Harrison Ford...

In The Hobbit and Lord of the Ring, a bunch of guys basically said, Let's Go on a Road Trip, and did, Willow the main character (who interestingly resembles a Hobbit) in forced into a road trip whilst he is constantly always wanting to return to him family at his village.

There are too many elements from The Hobbit and The Lord Of the Rings, which inspires George Lucas while he was writing the script. As good a writer as George is/was, Tolkien he is not.

The RICHNESS which is in Tolkien's writing, is simply non existent in Willow...

More emphasis was place in, can we have a monster here, or, can we do Trolls and we make them walk on a ceiling (eg special effects stuff) rather then giving us rich story or fantasy...

Having said that, this is probably one of the first movie that used the computer's "Morph" effect (way WAY before Michael Jackson's Black and White).

Video and Sound transfer are good, but because of the age of the movie, there are two special effects scenes that seems a little cheesy compared to today's standards...

I also appreciate the fact that this movie introduces Warwick Davis to the world.

The 80s were a mini Golden Age for Fantasy movie. Ranging from expensive Big Budget movies like Willow, Legend and Dragon Slayer, to the more modestly budgeted Beast Master (I still like this), Sword and Sorcery etc (not a complete list, give an old guy a break. Writing all this stuff from memory)

I think with big budget movies like Legend (1985) and Willows (1988) which didn't lose money but made lower then expected returns and cause a drought for fantasy movie!! Movie executive basically went, but fantasy don't sell and would point to those two movies as example...

I'm ranting...

This is a passable movie for a lazy Sunday afternoon...

My Two Sen

Short Circuit (1986)



Ah... the 80s... is there a stranger point in time...

America was in it's hey days.

Reagan just sold the country (CBS was sold to Sony etc) to Japan and the country was flush with money

Walkman and VHS were the IN thing, and people actually talk to each other, FACE To FACE....

Good times....

The movie industry went through another transition....

In the 50s... MGM (MGM was so big that Warner, Fox, Disney, Paramount, put together, weren't even near the size of MGM!!) was brought down by TV and it was feared that VHS was bring down Warner, Fox, Disney, Paramount!!

Blockbuster sprang out of nowhere (a chain of video rental shops) and made a TON of money. This also taught the movie studios that this new format can actually bring them in further revenue!! This was a happy marriage!!?!

It is also in this period where people was talking about blockbusters!

Jaws, Raiders and Star Wars were big hits in the 70s and were release on video.

This new stream of revenue also encourage sequels to be made Jaws 2, Raiders 2 etc

And what am I going on about!!?!

Short Circuit was made during this time, a modern retelling of Frankenstein, with a happier ending. To understand the existence of this movie, you have to understand the 80s!!

The Asian invasion had already begun in America (Ben Jabituya??).

I have watched this on SO MANY Format

VHS, Laserdisc, DVD and now in HD!!

It doesn't have the nicest picture and sound transfer

This movie is ALL ABOUT NOSTALGIA!!!!

I really don't know if young'un would like this movie or just find it tacky!!!

Here is a horror story young'un.... to get general knowledge during the 80s.... you have read to something called.... THE ENCYCLOPEDIA!!!! Things made out of paper, usually is several volumes... You might still see samples of it in Libraries (if you are lucky) Here is the horror part... there was NO internet in the 80s (well, not much access and information anyway)!!!!!!????! No, internet cafes, not handphones, no iPad. NOTHING OF VALUE TO YOUSE!! And yet, we survived!!?! I hope you are able to sleep tonite...

Me, this is a guilty pleasure of mine!!

To each their own!!

My Two Sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Dec 12 2017, 10:49 PM

Turner & Hooch (1989)

Tom Hanks is probably one of the most prolific actor of our time.

He had done many entertaining and big movies.

Having said that he also several... how can I word this, superfluous comedies in the 1980s...

One of them is this and the other that comes to mind is Splash...

I'm sure if I have the time, I can think of more, but onwards with the review.

This movie is NOT reference material, when it comes to HD.

I do have to confess, that I'm a dog person and as superfluous as this movie is, I like it.

It is silly, it is predictable and most importantly, it has a happily every after ending.

It's the 80s kiddies, just go with it and you'll enjoy this!

Oh, 80s was also a time where there was alot of ideas pinching because in the same year, James Belushi was in another movie called K-9!!

Okay, movie just finished, I was wrong, the movie do not have a happily every after ending... but it is okay...

Watch it and you'll know what I mean.

My Two Sen

Psycho (1960) (50th Anniversary)

For some odd reason, I keep watching this???!

I have watched this on TV, DVD and a couple of times on HD and now Bluray format.

The 50th Anniversary bluray is JAM PACKED with all kinds of wonderful special features!!

They'd interviewed Janet Leigh (Shower scene anyone?). They interviewed Joseph Stefano (screenwriter). They also interviewed Patricia Hitchcock who is Hitchcock's daughter, who has a small role in the movie.

Lots and LOTS of P.O.V. from them and interesting too.

For example, Hitchcock actually hired a nude model (people who poses naked for art classes) to stand in the shower so they can figure out how dense the water from the shower needs to be so Janet Leigh's naughty bits will not show up in the movie!! Also how some of the special effects were done practically (films as it happens). For example, Martin Balsam (Det. Milton Arbogast) fell down the staircase (without actually falling down the staircase) etc.

Having watched the movie Hitchcock (2012), about a month and a half to two months back, surprisingly, only heighten this viewing for me!!

I still feel that the opening credit is a little "soft" (video quality wise) but once the movie opens, everything is crystal clear. Beautiful, BEAUTIFUL black and white movie. One tidbit I learned from the special feature was, Hitchcock consciously made this movie in Black and White. There are two reason to this.

1) He had to finance this movie personally, because he contractually still owe Paramount Pictures one more picture before moving over to Universal and Paramount had out right refuse to budget the movie because of the subject matter. Filming it in Black and White would reduce the cost of production.

2) He did not believe the movie could pass the censorship board if it was filmed in color!!

(I told you, major tidbits)

I was having a conversation with an English gentleman a couple of weeks back. He is a self profess movie lover. And the conversation steer to Alfred Hitchcock where he expresses, 'Psycho?... I have watched it and it was meh...' I had to explain to this self professed movie lover how movies were like before Hitchcock and how he change the game and movie had never been the same... Forgive him, he is young (only 35 yo)

I really wonder, is there really an Alfred Hitchcock fan out there that has never seen this movie??

If there is, here is my challenge to you. Watch Hitchcock (2012) and then Psycho (1960) and then tell me honestly that Psycho had not influence cinema for the past 53 years. Think about that.

Again, as always, the above is merely my opinions. Everyone is entitled to their own.

My Two Sen