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I think that's a little unfair. They like other Hitchcock works like Psycho and Rear Window. Clearly, Hitchcock isn't what they have a problem with, but Vertigo, specifically.

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Yeah let's keep it above the belt.  If a movie doesn't work for you it doesn't work.  There's not always a rulebook.  Trey is not a better or worse film watcher because he doesn't like Vertigo.  Most Scorcesse does not work for me.  I think Easy Rider is a mess.  None of us have a divining rod about what's good.  I think there is very little about film criticism that's objective.

Eddie Doty

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Differing opinion is good, but delivery is important.

If someone hates a widely-loved film to the point that the commentary is disrupted by the bashing of pots and pans, and chucking pieces of their train set, that's not entirely constructive. It got to the stage where you couldn't talk about what's considered to be a classic film over the raucous laughter about eyebrows.

I completely get not enjoying the film, but give me constructive criticism that challenges my point of view.

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I tend to agree. Especially given Trey didn't even make it through the movie when he tried to watch it on his own. A real pet peeve of mine is people pausing movies to go do other things, or texting/doing-other-things, while a movie is on. If you're gonna watch a movie, sit down and fucking watch it, and give it the full 2 hours.
I've had movies I hated completely turn it all around and win me over in the last 30 minutes.

Don't mean to single out Trey, but this whole trend I've noticed in the internet age where movies are just a thing you throw on in the background irritates the crap out of me, it's disrespectful to the movies and to the filmmakers.

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Apparently Hitchcock was really pissed that De Palma essentially remade Vertigo when he did Obsession (talk about on-the-nose titles).

I will second Hermann's amazing score in this, it's so gloriously operatic and theatrical, I love it.

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Only about half way through this one, but I wanted to go ahead and get my guesses in for Eddy's Comic Book Baby Name.  I'm going with Madelyne Pryor, Jubilee, or Squirell Girl.  smile

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Eddie Doty

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I think it tends to play different for modern audiences.  I saw it during the restoration re-release in '96, and a lot of the audience thought the second half of the movie played like a comedy.  Kids today don't get melodrama, I think.

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