tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post3690243566454888928..comments2024-03-28T08:13:30.774-05:00Comments on Rambling Film: 2020 Blind Spot Series: Dial M for MurderBrittani Burnhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-23914813265811477062020-12-15T13:37:50.699-06:002020-12-15T13:37:50.699-06:00You can always try next year! You can always try next year! Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-63751530740849429692020-12-14T10:47:18.963-06:002020-12-14T10:47:18.963-06:00Glad you liked it. I'm a big fan of it but it&...Glad you liked it. I'm a big fan of it but it's been years since I last saw it. Great job getting in all of your Blind Spot movies. I didn't do one this year mainly because I was so embarrassed by how poorly I did the year before! LOL keith71_98https://www.blogger.com/profile/07815219499754051198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-21329914541463204792020-12-13T23:11:59.371-06:002020-12-13T23:11:59.371-06:00I like it better than Vertigo for sure. I need to ...I like it better than Vertigo for sure. I need to see more of his films before I do any type of ranking.Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-81218388770801616052020-12-13T23:11:31.193-06:002020-12-13T23:11:31.193-06:00I've already got my post typed up and schedule...I've already got my post typed up and scheduled! I ended up already getting a start on my Blind Spot list just because of what was already available. Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-73948032741451673462020-12-12T22:47:38.138-06:002020-12-12T22:47:38.138-06:00This was Grace Kelly's first film with Hitchco...This was Grace Kelly's first film with Hitchcock and I think it's the weakest of the three they made together. Rear Window is the best, and for me the best Hitchcock movie but To Catch a Thief has its charms. <br /><br />This has some good parts as well, the attempted murder scene is tense and compelling, but it's terribly stagy. <br /><br />As you said the performances outside of Grace are by and large rather flat except for John Williams as the police inspector. Ray Milland is usually an interesting actor but he seems a bit off here. But the biggest deficit is Robert Cummings, an okay comic actor but far too bland to be convincing as someone you'd risk your marriage for. He'd worked for Hitch before in Saboteur (though Rear Window is the Hitchcock film I think is the best made, Saboteur is my favorite of his films) and did very well there but the role fit his everyman persona but he's wrong here. A younger more magnetic actor along the lines of Richard Burton, Steve Cochran or Paul Newman would have made both the role and the film pop more and offered a greater contrast between the male characters. <br /><br />I don't hate the picture by any means but it's one I never revisit. <br /><br />With the year closing out (and considering what 2020 has been none too soon!) I'm anxious to see what films you've lined up for your Blind Spots next year! joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-90870018611777315232020-12-12T18:14:40.476-06:002020-12-12T18:14:40.476-06:00I do like this film as I think it's one of Hit...I do like this film as I think it's one of Hitchcock's quintessential films. thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-46945386466665416872020-12-12T11:39:28.635-06:002020-12-12T11:39:28.635-06:00Yikes these classic actors and their scandals. lol...Yikes these classic actors and their scandals. lol<br />This was a good one. I'm glad I enjoyed it too. Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-63890529550603395562020-12-12T09:12:18.007-06:002020-12-12T09:12:18.007-06:00I love this film even though it is not one of my f...I love this film even though it is not one of my favourites of Hitchcock. Hitchcock loved to try new things so this film was made in 3D which was the rage back then. Grace had a habit of falling for her co-stars and this was a major one when she had an affair with Ray Milland which almost caused the actor’s marriage to break as Grace was named in the divorce papers, a bit of back stage antics to this film. Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.com