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We need Hitchcock back!

  • 17-06-2007 2:27pm
    #1
    BlitzKrieg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,698 ✭✭✭✭


    Has anyone else notice it this year?


    That there is absolutly no tension in any of the big films.

    Its something thats been sneaking up on me for some time that each year you would get one or two *big* films and then find that despite a good plot, excellent sfx or other qualities, the film falls flat on its face because it has no tension, especially towards the end.


    But this year, thinking back at the last 5 big budget spectacles I have seen, that every one of them lacked tension, that they went out with a whimper rather then a bang and by the closing minutes I feel I am going through the motions.


    So does anyone else not feel any excitement from these films or is it just me?

    I get more excited by some of the trailers before the film now then the film itself. (I will kill Micheal Bay if Transformers has the same effect.)


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  • #2
    Wacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,057 ✭✭✭Wacker


    Yeah, I agree with the above. Not a whole lot of tension these days. I remember that in particular when watching Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest (yes, the second one!), and during a protracted sword fight, I found it very boring as there was no possibility of a character actually getting skewered. A bit of mortality in characters brings the tension.

    Speaking of Hitchcock, I bought Topaz, Marnie and the Man Who Knew Too Much the other day, but I haven't gotten around to watching any of them yet. I have an objective of getting all his post-WWII movies; I'm only five away, I think.

    Great director.


  • #3
    Average-Ro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,161 ✭✭✭Average-Ro


    I saw Psycho and Saw III (both for the first time) within three days of each other. Absolutely NO comparison. Psycho had me on the edge of my seat and extremely paranoid, but then watching Saw III in the cinema, I found myself having predicted the ending, and spent the rest of the movie imagining what it would be like had Hitchcock directed it.

    I totaly agree, we need another director like Hitchcock. Not only would he bring back some much needed tension, but he might also cause some of our more talented directors to raise their game.


  • #4
    Wacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,057 ✭✭✭Wacker


    I don't tend to watch horror (at least not in the cinema; it scares me too much. I'm weak, I know), and when I watched Psycho, I finally saw the appeal of horror. I was absolutely terrified, but it was enjoyable terror. I remember thinking that if it was just a little scarier, I wouldn't be able to handle it, and I was watching it at home on DVD.
    Imagine how a 1960 cinema audience would have reacted! I've heard stories of people running screaming from theatres. I know that is exactly what I would have done!


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