Roger Thornhill: "Now you listen to me, I'm an advertising man, not a red herring. I've got a job, a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives and several bartenders that depend upon me, and I don't intend to disappoint them all by getting myself "slightly" killed."
Hitchcock movies always start a little slow for me (with the exception of Psycho). Even when things are happening, they're dragging a little, and then I'm asleep. They gradually build up to excitement/horror/action; unfortunately, by then I'm already asleep. I wake up and bullets are flying, and I have no idea what the hell is happening.
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| Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint. |
For this reason, it took me several tries to get into North by Northwest. I kept starting it over, and somewhere around the time he gets on the train I'd be out, and this with a kidnapping, a case of mistaken identity, a shooting, and a car chase going on.
Maybe it's the background music? Strangely soothing in an ominous way?
I have no idea, but regardless I did like the movie when I finally got through it. About halfway in it really picks up. There are twists and turns, and of course there's the climactic ending on Mount Rushmore.
I'm a big Cary Grant fan, so if he's in a movie, I typically will like it (his charm and his tongue-in-cheek sense of humor are irresistible), and, in spite of the whole falling asleep thing, I do like Hitchcock movies as well.
I'd recommend checking it out, as long as you are not sleepy and have access to lots of caffeine. Don't fall asleep, you will miss important stuff and have to rewind it. The ending is worth it!
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