Comments on: Vertigo v Rear Window http://rossvross.com/2009/08/19/vertigo-v-rear-window/ THE MOVIE BATTLEGROUND Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:28:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sandy http://rossvross.com/2009/08/19/vertigo-v-rear-window/#comment-1487 Sandy Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:09:51 +0000 http://rossvross.com/?p=2884#comment-1487 Sorry, Rear Window wins this time. While I will admit Vertigo was a great film, I was personally annoyed with Novak's performance (she just wasn't right for the role! *ugh*) as well as the oppression of her character. Rear Window simply put, is more interesting to analyze...Hell, the way each apartment is almost its own microcosm that portrays different movie genres, the obvious reference to Jimmy Stewart's sexual impotence, Grace Kelly's intuition and beauty!! It simply cannot be topped by Vertigo. Sorry, Rear Window wins this time.

While I will admit Vertigo was a great film, I was personally annoyed with Novak’s performance (she just wasn’t right for the role! *ugh*) as well as the oppression of her character.

Rear Window simply put, is more interesting to analyze…Hell, the way each apartment is almost its own microcosm that portrays different movie genres, the obvious reference to Jimmy Stewart’s sexual impotence, Grace Kelly’s intuition and beauty!! It simply cannot be topped by Vertigo.

]]> By: Scrabblechamp http://rossvross.com/2009/08/19/vertigo-v-rear-window/#comment-1120 Scrabblechamp Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:27:42 +0000 http://rossvross.com/?p=2884#comment-1120 It has to be Vertigo. Rear Window is fabulous of course, but I was disappointed to find that there would be no twist. It seemed like he'd witnessed a murder and, ehm, that's exactly what had happened. Stewart and Kelly (the outfits! the overnight bag!) were fabulous but, I agree, the plot is flat. Vertigo is unsettling and strange. Novak is a cold fish but it works here. I could watch Vertigo over and over. Couldn't say the same for Rear Window. It has to be Vertigo.
Rear Window is fabulous of course, but I was disappointed to find that there would be no twist. It seemed like he’d witnessed a murder and, ehm, that’s exactly what had happened. Stewart and Kelly (the outfits! the overnight bag!) were fabulous but, I agree, the plot is flat.
Vertigo is unsettling and strange. Novak is a cold fish but it works here. I could watch Vertigo over and over. Couldn’t say the same for Rear Window.

]]> By: david http://rossvross.com/2009/08/19/vertigo-v-rear-window/#comment-999 david Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:26:15 +0000 http://rossvross.com/?p=2884#comment-999 With cinemascream on this, Vertigo is so strange it should get the vote. Can't believe Hollywood would sanction such a movie now. However it is the best film poster ever, maybe. Rosses - there's an idea for you best ever film posters - Vertigo, Jaws and, er, three others With cinemascream on this, Vertigo is so strange it should get the vote. Can’t believe Hollywood would sanction such a movie now.
However it is the best film poster ever, maybe.

Rosses – there’s an idea for you best ever film posters – Vertigo, Jaws and, er, three others

]]> By: Ross McD http://rossvross.com/2009/08/19/vertigo-v-rear-window/#comment-982 Ross McD Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:36:51 +0000 http://rossvross.com/?p=2884#comment-982 Fans, Fans, you're breakin my balls. Here's Top Five... jokes, just for you! Fans, Fans, you’re breakin my balls.
Here’s Top Five… jokes, just for you!

]]> By: fandangogroovers http://rossvross.com/2009/08/19/vertigo-v-rear-window/#comment-981 fandangogroovers Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:42:24 +0000 http://rossvross.com/?p=2884#comment-981 Come on guys this Battle is a week old its time for a new post or are you still basking in the fame of making it onto the IMDB Hit List. Come on guys this Battle is a week old its time for a new post or are you still basking in the fame of making it onto the IMDB Hit List.

]]> By: Zoltan Karpathy http://rossvross.com/2009/08/19/vertigo-v-rear-window/#comment-962 Zoltan Karpathy Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:18:34 +0000 http://rossvross.com/?p=2884#comment-962 Vertigo - Bernard Herrmann's music did the k.o. for me Vertigo – Bernard Herrmann’s music did the k.o. for me

]]> By: seen92 http://rossvross.com/2009/08/19/vertigo-v-rear-window/#comment-951 seen92 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:36:28 +0000 http://rossvross.com/?p=2884#comment-951 Close close call. But Rear Window. Close close call.

But Rear Window.

]]> By: Aykut Tütüncü http://rossvross.com/2009/08/19/vertigo-v-rear-window/#comment-933 Aykut Tütüncü Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:11:03 +0000 http://rossvross.com/?p=2884#comment-933 Rear Window... Rear Window…

]]> By: filmfan http://rossvross.com/2009/08/19/vertigo-v-rear-window/#comment-877 filmfan Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:55:40 +0000 http://rossvross.com/?p=2884#comment-877 Tough choice! Still, my vote is Vertigo. Gripping, lyrical, haunting, and mysterious (in every sense of the word), it is in many ways his most mature film. By which I mean, a film that is really, truly for adults. My growing admiration of it coincides with my advancing age: the more we know of life and the world, the more we appreciate this absolute gem of a film. BTW: I tracked down and read the Boileau/Narcejac novel, .D'ENTRE LES MORTS, that was the source for Vertigo, and it's really terrific. (I prefer the novel's conclusion to the film's ending--the only thing in the movie I've never really loved.) But, even with all its (arguable) flaws, Vertigo is just so much more interesting than most suspense films--even the wonderful Rear Window. Tough choice! Still, my vote is Vertigo. Gripping, lyrical, haunting, and mysterious (in every sense of the word), it is in many ways his most mature film. By which I mean, a film that is really, truly for adults. My growing admiration of it coincides with my advancing age: the more we know of life and the world, the more we appreciate this absolute gem of a film. BTW: I tracked down and read the Boileau/Narcejac novel, .D’ENTRE LES MORTS, that was the source for Vertigo, and it’s really terrific. (I prefer the novel’s conclusion to the film’s ending–the only thing in the movie I’ve never really loved.) But, even with all its (arguable) flaws, Vertigo is just so much more interesting than most suspense films–even the wonderful Rear Window.

]]> By: john bowler http://rossvross.com/2009/08/19/vertigo-v-rear-window/#comment-875 john bowler Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:47:40 +0000 http://rossvross.com/?p=2884#comment-875 I still think North by Northwest is the best of the three. I still think North by Northwest is the best of the three.

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