North by Northwest

Even though i watched North by Northwest backwards, (2nd half of the movie first, then the first half), I did enjoy it.

The movie started out great. It made me confused and wanted to know more. And by the time we find out that Kaplan is a CIA decoy, the whole movie starts to come together.

After the introduction to Eve and the scene of love, the action/thriller part of the movie starts. (Besides the plotted killing of Townsend and all the other ways of framing of Kaplan) R.O.T. gets chased down by a plane, goes to Mt. Rushmore, prentends to get shot, falls in love with Kendell, and almost falls off of Mt. Rushmore.

Besides all the heart attacks you almost get, this film, for 1959, has great special effects. This was a part of the movie that really amazed me. I was really suprised by the day for night effects and how it was used so much in this film; it seemed so realistic. The airplane blowing up was also a great effect.

I also liked all of the directors cuts. I had notice a lot that the cuts he makes in his movie are realistic and make the film better. A couple of the directors cuts that made the movie interesting was when Thornhill had bourbon poured in front of him and the next thing we see is was him driving drunk. Another example was when Thornhill and Kendell were in the room together, then Hitchcock cuts it and shows us the picture of the sunset and the darkness coming - we all know what was going to happen. All these cuts, make the watchers imagination be put to use and let us imagine things on our own.

All in all, the movie was pretty good. It felt cliched - but, I think I only say that because it resembles so much to the 007 movies. I recommend it to anyone who loves James Bond, aka people who love action, romance, thrillers and mysteries.