wow, i cannot believe how much i hated this movie....

Rating: 2/10 (4 February 2007)

before i begin, i will say that i understood every part of this movie. I had to study it for film class.
Secondly, i've seen many BAD movies, especially in Bollywood, and those movies happened to be VERY similar.
This movie cannot be any cornier. With each stupid plot point and the bad acting, the movie only has a name because Hitcock made it. If Hitchock did not exist, and if anyone else made this movie, making an identical copy, the movie would fail. The movie cannot maintain its position alone, it needs Hitcock.
Movies considered the best of all time must be able to compete with those from anytime, past or future. Therefore, technology, color, and anything you can think of that has acted as a disadvantage towards Hitchcock because of time period does not matter, because these elements are not needed to make a great film--such as On the Waterfront. great film, made during the same time period.
PLENTY of films made today are SIGNIFICANTLY better, yet are underrated because their directors do not have a name that compares to Scorsacce, Speilburg, or Kubrick. North By Northwest alone would be one of the forgotten movies of its decade, except the world is filled with Hitchcock fanatics