Excellent Hitchcock film

Rating: Null/10 (2 April 2006)

North by Northwest/1959/****
Main Stars: Cary Grant Eva Marie Saint James Mason
This is more of a "classic" Alfred Hitchcock film. "The Birds" was a classic but not as intriguing and suspenseful as this. It was more of a 'HORRORIFYING AAAHHHH!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!!!!!' type movie and I'm not a real huge fan of those movies. Other Alfred Hitchcock classics consist of Vertigo, Rear Window, Psycho, Frenzy, and The Man Who Knew Too Much. Other ones are more mediocre like Jamaica Inn and Marnie. Those two I just mentioned are a bit more down on the scale of 1 to 10 according to Hitchcock fanatics. My dad for instance is a great Hitchcock fan and loves most of his movies. The thing is the classic "Vertigo" wasn't one of my dad's favorites. He thought "in his usual way of thinking"- meaning very picky- that it was too confusing or it wasn't that good. What he says goes basically. No one can tell him off when it comes to arguing; he always wins! But what a stupid thing to argue about MOVIES. Back to "North by Northwest"; it's a wonderful film about a man named Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) (Roger being mistaken for a man named George Kaplan). The thing is why????? DUN DUN DUN!!!! You find out!!!! You will find out everything that happens in this movie yourself (except for the things I tell you). There is a lot more to the story besides just being mistaken by someone named George Kaplan. Roger (wanted for murder) races to a train in this movie and meets up with someone he thinks is beautiful named Eve Kendall (Eva Marie Saint). Unfortunately he thinks she's good but she's both good and bad (being a double agent). The good side is being with him. The bad side is basically everyone else she hangs out with. Such as: Leonard (Martin Landau) and Phillip Vandamm (James Mason). Other scenes include (at the very beginning) a kidnapping, driving while drunk, many chases (for Roger Thornhill), of course the journey down Mount Rushmore and many others. This movie is so full of information that I'm surprised I filled up only 1 ¾ pages. Movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock.