surely taken by surprise!

Rating: 10/10 (8 November 2008)

I have just two words for this movie-BLOODY BRILLIANT! .to be honest all i knew about Hitchcock before watching 'Rear window' today was that he is the master of mysteries and thrillers though i never really watched any of his movies.after all this one was made 36 years before my birth and that is quite a long period as far as movies are concerned.i started watching this without any idea of director,cast or genre and only because i had no other movie to watch.as the movie started and the scenes only suggested a dull drama or sugar coated romance that i associate with old movies.it was only after 40 minutes or so that i got interested and from then on there was no looking back.by the time the movie finished i had skipped my lunch which i intended to have during the course of the movie.i couldn't find any faults in the script or logical loopholes.
The cast was excellent.everyone played their part quite convincingly and background score was quite apt for this genre.and finally the cinematography-the problem with these kind of movies is that the movie is so good that u miss the technical excellence.the movie had to be portrayed through Jeffreys' window for most part and that can get quite boring but this surely wasn't dull.
i read a lot of novels(all genre but mysteries are a favorite) and believe that novels are far more powerful medium compared to the big screen.the type of excitement i felt towards the climax was similar to what i felt while reading a novel and that speaks volumes of this masterpiece.one thing that this film surely did was change my opinion of old movies.after this i watched 'psycho'.i wasn't as impressed by it because many such movies have come on the same line.but i am sure 'psycho' started that genre of movies.next thing on my list is to watch all Hitchcock movies i can get hold of.