Really Nothing Special

Rating: 5/10 (15 October 2008)

How come all the films in those top 100 TV countdowns are all old with the exception of maybe 'Star Wars', 'The Matrix' and if your lucky 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'. Because all a film has to do to be a classic is be old. If anyone degrades it they can just be accused of not understanding or truly appreciating Black and White cinema. I say logically, the top 100 films out to be the 100 most recent films since naturally humans progress as does technology and we learn from our mistakes and do a little better each time. Now obviously that's not the case because modern films include things made for a specific audience eg. making a film for a stereo typical teenage boy you call it 'Road Wars' and it's not necessarily a good film. However I do think a lot of modern films are better than older films and this should be appreciated.
Similarly, anything Hitchcock is clearly a masterpiece just because he made a few excellent films like 'Psycho' which really was excellent. However 'Rear Window' is over rated and it's the only way of saying it.
Do you think if that film was made today instead of decades ago it would be half so critically acclaimed? It's purely average. It's not a bad plot but it's not a great one either, the script is average, the actors are average and the directing and editing is average too.
It's pretty dull too. It builds up to be mildly interesting, an average kind of film but the ending is awful. It goes on for ages and then he ending comes. Now I was expecting something spectacular since the back of the case described it as 'one of the most memorable endings of all time' and what a disappointment! Throguhout the film it is slow paced and packed with pointless dialog and then it ends in seconds, the credits role and you wonder what happened. If you blinked, too bad, you missed it.
It's really nothing special.