It's everything I wish I didn't know

Rating: 6/10 (18 August 2007)

At the Big W DVD Sale, they had a great 5 movie Hitchcock pack going for $25 cash money. One of the films in it is "Vertigo".
"Vertigo" is ranked 35 on the IMDb.com top 250, meaning it must have some cred (then again The Simpsons Movie and Casino Royale are in it too, so....). It tells the story of a cop, John Fergurson (James Stewart), who discovers while chasing a bandit that he has vertigo. This causes him to have to quit the force. It's not long before an old friend offers him the chance to do some private detective work, albeit a bit strange as he wants him to track his wife who's doing some weird stuff. Fegurson soon becomes obsessed and forms a relationship with her after saving her from a suicide attempt (or was it???). The relationship grows (I won't go into too much detail as it would really spoil it for anyone planning on seeing it) and comes to a head when Fergurson is forced to face his fears.
Some great scenes, with some groundbreaking directing, and an outstanding performance by Stewart. Problem for me was that the story was just a bit weird. The obsessive story was downright creepy at times, especially in the later stages of the movie, but I just thought it could have been more solid. I'm aware it is over 40 years old and obviously was ahead of it's time, but I can't allow for that. I grew up in an era of Hollywood where Robert deNiro put people's head in vices and Joe Pesci stabbed people with pens. Now that's creepy. Having said that, this movie remade in modern times could be potentially awesome (think about "Fear" done a million times better with first class actors). Worth seeing though for generation X (Y will hate it).
Also loses a point for misleading me into thinking the U2 song would be in the soundtrack.