They don't make em like they used to

Rating: 10/10 (9 June 2008)

Movies these days are all exactly the same. They are either stupid, lame comedies, boring, overly dramatic, ridiculous chick flicks, or AWFUL horrors.
But back in the day (not my day, I'm only 19), there were interesting movies. One of them is Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo.
Vertigo is a word that is overly used nowadays without much meaning behind it. But it is referring to the illness suffered by the protagonist, John Ferguson (James Stewart), or Scottie as he's most often referred to as. Scottie contracted this after seeing a fellow police officer fall to his death from a rooftop when he was a cop and chasing a criminal on the rooftops. This comes into play a few times throughout the film.
An old college friend of Scottie's, Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore) calls Scottie up one day, asking him to come out of retirement. Seems Gavin is bent on the thought that his wife, Madeleine (Kim Novak) is possessed by a ghost and is wandering around in a trans. He is worried she will get herself killed. Scottie sets off on his duty to watch over Madeleine and keep her safe, while trying to patch things up with his former love, Midge (Barbara Bel Geddes).
Alfred Hitchcock can make a wide variety of great movies that redefine each genre they are placed in. Vertigo may be very different than Hitchcock's famous Psycho, but it should not be given any less respect. Elements of Hitchcock's famous directing are evident here.
The plot is very well written and each scene is well-executed. The style of some more intense scenes is one that is rarely ever scene on film nowadays.
Vertigo is a movie that can not be matched by any ridiculous remake or knock-off. Hopefully they will have the good taste to keep this movie one of its own.