Reviews

Personally, I think this is one of Hitchcock's Best Films. I know that is a HUGE statement to make when comparing all of his best movies. So I will start by defending my review LOL. Hitchcock is/was a genius. Psycho is perhaps his most memorable movies and even that is hard statement to defend considering all the incredible contributions he made. I love all of his movies and TV shows. Honestly, all of his movies with the exception of Rear Window, Frenzy and Family Plot, are great, once again, my opinions and I am sure many think Rear Window, Frenzy and Family Plot are great movies but not in my opinion. One of the reasons I think that Rope is an excellent movie is because it tackled a subject matter ahead of its time is because... MAJOR SPOILER ALERTS... This movie addresses two psychopathic homosexual "lovers" that murder a friend. Somewhat based of the infamous true murderers, Leopold and Loeb. Extremely well acted by Farley Granger, who stated in his memoirs that he was basically somewhat bisexual and John Dall, who was "never married". None of this really matters, they were both excellent actors and by all accounts were well-liked people. On a side note, Granger is excellent in another Hitchcock movie, Strangers on a Train and Dall is excellent in Gun Crazy, a film noir film and The Corn is Green with Bette Davis. Another opinion of mine regarding Rope, I think James Stewart is an EXCELLENT actor but his role in this film is not one of my favorites. I welcome your negative comments LOL. Not really but this is after all my review. That being said, this is a GREAT movie. Thanks for reading!!!

I made the mistake of watching this movie on Netflix. Horrible movie. Not only was it was just not believable in regards to the characters but I do not to want to write a spoiler. I do agree with another review that most of the scenes were simply literally too dark, I could not see what was going on, the lighting was terrible! Even if you like Dennis Quaid (which I do), even he did not make this movie worthwhile. I seriously wish I had come and the reviews and most assuredly would not have wasted my time.I am not sure about most viewer but it seems it is really difficult to come across any really well-done thrillers these days.

I have seen every episode of The Twlight Zone but this episode still gives me chills each time I view it. This is the story of the Holocaust and a sadistic former Nazi revisiting a concentration camp where he had tortured thousands of "racially inferior" people. This included mostly Jewish, Catholics, Homosexuals and many other minorities. Joseph Schildkraut, who views these memories fondly, is soon confronted by one of his victims, Oscar Beregi Jr. The ghosts from the past have all come back to put the Nazi on trial for his crimes against humanity. The performances by both Schildkraut and Beregi are simply brilliant but the lesson of hatred and prejudice that we still should be teaching to future generations is what is the most powerful. I just watched it again on a local cable station and it still sends shivers down my spine and brings a tear to my eyes.