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Would you put this among Hitchcocks best?

posted 15 years ago by the_crawl4
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I personally would. It is one of his most ambitious films. The characters are 3 dimensional, the script is cracking and the story is so Hitchcockian. My 3rd or 4th favorite of his.

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[–] Bree_33 12 years ago

ROPE is a very experimental-and highly underrated-Hitchcock film. It's evident from the reviews that this is love it or hate it film.

It's still an interesting and entertaining movie.

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[–] konam 12 years ago

For me, second only to Psycho. Yes, Rear Window, North by Northwest and Vertigo are excelent movies, but when the dust is settled they dont have the everlasting effect.

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[–] Hygrophonic 12 years ago

No, but it's difficult to exceed The Birds, Psycho, North by Northwest, Vertigo, Rear Window, Dial M for Murder, Strangers on a Train, Notorious, Shadow of a Doubt, Rebecca, and The Lady Vanishes. It might be better than Lifeboat, though. But really, it's more a testament to the great man's talent.

[–] K-United 12 years ago

Top 3

1- Vertigo (10/10): a Visually beautiful and psychologically engrossing film

2- Dial M For Murder (9/10) : some minor flaws prevented (in my opinion) it to fulfill better

3- North by Northwest (9/10)

[–] !!!deleted!!! (3385874) 12 years ago

Rope is my second favourite Hitchcock film.

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[–] Edward_de_Vere 12 years ago

I'd rank it just behind Psycho and (I know it's heresy) ahead of Vertigo.

[–] sergiodrummond 12 years ago

I haven't seen a lot of Hitchcock, only Dial M For Murder, Vertigo, Psycho, The Birds, Shadow of A Doubt and Rear Window. I think that Vertigo and Rear Window are his best, but Rope comes close, along with Shadow of a Doubt.

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[–] maxskyfan-9 12 years ago

Definitely better than The Birds, most likely my least favorite, after than it is hard to say which is better. On the plus side it has Jimmy Stewart so it towards the top of the list in my book.

[–] sergiodrummond 12 years ago

I agree, so far The Birds is the weakest Hitchock I've seen.

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[–] strangewhatlovedoes 12 years ago

hey sorry hitchcock fans but i didnt like vertigo or psycho although at that time the concept would have blown people's mind but i liked this one a lot
can anyone tell me some more of his films which are like ROPE so that i can enjoy hitchcock more.
Thanks in advance

[–] manu5689 12 years ago

strangewhatlovedoes, you might like Strangers on a Train. that and Rope are considered Hitchcock's "gay films." and both star Farley Granger.

I would put Rope in the bottom half of a top 20. interesting, experimental ambitious but lacking in that special Hitchcock touch that makes Vertigo, Psycho, Rear Window, Notorious and Shadow of a Doubt such classics. Hitchcock seems bored with it outside the admittedly fascinating one take technique.

I also agree that James Mason would have been great. Or maybe Joseph Cotten as well

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[–] jakemoore2492 12 years ago

I've only seen seven Hitchcock films, but it's currently up their with my favourites so far.

[–] oswaldoctopus 11 years ago

It certainly is is most ambitious, But the more I watch it the more it ranks up a notch whereas Vertigo slides below...its the concept of the film, the weird logic of their motive which fascinates me a lot.

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[–] carthur27 11 years ago

For me, this film is in the bottom 25% of Hitchcock films. My dislike for it stems at least partly from my great familiarity with the real-life Leopold and Loeb case which was its inspiration.

[–] ADStoney 11 years ago

I've not seen every Hitchcock film but this is definitely in my top 3, along with Psycho and Rear Window.

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