Vertigo

(Movie, 1958)

I don’t get why this movie surpassed Citizen Kane the title as the best movie of all time recently. Citizen Kane is only 1-1/2 hours yet so many things happened, while Vertigo is 2 hours long yet nothing really happened. The story is so simple. You could miss 15, 30 minutes here and there and not really miss the whole idea. I couldn’t agree more to a friend who watched this movie before me. He said it’s kind of boring and dragging. Like they just made some scenes to make it long. That’s what I also feel. Plus, the main protagonist, Ferguson (James Stewart) seem too old for the girl, Judy Barton/Madeleine Elster (Kim Novak). I love the movie poster, tough.

Casting & Acting:           7.0

Cinematography:           9.0

Overall Production:        9.0

Plot/Story:                  10.0

Rating:                      8.75