North by Northwest (1959)

This movie is great. I'm probably not surprising anyone who's seen the name Alfred Hitchcock before. Even then, I was surprised at how much I loved this movie. It has to be one of the most well written movies I've seen, it blows modern movie writing out of the water. It's an interesting and fast paced plot that has plenty of turns, but is never anywhere near convoluted or distracting. It's got pretty much everything you could want from an action movie, and then some. Cary Grant is entertaining as ever, and fills his role perfectly. There's not much more I can say about this movie without giving away the plot, but it's hard to think of anyone who wouldn't like this movie.

A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive. Despite one again Hitchcock's brilliant direction and just a cast that delivers well made perfomances 'North by Northwest' just doesn't have enough of suspense and tension that a film of this kind needs to have and besides some cool scenes like the one where the main star was running away from the airplane there just wasn't enough for me to say that i really really enjoyed it as a film. (5/10)

Hitchcock at his sharpest. Art and commerce in a delicious salad with all the right ingredients. A brisk screenplay by Ernest Lehman a Cary Grant that is just pure delight, Eva Marie Saint fresh out of her Oscar from "On the Waterfront" is an icy blonde with a brain. James Mason, the ultimate foreign sinister not to mention Jessie Royce Landis and Hitchcock brings Bernard Herrmann to wrap it all up in one of the most infectious scores imaginable. A real treat.

Cary Grant shines in his part as Roger Thornhill as he get mistaken for a government spy by the name of George Kaplan. Thornhill is a very interesting character as he tries to make sense of what the says do and are up too. The film is very exciting with thrills from beginning to end. Alfred Hitchcock knocked it out of the park with this film. The scenes when they were in the cars at times were quite funny though, because they were so clearly sitting in a non-moving car with green screens around them. Other then that the film is brilliantly made, and this film was one of my favorites I have seen all year