North By Northwest (1959) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!!
Added 2022-06-29 02:03:07 +0000 UTC
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Dude! Totally my bad! You guys already did REAR WINDOW! I will definitely watch that next!
Philip Davetas
2022-07-02 21:56:57 +0000 UTCI haven't seen this one as much. My favorite though is REAR WINDOW. Great summer mystery. If you attempt to watch this, turn on the A/C and a have a nice cold beverage. This came out around the same time TV was released to the public and REAR WINDOW introduced the widescreen format and fixated on color to try and get people into the theaters. They didn't have color TVs back then. Which is funny because when LB Jeffereies is staring out at the rear window and looking into the lives of others, it's like he's switching channels on a TV. I guess the thought was, "no good things can come from watching TV."
Philip Davetas
2022-07-02 18:26:28 +0000 UTCI don't think you guys realized what a huge, legendary star Cary Grant was by the point this film came out. His charisma and star power exudes in every scene and James Mason (Van Damme) is no acting novice. Here is a funny story that Mel Brooks tells about meeting Cary Grant at the studios... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QbATFlTaZs I guess you might as well watch this clip of Mel Brooks discussing his love for Hitchcock... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeyDUzPv1nQ I guess at this point you are starting to see that Hitchcock has a type of actress. Blonde, socialite and very erudite. Grace Kelly being the pinnacle but Eva Marie Saint is spectacular in this movie. Wait until you see Tippi Hedron in The Birds! If you want to watch his earlier work I would still recommend A Shadow of a Doubt from the early 40's. As always love watching with you!
Michael Rhine
2022-06-30 22:53:45 +0000 UTCDan was right. That was Alfred Hitcock making a cameo as the man missing the bus in the beginning of the movie. His cameos are always silent at the beginning of the movie. He's particularly harder to spot than Stan Lee in the Marvel movies. 🙂
Mr. Writhms
2022-06-30 09:10:08 +0000 UTCI had never seen this before so it was kind of cool watching it for the first time along with your reaction. This kind of gave me an excuse to finally get around to watching it. I can see how it created a template for a lot of modern action movies. Pre 70s movies usually aren't my thing but I know there are some classics that I should watch.
Ed R
2022-06-30 07:36:37 +0000 UTCThe train going into the tunnel at the end of the movie... Get it? Get it? 😜
Jason Dolan
2022-06-30 02:27:54 +0000 UTCYou can really see the influence of this movie's climax AND Vertigo on the climax of Batman 89 as well as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade which also came out in 89
Jason Dolan
2022-06-30 02:23:15 +0000 UTCOne day you'll find a girl, son, a big girl in all the right places. The right flavor of woman.
Jason Dolan
2022-06-30 00:27:42 +0000 UTCI'm so glad you loved this movie. I love this movie. Everyone loves this movie! It is called the template for the modern action film, just as Psycho was the first and template for the slasher film. Rear Window was a suspense thriller, but you will both love The Birds and Vertigo. I won't try to quantify The Birds, but Vertigo is a psychological thriller and I believe is Hitchcock's masterpiece. Hitchcock had an idea for a story called, I think, The Man in Lincoln's Nose and he got together with his screenwriter and conceived of a bunch of scenes they always wanted to put in a film, like the man in a deserted field running from a crop duster. Well, how is he going to get from this deserted field to Mt. Rushmore and why? They brainstormed and came up with this film. He traveled from New York, to Chicago, to South Dakota, always traveling north by northwest. So many great scenes by Hitchcock, you can find ton of videos on YouTube analyzing the different scenes. And his use of a McGuffin is present, the microfilm hidden in a small statue. So many actors I recognize in this film, some in small parts, the main FBI guy was the head of UNCLE in The Man From UNCLE TV series of the '60's. Martin Landau, who played Leonard, was a regular on the Mission: Impossible TV series, and Police Sgt. Emile Klinger played Dr. Hardy on General Hospital for many, many years in the late '60's to early '70's. Another great Cary Grant film not mentioned yet here is the comedy Arsenic and Old Lace which takes place on Halloween, and I don't understand why a major reactor hasn't done this film, it is begging to be rediscovered by the modern audiences. Can't wait to see what you will watch next. You won't regret going further down the Hitchcock rabbit hole.
Mike LL
2022-06-29 17:19:45 +0000 UTCGone with the wind and wizard of oz lol
dieselbeast
2022-06-29 16:55:34 +0000 UTCI like both versions. One of the few times the remake is worth watching too.
Future Boy
2022-06-29 16:21:00 +0000 UTC"I'm a big girl." "Yeah, and in all the right places too." Officially the most I've laughed during a reaction!
Future Boy
2022-06-29 15:50:04 +0000 UTCI grew up in a time before cable services and movies like these were typical Saturday/Sunday afternoon affairs on TV. I grew up watching Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy and Jimmy Cagney among others. I love it when younger people finally watch these older films and discover how much they like them. Story and character over ffx is what really matters. I hope you don't wait on a poll to visits more classics. Great reaction guys.
softshoes
2022-06-29 15:09:53 +0000 UTCEven Hitchcock's lesser works are worth viewing at least once so just slowly make your way through his filmography. I'm happy to see you guys reacting to classic films. I had seen a few older films as a kid (such as Planet of the Apes obviously), but it was my wife that really turned me on to classic Hollywood films. So many great films that, while dated in spots, still hold up remarkably well in terms of entertaining stories and characters. Another poster mentioned "His Girl Friday". That is maybe my favorite Cary Grant role. Other films for future consideration: "The Thin Man", "The Great Dictator" (much of Chaplin's films were silent era, but this one is a "talkie" so it's a good intro for younger generations), "Singin' in the Rain" (I'm not a fan of musicals, but I love this film), and Sunset Blvd (co-written and directed by the great Billy Wilder).
Mitchell Smilie
2022-06-29 08:47:59 +0000 UTCAnother Classic Hitchcock is "Strangers On A Train" from 1951 !!!
Florian Meier
2022-06-29 06:13:03 +0000 UTCSo glad this won the poll. Probably my favorite Hitchcock film because of how fun it is. So many iconic moments and a lot of comedic moments as well. Cary Grant is just great at playing these types of roles, the good looking but sharp witted protagonist who gets himself into trouble but somehow always finds a way out of it.
Brandon B.
2022-06-29 06:11:09 +0000 UTCGreat Reaction!!! Love Always Alfred Hitchcock !!! You have to Watch "Dial M for a Murder" from 1954 with Rear Window Star Grace Kelly in it !! IT's also a Classic !! Also The Remake "A Perfect Murder" from 1998 with Michael Douglas, Viggo Mortensen and Gwyneth Paltrow !!!
Florian Meier
2022-06-29 06:10:29 +0000 UTCClassic TBR. What’s micro film? Love it
Jason Mangen
2022-06-29 05:07:55 +0000 UTCTime to watch ‘ToCatch a Thief’
Jason Mangen
2022-06-29 05:06:36 +0000 UTCI really love older movies like this: the style, the dialogue and quips. It may have seemed a bit much but Cary Grant was the Man back in the day…the American Sean Connery 😉 Hope you guys do more Hitchcock, especially The Birds. And maybe some Humphrey Bogart movies like The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca. Great reaction!
oldcdog
2022-06-29 04:46:54 +0000 UTCGlad you liked it, but slightly bummed the name "Cary Grant" didn't come up in your wrap up. Maybe because Sam's headphones made y'all miss his name in the opening credits. He's about as big a movie star as there ever was and sort of invented a style of acting that has been referenced by many reviewers over the decades when they review an actor or performance that has a certain style to it (like "so so and so channels Cary Grant in this movie" etc.). I hope His Girl Friday makes your next Golden Age poll, I think that and N by NW sort of make it clear what a "Cary Grant" like performance is. Of course he made many other great films(I've seen almost all of them and think he may have the best batting average of prolific actors - they are almost all really good). Some others to seek out - My Favorite Wife, The Philadelphia Story, Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House(you may esp relate to this since you are new home owners), Bringing Up Baby, Charade(very North by Northwest esque - not a Hitchcock film, but a ton of fun as well )
Birdie Num Num
2022-06-29 04:10:00 +0000 UTCAwesome! Just gotta get through these last 90 minutes of work!
Jeffrey Miller
2022-06-29 03:23:01 +0000 UTC
