Review of Hitchcock (2012) by Scot C — 11 Aug 2013

Although I know some things may have been stretched because this is a movie and not a documentary exactly, I really enjoyed this movie. I didn't think it was fake or corny for even 1 moment. The actors chosen were perfect (Anthony Hopkins being the best choice- a perfect Hitchocock). The scenes we see in this movie show Hitchcock's personal life and issues that were haunting him around the time when he decided to direct his arguably most famous movie, Psycho. We got to see the way Hitchcock fell in love with his leading ladies, and how that affected his relationship with his wife.

One of my favorite scenes came at the end where I felt the scriptwriting was perfect. The movie ends with Hitchcock doing his famous "talking to the audience" bit. He was speaking as if closing out a short film he had shown. He spoke about how Psycho was his greatest achievement and he was now looking for something even better. Just then, a big, black crow landed on his shoulder as he paused, foreshadowing that The Birds would be his next big movie.

I also was able to see how deep Hitchcock got into his films during the scene where he is directing his leading lady in the shower scene of Psycho. He felt as if she wasn't acting scared enough so he took over the knife from the extra and started making the movements himself towards her. In his head he saw all the things that he was mad about, and he saw himself stabbing them out of anger. All the while, the leading lady was screaming from real fear at Hitchcock's sudden reaction.