From: ggggg9271@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, October 4, 2013 at 8:58:11 AM UTC-7, gtr wrote:   
   > I had "Notorious" this recorded on my DVR though I'm not a Hitchcock    
   > fan. I was mostly curious to know if I had seen it, since I certainly    
   > know the name. It takes place in Rio? Okay I'll see anything with just    
   > the *word* Brazil in it.    
   >    
   > So the other night the wife and I, both pooped from a very hard day,    
   > decided we needed a movie in English in hopes of not falling asleep in    
   > front of the TV. Again.    
   >    
   > It was interesting enough to hold my attention, but so problematic:    
   > Unmotivated characters, unbelievable dialogue, impossible coincidences,    
   > and the unrelenting rigidity of a Hitchcock movie. Jesus he's a    
   > tight-ass. A hook in the nose for the viewer is just not good enough,    
   > he's also got to have a harpoon in your ass to ensure total Simon-says    
   > with your attention.    
   >    
   > Interesting "longest in history" kiss scene. Not so much for the kiss,    
   > but for their parade through three rooms without losing the 2-foot span    
   > from face to camera. Really false and odd. I think non-movieölogists    
   > would say: "Hey look at with the camera is doing!" He does obsessive    
   > close-up thing a number of times where he just can't give it up and it    
   > becomes odd.    
   >    
   > The scene with the three-foot high coffee-cup was a curiousity but I    
   > didn't realize the cup was an optical illusion prop until Robert    
   > Osborne explained.    
   >    
   > A couple of good long suspense scenes that do what Hitchcock does so    
   > well. I found the end quite notable too, where there is a total of    
   > about 8 seconds of silent denoument. Then CRASH! the movie's over.    
   > Funny. I think the editor had a dinner date.   
      
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