I've just watched this and it a very tedious film. I've long thought that but I wanted to give another chance.
The psychology is totally wrong in the film.
As someone who worked in the field for 25 years I can assure you that humans don't react in the way they do in rope.
Yes I know that Hitchcock had to move things along quickly but he's got so many things wrong.
Jimmie starts to suspect way too soon. The killers fall apart too soon. There wasn't a reason for this other than Hitchcock got it wrong.
Mr Kentleys behaviour is way too arrested. He's too fragile for a man of that insight and capacity. He's way too angry without any tangible reason.
Everything is too exaggerated and extreme to be credible.
The thesis behind the film is potentially captivating and enthralling. Unfortunately Hitchcock messes things up with his notoriously inaccurate and tenuous psychology.
Rope isn't the first time he's got things wrong in the psychology department. It wasn't the last.
The film fails for me because the script isn't good enough.
Characters are too shallow and facile. Everyone is dislikeable.
The film should have been played through at a slower pace that's let's us get into each character.
I love the dark philosophy behind the film. The setting up of the scene is stunning with the body location.
Unfortunately Hitchcock doesn't do much else right. Maybe he was held back by the censors. But I somehow doubt it.
I don't see the film as a failed experiment.
I see it as a failure. Full stop.
Hitchcock just didn't put enough thought into it.
And that's not the way he usually worked.
Something tells me that Hitchcock was never comfortable with the film.
Hence the failure.
The psychology is totally wrong in the film.
As someone who worked in the field for 25 years I can assure you that humans don't react in the way they do in rope.
Yes I know that Hitchcock had to move things along quickly but he's got so many things wrong.
Jimmie starts to suspect way too soon. The killers fall apart too soon. There wasn't a reason for this other than Hitchcock got it wrong.
Mr Kentleys behaviour is way too arrested. He's too fragile for a man of that insight and capacity. He's way too angry without any tangible reason.
Everything is too exaggerated and extreme to be credible.
The thesis behind the film is potentially captivating and enthralling. Unfortunately Hitchcock messes things up with his notoriously inaccurate and tenuous psychology.
Rope isn't the first time he's got things wrong in the psychology department. It wasn't the last.
The film fails for me because the script isn't good enough.
Characters are too shallow and facile. Everyone is dislikeable.
The film should have been played through at a slower pace that's let's us get into each character.
I love the dark philosophy behind the film. The setting up of the scene is stunning with the body location.
Unfortunately Hitchcock doesn't do much else right. Maybe he was held back by the censors. But I somehow doubt it.
I don't see the film as a failed experiment.
I see it as a failure. Full stop.
Hitchcock just didn't put enough thought into it.
And that's not the way he usually worked.
Something tells me that Hitchcock was never comfortable with the film.
Hence the failure.