Duragizer
Well-known member
- Messages
- 2,397
- Reaction score
- 66
- Trophy Points
- 63
Vertigo (1958)
I know this is blasphemy, but I'm gonna say it anyway: Vertigo isn't a masterpiece. It could've been a masterpiece — it had the makings of one — but the flashblack broke the movie. Whether Madeleine was being possessed by the spirit of Carlotta or not; whether Judy and Madeleine were one and the same or not; whether Scottie's deduction at the end was accurate or the delusions of a man gone off the deep end — all should've been left unanswered and ambiguous. I didn't buy the romance between Scottie and Madeleine, either, and the ending was so abrupt it was almost comical.
6/10
I know this is blasphemy, but I'm gonna say it anyway: Vertigo isn't a masterpiece. It could've been a masterpiece — it had the makings of one — but the flashblack broke the movie. Whether Madeleine was being possessed by the spirit of Carlotta or not; whether Judy and Madeleine were one and the same or not; whether Scottie's deduction at the end was accurate or the delusions of a man gone off the deep end — all should've been left unanswered and ambiguous. I didn't buy the romance between Scottie and Madeleine, either, and the ending was so abrupt it was almost comical.
6/10