The 39 Steps by Alfred Hitchcock!!
Oh snap, when you hear of this title and who its by you wonder what the heck am
I getting myself into?? Alfred Hitchcock, is this going to be like another
Psycho movie. I have never been into his type of movies but then again I have
never ventured into watching his movies or any like that. However I am a huge
fan of old black and white films so when you required us to watch this movie I
was thinking sure why not maybe my feelings have changed. I actually did like
the film it was the typical old horror/mystery movie but after viewing the
movie then going to see the play, I was able to enjoy it even more. It was
awesome because black and white movies are overly dramatic for this day an age,
just because there are no special affects the actors had to rely on themselves
to make the movie which we see in the play, the only affects were sounds and
smoke, but when the actors were pretending to be on the train we see them
flipping their coats around pretending to be the wind which adds a hilarious
aspect to the play. The play was a good comic relief a true spectacle to how
film used to be done. The movie is slow and long but the play made it seem
quick because of the comedy. The play was making fun of the over dramatic
1930’s acting where it over glorifies everything making it a satire. The way
things were filmed back in the day vs how this plays was made today we can see
the differences, what I noticed was how the actors added even more to the play.
All the added exaggerations to accents to make fun of the original and the same
characters playing each other, only 4 main characters. This was a really cool
thing that they did, even added to the comedy of the play. Watching them visibly
changing characters at the end of the play did however make it seemed rushed
but it was a nice change from watching 1930’s overly dramatic “horror”. Overall
I really enjoyed the play, I didn't even want to see it because my parents
usually drag me to boring plays. So I wasn't expecting it to be funny and
actually enjoying the movie as well. I’m glad I watched the movie and went and
saw the play!
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