A Film Club Experience

Last night we ventured to the cinema to go to Louth Film Club's screening of 'Vertigo' by the great Alfred Hitchcock. And we loved it, not so much the film, but the whole Film Club feeling. There is a little rating system after each film and a poster created to show the average score out of 5. At the start of the film a man made a speech and I was very surprised as to how many people were there; the busiest I have ever seen the cinema in fact! It was so quaint to be a part of, sat in a sea of mostly over 60's, and we are definitely going to start going more.

So now onto Vertigo. We were both expecting a lot from this film, its a classic and has recently made it to the top of a list of the best films ever made or something. I was very let down by the film however. I do understand that it was probably the first of its kind and that's why its so highly regarded, but i think if the director was unknown it wouldn't be as highly placed as it is today. I felt it went on so long. The first half was good but after about 1hr 20mins there were several parts where i thought 'oh good its finished' but then another scene came up, and another. This could be due to the extreme heat in the cinema which i wanted to get out of, or the uncomfortable seats, but I think mostly the film itself was to blame. I would rather watch Psycho for the third time then ever see that again. Ollie did enjoy it a little more, I rated 3/5, he 4/5 on the cinemas scoring system.

Overall a very nice night and something we will be doing again in 2 weeks time.

By Rosie.