"Ever kill anyone? Cuz I bet you could tease a man to death without half trying."

Ok, once we're done with this whole project, I want to start renting way more 50's movies. Once again I was completely captivated by a movie from that era. North by Northwest is wonderful. We had so much difficultly picking a favorite line because every single word is a gem. The story is tight and exciting, the actors are great, the dialog is snappy and at times hilarious. It's part spy thriller, part mistaken identity, part love story, with Cary Grant unwittingly embroiled in a government plot to bring down a nefarious enemy. I am not sure why I expected it to be so serious - we laughed constantly amidst all of the thrills. The plot twists are crazy but still believable and we couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next. While the famous scene we have always heard about is when Cary Grant is getting attacked by the airplane in the cornfield, but what really impressed us was the whole chase scene on Mount Rushmore. I haven't done any research into it, so we have no idea how that was done, but it was awesome. I just kept thinking how if that movie were made today it would be all CG! and cheese, but this version was thrilling and so much fun to watch. We also loved the main title sequence, and really the styling throughout the whole movie. This one is highly recommended. The only drawback to watching movies like these is that I then spend the rest of the day speaking with the diction the actors use, which is fun for a while but then I think Brandon loses a bit of patience with me. (I wish he would just get into the spirit and start talking like Cary Grant! That would probably rival his Morrissey imitation!!)