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Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Watch Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious and tell me what you think...
I just watched this movie for the first time, and I kept having this vague feeling that I'd heard the story before. Then it came to me: Notorious! It's an Aflred Hitchcock film starring Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant from 1946.
The basic plotline goes: girl comes from questionable background. guy is sent to get girl for top-secret mission. guy falls in love with girl. guy discovers that girl must seduce the enemy. guy is not happy. girl goes. girl seduces the enemy. girl discovers enemy secrets. girl gets sick. guy rescues girl.
Can we say deja vu? The scene that really clinched it for me was the horse racing scene. Ingrid and Cary do the same scene! It's scary. All they did was update the plotline a little (ie, virus instead of gunpowder for the Nazis), throw in some action (well, a lot of action), and bogus technology, and you're set.
Watch Notorious for yourself and see what I mean...
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
Boring...
This is one of the most boring movies I've ever seen (I've watched plenty). It was a simple quick story, but they drag it out for a long time (two videos worth). If they cut out scenes of her riding over the hills it would be half the length. The actual storyline wasn't that bad, but they could have made it much, much shorter. If you have an afternoon free and nothing better to do, then try it out. Otherwise, I wouldn't waste my time.