Comments on: To Catch A Thief (1955) http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/20/to-catch-a-thief-1955/ Film reviews and commentary tonight, before I forget tomorrow Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:21:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The Massie Twins http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/20/to-catch-a-thief-1955/comment-page-1/#comment-6944 The Massie Twins Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:28:43 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/20/to-catch-a-thief-1955/#comment-6944 Excellent review! We find the most interesting aspect of To Catch a Thief to be the dialogue between Grant and Kelly. Fun stuff! Excellent review! We find the most interesting aspect of To Catch a Thief to be the dialogue between Grant and Kelly. Fun stuff!

]]> By: Joe Valdez http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/20/to-catch-a-thief-1955/comment-page-1/#comment-2014 Joe Valdez Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:08:17 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/20/to-catch-a-thief-1955/#comment-2014 Damian: Thanks! Almost all of the reviews I’ve read echo your sentiments. I don’t know, I find that most movies that fall into the category of lighthearted fun, like Ocean’s Eleven, I can’t shake off as being lazy and stupid. And between Grace Kelly and jewel thieves, I wanted to like this movie. Megan: I'm all for actors, even movie stars, looking like real people, but I don't know if Cary Grant ever had to play one of those before. And from the synopsis I dug up on David Dodge's novel, I agree with you, it sounded cool, with more World War II intrigue and less glamour. Damian: Thanks! Almost all of the reviews I’ve read echo your sentiments. I don’t know, I find that most movies that fall into the category of lighthearted fun, like Ocean’s Eleven, I can’t shake off as being lazy and stupid. And between Grace Kelly and jewel thieves, I wanted to like this movie.

Megan: I’m all for actors, even movie stars, looking like real people, but I don’t know if Cary Grant ever had to play one of those before. And from the synopsis I dug up on David Dodge’s novel, I agree with you, it sounded cool, with more World War II intrigue and less glamour.

]]> By: Megan http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/20/to-catch-a-thief-1955/comment-page-1/#comment-2005 Megan Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:35:46 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/20/to-catch-a-thief-1955/#comment-2005 I do enjoy this movie but I wish Cary Grant didn't look like just he stepped out of a bad tanning session. It's hard for me to see him in color, I guess! Kudos galore to Edith Head for the costume design. More from the book angle (sorry, can't help it!) - my mom recently tracked this one down for us. Less romance, more of the Resistance angle...it was quite good. I do enjoy this movie but I wish Cary Grant didn’t look like just he stepped out of a bad tanning session. It’s hard for me to see him in color, I guess!

Kudos galore to Edith Head for the costume design.

More from the book angle (sorry, can’t help it!) – my mom recently tracked this one down for us. Less romance, more of the Resistance angle…it was quite good.

]]> By: Damian http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/20/to-catch-a-thief-1955/comment-page-1/#comment-1963 Damian Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:03:58 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/20/to-catch-a-thief-1955/#comment-1963 I finally saw <i>To Catch a Thief</i> recently and thought it was quite charming and enjoyable. It may be one of Hitch's "lightest" efforts, but I found myself thinking that if I hadn't known it was Hitchcock film, I probably wouldn't have been able to tell... which, I guess, is itself sort of an achievement in style. As always, nice piece, Joe. My good friend Tucker wrote a <a href="http://pilgrimakimbo.blogspot.com/2007/02/woman-in-need-of-dangerous-man.html" rel="nofollow">brief but interesting post on the movie</A> a few months back over on his blog <i>Pilgrimakimbo.</i> I finally saw To Catch a Thief recently and thought it was quite charming and enjoyable. It may be one of Hitch’s “lightest” efforts, but I found myself thinking that if I hadn’t known it was Hitchcock film, I probably wouldn’t have been able to tell… which, I guess, is itself sort of an achievement in style.

As always, nice piece, Joe. My good friend Tucker wrote a brief but interesting post on the movie a few months back over on his blog Pilgrimakimbo.

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