★★ Strangers on a Train

[Gino: 2.0]

[This was watched in two parts, on a train.] Here, I think we run into the old problem again, where my enjoyment of old movies rarely can measure up to modern day films. Sure it's Hitchcock. But once we've seen, say The Usual Suspects is any pre-1960's thriller going to have the same effect? Or will you sit there deciding whether previous generations of moviegoers were really imbeciles? I am sure I would have liked it more if I had seen it in a film class. So let's say if you have a tolerence for classics, give it a 3.5, but for me, a 2. I will say that this one took some slightly unexpected turns, had some intentional laughs and some less-intentional. Some jabs and winks at movie conventions while still sticking to them. And the climax was more climactic than expected (highlight spoiler: a fight to the death on a merry-go-round gone haywire!?).