Easy Virtue Reviews

Honestly, I wasn't sure what to expect from this flick but since I'm a huge fan of Alfred Hitchcock, I was really eager to check it out. So far, it is his oldest movie I have seen. The funny thing is that is that I recently saw the remake which was made 80 years later but both movies were actually really different as the remake mostly focused on the 3rd act of this very old silent feature. To be honest, with most silent dramas, I rather have a hard time to get into the whole thing. I mean, basically, you spend the whole duration trying to read the lips of the characters to figure what the hell they are actually talking about. Without dialogues, movies actually radically changes, in my opinion, with a greater focus on body language and weird faces. Still, with a guy like Hitchcock in the directing chair, you are bound to have some pretty nice shots and I wasn't disappointed with some really dark scenes with interesting contrast. Honestly, the story was not really strong and it only took off in the last 15 minutes but, all in all, it was interesting enough. To conclude, I still think it was a decent silent feature and it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in Hitchcock's work.