Hitchcock marathon

I've never been into old movies. Let me rephrase that-- I've never been into movies. I've been living in Prague for almost three years now and I haven't been to the cinemas here. This indifference has a simple explanation-- I'd forget the scenes right when the credits roll so why bother?

Having a fast internet connection made me think twice. Why not bother? I mean, if we had to pay 800Kč/month for the subscription, might as well take advantage of all its perks. A found this website www.rapidshare.com where you can download hundreds of movies for free. The catch is it takes hours to download one because of its size so we opted to get a monthly subscription for 200kč. This way we can download several movies in less than an hour.

It's worth it. I don't know how I shifted gears from latest releases to classics but I'm glad I did. We have been watching a marathon of Hitchcock's movies since last week. Now I understand why he remains one of the most popular directors of all time. That man was brilliant. His movies are full of droll humor I couldn't get enough of. Start watching one of his films like, say, "North by Northwest" and you'll be hooked.