Vertigo (1958)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
the following contains spoilers.

WHAT I WAS EXPECTING

I had no idea what this film was about. All I could guess from the poster was that the main characer falls, metaphorically or literally, into a twisty and complicated situation.

SE7EN (1995)

Directed by David Fincher
the following contains spoilers.

WHAT I WAS EXPECTING
Detectives race against time to hunt down a serial killer who conducts his killings based on the seven deadly sins. The film ends in a tense showdown in a field. And there's a box.



How to get a head in crime investigation

Psycho (1960)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
the following contains spoilers.

WHAT I WAS EXPECTING
A women goes to stay at a hotel. A crazy old man runs the hotel and stabs the woman in the shower in the first third of the film. There's an old lady who's either the man's wife or mother or something and you find out at the end that she's dead.



I am Murderous (Yellow)

Road to Perdition (2002)

Directed by Sam Mendes

the following contains spoilers.

WHAT I WAS EXPECTING
Tom Hanks thinks the world is going to the dogs so he decides to intervene in his son's life.

It was a dark and stormy night

Metropolis (1927)

2010 Restored Edition

Directed by Fritz Lang

the following contains spoilers.

WHAT I WAS EXPECTING

A huge city in the future is sustained by an oppressed working class. A scientist is commisioned by the goverment to create an android in female form. But for what reason? Will the android lead a revolt? Will someone fall in love with the android? Will I be able to make it through a two hour silent film?

Cyborgs and the City