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When Scottie was following Judy

posted 9 years ago by Pgle05
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Why did he make no attempt to hide that he was following her. It was so blatantly obvious... Like ridiculously obvious.

[–] rsgre 9 years ago

You are right pringle, as a former detective, why wasn't he suspicious that she seemed so oblivious of him ? And at the McKittrick Hotel, when the lady says Carlotta Valdez has not been here, why didn't he ask her "then who was that lady that just walked in ?". If the lady says "no one has come in", he knows she is lying and he is being scammed. All convenient "holes in the plot" (of which there are many) and a deliberately "dumbed down detective" to make the plot go the way they want.

ROGRE

[–] heyuactor 9 years ago

Yes, Hitch made it look too easy. Guess he didn't care about that.

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[–] steelysunshine 9 years ago

Thanks I kind of forgot about that when I was explaining my rating of the movie. It still gets a 9, but that is indeed another flaw as far as I am concerned. OTOH his poor method of following Judy allowed me to figure out what kind of car Stewart was driving.

[–] xMort 8 years ago

It also bugged me how obvious and careless his shadowing of her was.

[–] Fanofmoviesandtv 8 years ago

But he believed Gavin that she was in fact possessed, at least part of him did, so it would explain her obliviousness and his lack of concern for it.

[–] TwittingOnTrender 7 years ago

I kept thinking it was like OJ and Al Cowlings in a remake of Bullitt.

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