Movie Review of "Rear Window"

The movie Rear Window was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It stars James Stewart as J.B. Jeffrey's and Grace Kelly as J.B's girlfriend. This movie is another one of Alfred Hitchcock's classics.
The movie starts with introducing the main character. The scene that opens the movie sets tone for the whole movie. It is almost a tracking shot, but adds crane and pan movements. It surveys the whole apartment complex from the rear window of J.B's apartment. This opening shot creates a good visual of the only thing the viewer will see the whole movie.
Another aspect that made the movie very interesting was the detective story line. Throughout the whole movie the viewer never knows more than J.B Jeffrey's(James Stewart). This keeps the audience in suspense for most of the movie. But it really adds to the suspense in the last scene when J.B Jeffrey's is confronted by the killer. Hitchcock does a wonderful job keeping the audience on the edge of their seats.
The cinematic elements were well done in the movie, but the plot is what really gave the viewer interest. It is about J.B Jeffery's (James Stewart) who is a photographer. He broke his leg and nothing to do except watch the people in the apartments across the way through his rear window. One night he notices the wife of a man across the backyard has gone missing. Then he sees lots of very suspicious activity going on in his apartment. He starts to suspect this man of murdering his wife, but he can't prove it. On top of the gripping storyline; the main character is also in conflict with himself on whether he should marry his girlfriend, who is played by Grace Kelly.
The plot of the movie gives the audience much to think about, but one thing that is hard to notice but is amazing is the fact that Alfred Hitchcock uses only diegetic sounds(sounds that the characters in the movie can hear). All of the background music is played from a man, who is a composer, in his studio apartment kiddy-corner to J.B Jeffery's. That means the characters in the movie hear all of the suspense music, along with the sad music. There is even a motif that the composer plays for J.B Jeffery's and his girlfriend, it is kind of "their song".
Although there are many good aspects of the movie Rear Window, some things take away from the movie experience. One of the things that was disappointing to view was the slowness of the movie. The beginning seemed slow when starting the plot. Once the conflict was established the movie was outstanding, but some of the scenes in between with just J.B and his girlfriend arguing could've been used better. This slowness int he beginning of the movie could leave many viewers with a dissatisfied feeling after watching the movie. But overall Hitchcock did a great job, so it wasn't too much of a big deal.
Lastly, I would like to say that Alfred Hitchcock did a tremendous job in creating a film that only takes place in one area to become exciting and suspenseful. Hitchcock and the actors did a great job in creating a classic movie that will be talked about for many years. Some films in the future may even be based off this classic movie, Rear Window.