My favourite sequence in the entire movie is Marion's car journey. A Director's complete trust in the abilities of his composer 
Bernard Herrmann alone makes the sequence so brilliant.
One of my favourites in that film, too, and because of that same reason.
It's another trick Spielberg learned from him--trusting his composer completely.
Vertigo is a child of its time--lots of "talky" movies around that time. I don't know why that is, and it's certainly not a verifiable fact, just an observation of mine from having screened dozens of films from that period. Never bothered me, though. The dialogue is well-written.
Certainly agreed. However, it was the only fault I could find with 'Vertigo' when, as a result of our debate, I re-watched it with my critical eyes in 
I suppose the abruptness of the film ending could also be added - which is shares with 'North by Northwest'... a sudden ending when perhaps a little of a story coda might have been preferable. It does finish too suddenly, I agree - especially in light of the pacing of the rest of the movie.
I love the fact that there's action right until the last few seconds, in both films.
It's very disconcerting for a projectionist, though--I still am nervous when I screen North by Northwest because the reel is about to end but the story still isn't finished. Gets me every time.
Citizen Kane blew my mind away when I first saw it. The acting, editing, the fast-paced story... I could go on. It's not my all-time favourite but it comes close.
'Citizen Kane'... shuddering at mirroring the common Critics line... is quite possible the best, or one of the best, movies ever made. It isn't my favourite movie ('Link' is), and I prefer 'Touch of Evil' as more enjoyable in Orson Welles' canon... but it is a truly magnificent piece of work worthy, I think, of the vaulted position it holds in film history. 
I love both films. He was a true genius.
