James Stewart's character was a pervert

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If you think that's bad, you should've seen Fred Astaire in the 1950s. He had nothing on James Stewart, what with stuff like Daddy Long Legs (ew) and Funny Face. (double ew)

Alfred Hitchcock loved perverts, and tried to sneak them into films when it wasn't allowed! So yes, this is the story of a sick, twisted, destructive, perverse relationship.

But a totally believable one. This is one of the few films where I totally believe that a 50-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman can fall in love and form a really bad but genuine relationship, because he's the sort of guy who'd literally lose his mind over an attractive woman, and she's desperate for affection... and forgiveness. Remember, she's largely motivated by guilt.

A sexual and/or romantic consenting relationship between 2 adults of the age of consent is not a perversion. You may consider it creepy, or icky. It may not appeal to you. But please know what words mean before your use them. Examples of sexual perversion include coprophagia, necrophilia, sadomasochism, pedophilia, golden showers and masochism. Also, wearing a Donald Trump mask while humping. Age-inappropriate relationships that involve consenting partners of the age of consent are not for everyone, but neither are they perverse. Keep in mind there some adult women who have a Daddy Syndrome.

I’m guessing that no one who’s posted here so far enjoys the Old Young genre of adult entertainment.

EDIT Sorry, Otter, I started mentally composing before you posted, then did not see your message till after I posted mine. You are exempt from any and all of my comments that you want to be exempt from!

When "Vertigo" was filmed in late 1957, James Stewart was forty-nine (not fifty-eight) and Kim Novak was twenty-four, a difference of twenty-five years. Humphrey Bogart was a little less than twenty-five years older than Lauren Bacall (not forty years). In the case of the fictional relationship between Stewart and Novak in "Vertigo", and the fictional and real relationships between Bogart and Bacall, all of the participants were consenting adults. You might not find relationships involving a twenty-five-year age difference to your taste; however, there is nothing illegal or immoral about such relationships. They are not "perverted". It is entirely the choice of the people who are involved, and nobody else's business.

What do you care what others consenting adults do with ther life? if a young woman want to be with an old dude or a young guy want nail some MILF how exactly that affect you? who are you to pass judgement in the private life of other people and impose them from who they should feel attracted to and from who they shouldn't? you just sound like a resent and frustrated ashole pretending to have the moral highground

Millenials always talk about respect and tolerance acting like today people are more wise and open that they were in the past, but this days and time people are so repressive and judgemental like they were in the 50's nothing have change

Frankly, I always considered Stewart just about perfect for every role. When you think about it, yeah, he was a bit old for the role (if it had been filmed ten years previously, he would have been perfect). Hitchcock even blamed Stewart for the film's lack of success (who cast him, Alfred?). I'm one of those who is generally able to "sink into the dream" as they say. If a film is well made, has an engaging story and is well acted, I am caught up in it. I never think about things like "Gee, isn't he too old for this role?" or finding minor errors. Because of this controversy, I did think about it and considered it something of a stretch that Midge and Scottie were in college together because there is clearly a 20 years differences between them. However, the notion that Madeleine was too young for him is highly unconvincing. If a man find his absolute ideal and she falls in love with him, does anyone really think he is going to say, "Gee, it's too bad I'm 25 years your senior. Oh well, I guess I'll just stay alone." Nobody would do that. And Gavin Elster COUNTED on that (as Judy says, that was the plan, what was not part of the plan was for her, Judy, to actually fall in love with Scottie). This film is about obsession and how it can drive people to do fairly questionable (if not outright insane) things. The problem with Madeleine was not that she is younger than Scottie, but that she is NOT REAL. She is a fantasy, tailor-made for him by Gavin Elster. I once played this film, on dvd, for a visiting friend. His reaction at the end was to say, "I would have gone for the other girl. She was nice." (that's British for hot, not a comment of her personality). My initial condescending reaction to this comment was to think, "Wow, he really didn't get it!" In fact, he got it much better than I did. What's strange is not the age difference but the fact that Scottie cannot love a real, living, breathing woman. He can only chase after a chimera.

Adults are adults. There is nothing wrong with consenting adults having sex.
You being prudish or involuntarily celibate and jealous and gatekeeping that what you cannot have is of minor annoyance to us normal people.