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noone ever says about entertaining this film is

posted 16 years ago by teejay6682
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some old movies every self respecting film buff should watch regardless of how enjoyable they end up being and this is one of them. some you like more then others and some are hard to get threw. this isn't one of them. i found this film very easy to watch. you never hear that from film scholars..just how important it is. maybe entertaining isn't the right word since it's such a serious film let's say "engrossing". i'd actually almost say eisenstein was a great action director.

[–] snoogans_117 16 years ago

Yeah I agree.
They don't really call them entertaining because in silent films you usually have to pay more attention to the film itself or else you don't understand what is going on.

But I'd say The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was more entertaining than this movie.
but this movie is still pretty entertaining or engrossing(sp?)

[–] richard-III 16 years ago

It still can sweep an audience away, I agree!

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[–] sethisawesome89 16 years ago

I very much agree! We watched this in my motion picture history class and I was literally blown away. I don't think I've ever seen better editing. Unfortunately I overheard some douchebags after the movie was over talking about how pointless and stupid it was. I wanted to kill them dead. They also groaned every time a new chapter (is that what they're called? can't remember) began.

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[–] jacobnoah1 15 years ago

Never hate people due to a different view from a film prick.

[–] sethisawesome89 15 years ago

did i say i hated them?

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[–] TaRaNRoD (1579) 6 years ago

There is a "view" on a movie, and there is acting like a jackass and make a foul of yourself by making cringeworthy insults to a movie which contributed to push the film industry where it is. Without this movie, Avengers might not have existed.

So yeah liking or not liking a movie is a thing, being offensive to a classic because it isn't a Michael Bay's explosion fest is simply irritating.

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[–] narnia4 15 years ago

I just watched a clip of the Odessa (sp?) steps sequence in film class, and it made me want to see the rest of the film. It was engrossing and moving.

[–] youllneverbe 15 years ago

It's a shame you've seen that bit first, it works a lot better with the right build up.

And yes, it is a great film. Very engrossing as the OP said and goes far beyond the standards of a simple propaganda film.

[–] Brysonashultz 15 years ago

I even found The Birth of a Nation to be very entertaining, but that may just be because I was so fascinated with it. It was almost like traveling back in time, and I suppose films are the closest we'll ever get to doing that.

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[–] Errington_92 12 years ago

I can't say Battleship Potemkin was entertaining but intriguing to watch in terms of its style. For example the way in which a scene was shot from multiple angles so the editing would make it more dramatic such as the scene where the Sailors throw the commanding officers overboard. I was equally curious by the symbolism within the film.

An example that springs to mind is when a woman is shot dead during the Odessa steps sequence. The camera makes a close up of her belt which has a Swan as an image now covered in the woman's blood. Swans symbolise such things as union, love, purity and beauty. Knowing this makes this example all the more outstanding.

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[–] Alemme01 11 years ago

I was on the edge of my seat during the Odessa steps and the ending with the increasingly intensifying music.

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[–] oh_no_mrbill 11 years ago

Yeah that last scene with the music was insane. Really effective too

[–] thesnowleopard 11 years ago

I agree. This film is tense, thrilling, engrossing, and horrific, especially when paired with the anachronistic, but brilliant, Shostakovich score.

I think a lot of silent film scholars are still hesitant to present silent films as entertainment rather than simply historical artifacts. But with their increased distribution through DVD and Netflix, and networks like TCM, they're becoming once again more accessible to the modern audience, which also brings in new fans who enjoy them on their own terms, rather than as museum pieces.

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[–] JellyFish19 10 years ago

I was thinking the same thing, it moves between the five chapters smoothly, giving the viewer no time for a break, since every scene is just building tension. And at a running time of 70 minutes it doesn't overstay its welcome. So it's a lot of easier to watch than most other silent movie dramas, like for instance D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance".