What do people think of this?

I have seen the Battleship Potemkin and for the last year I have been thinking about it, trying to really piece together what I think of the movie and of its director, Sergei Eisenstein. And I have come to this conclusion: it is the most overrated movie of all time.

Before I get several cries of "idiot!" and "moron!" because I know I will, I just want to look at this film from my point of view for a moment.

For me, Sergei Eisenstein is not a great filmmaker. I feel that he is a great photographer though--he knew how to get what he wanted on camera. That is his strength. But it's also his weakness--because by focusing too much on shots, you forget about story. And Battleship Potemkin simply is not a compelling story. With that said, I have nothing against the Odessa steps sequence. Eisenstein created those images brililantly.

I just don't think that Eisenstein gets the story through the way he should. The ending for me was very anti-climactic. I've heard that the movie is based on non-fiction and that's how it happened, but for me it was a bit of a letdown because I kept feeling that throughout the final third they were doing a slow build up to build up to some huge finale and then there was none. It was false anticipation. And then with the ending on the film, the bottom sort of fell out.

I don't want to completely trash the movie because I'm not one of those guys who goes "worst movie ever!!!!!" but I just feel mixed on this movie. And on Eisenstein in general.

What do you all think?