Close to perfection

I really needed to see this marvellous classic, after I a few days ago fell asleep during "the seventh seal". I was tired, but still it killed me. Maybe I will try watching it again some day...

Anyway. This film was quite simply great. And as my second Buster film after the general, I am dying to see more of him.

Everything from the both funny and really sad plot to the effects were great. If you look at "quality each second", this film has to be the possibly best I've seen. But I am still fully aware it "only" lasts for about 45 minutes. I also found the score wonderful. I've seen many others hating it on this board, but I thought it was spot on. It had great diversity, and gave each scene what it deserved.

So, close to perfection I say. I have never seen a perfect movie for me, though there are a selected few coming very close. This is absolutely one. But there is one place in the film, I felt it was a bit "depleted", if that is the right word. I am talking about right after the "out of body" experience at the cinema. It started there a bit, but the part I thought ruined the "perfection" for me, was that he was too long inside the cinema screen.

It was funny at first, but I thought the "climate changing around him" went on for too long. It was a show-off when it comes to effects. And though it was impressive and made me smile when the climate was changing, it felt a bit dated and dragged out. I feel he could have skipped that scene, as it wasn't necessary for the plot. I don't know anything of it's cinematic meaning, but for me it was mostly as mentioned, a show-off. It was probably very impressive when the film was made, it still is, but it had nothing to do with the plot.

It might sound crazy to you, and I realize this myself while writing it. But I hope you understand that my point is, that this is how close it came to perfection for me. Apart from half a minute, it was captivating from beginning to the the end.