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Can someone explain to me why this is so great?

posted 13 years ago by TheLamplightersSerenade
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I don't mean to troll, but why does everyone consider this film to be Keaton's masterpiece? Maybe I'm completely missing the point here, but I saw the film as a 85% wild train chase with some amusing (though not laugh out loud funny, in my opinion) sequences.

I'm going to re-watch it again sometime because I believe in second chances when it comes to films, but can someone who liked it explain to me why I liked it? Am I missing the big picture here?

[–] ilon 9 years ago

I find this movie to be a great archievement in cinema, but I would watch many other silent films that I would enjoy more instead. The characters didn't do that much for me.

[–] Prismark10 8 years ago

To me the film is a technical achievement of the time. Not sure it deserved to be in the IMDB 250.

It's that man again!!