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My favorite silent movie yet

posted 16 years ago by FrankBooth_DeLarge
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I've seen quite a few silent movies over the past year. While I think a lot of them are great, I do have a hard time getting into some of them at first, mainly because I'm not used to that style of film. This one however was not hard to get into at all. I really enjoyed it from beginning to end, and a lot of the stunts are still impressive for today's standards. The acting was surprisingly good too, there weren't any exagerated looking arm waving and wide eyed antics that a lot of other silent movies have. for a silent comedy, the acting was very natural.

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[–] BwlBoy 16 years ago

To date I have seen quite a few silent films that I have preferred to The General namely The Passion of Joan of Arc, Metropolis, The Gold Rush, The Battleship Potemkin, Greed and Orphans of the Storm.

[–] FrankBooth_DeLarge 16 years ago

As far as movie quality goes, Battleship Potemkin was a better movie, but I enjoyed The General more.

The Gold Rush is good too, but for Charlie Chaplin movies, I liked Modern Times and City Lights bettter.

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[–] FrankBooth_DeLarge 16 years ago

I just saw Metropolis not too long ago, and I think that's one of the best silent movies I've ever seen.

but still, The general is possibly the most entertaining one, along with City Lights.

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