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Someone gave City Lights one star?

posted 18 years ago by AhaVanuR_24
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I can't believe this...

Film of A Conservative Who Is Stuck In The Past, 1 May 2003
1/10
Author: www-vitaphone-org

This is A Film of A Conservative Man Who Is Stuck In The Past - Unlike Harold Lloyd who was open-minded and progressive and who eagerly produced his first talkie in 1929 - Chaplin continued to live in his fantasy world of the past and released a silent film in 1931 which could have been made in 1890 - The Synchronized Score could well have been replaced with a violin playing "Hearts And Flowers" because the story is as interesting as a revival of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" I give this a 1 - Don't bother watching this film - read a good book instead.

I find it hard to believe someone could hate City Lights

Believe me, you don't want Hannibal Lecter inside your head."

[–] BlueGreen 18 years ago

It certainly wasn't me - just so you know. ;)

I'd really like to see that person's choices, though...
Wouldn't you?

<shudder>

And apparently this great savant of the cinema doesn't even know what Chaplin kept telling everyone: that he didn't want to go "talkies" because he preferred to be "understood" all over the world.

[–] stevenvh 16 years ago

Votes from people who probably didn't even watch the film, in a pathetic attempt to get it down in the ranking. Hoping to get their own pathetic favorite in the Top-250.
Actually I think it should be possible to detect those manipulative voters and ignore all of their votes.

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I never make mistakes. Once I thought I did, but I was wrong.

[–] VIsraWratS 16 years ago

I find it hard to believe someone could hate City Lights

For everything that exists, no matter how good, there is someone that hates it. It's a fact of life. If one could turn the world into a paradise there'd still be someone sitting around saying "This place blows."

[–] SeisCinemaSeis 16 years ago

I can't believe that somebody called Chaplin "A conservative man"!

The only reason why Chaplin kept making silent films is because he was aware that "The Tramp" was an universal character that as soon as he'd begin speaking english, would lose that universal appeal.
That's why the only time The Tramp talked was "gibberish" in Modern Times. Chaplin talkies (most of them excellent but quite underrated) don't portray The Tramp.
The Tramp is a true citizen of the world. People from every country identifies with him. That's why Chaplin is well known in countries as distant and as different as Mali, Iran, Bolivia, South Africa, India, China, Russia, Haiti, you name it. Unlike Harold Lloyd, who was a great comedian but not in the same league than Charlie.

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[–] moviemarathoneverynight 14 years ago

someone please make sure the person who wrote that review wouldn't procreate..It's very stupid to give it one star just because it's not a talkie.I agree with the other posts. The tramp would lose his universal charm if he talked.