This holds up as a pretty remarkable production featuring an appropriate dose of Buster’s physical humor without sacrificing the dramatics and advances of the otherwise genre spanning adventure.
Reviews of The General 1926
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Didn’t grip me like I wanted it to (westerns just aren’t for me, try as I might), but there is still so much about this that I enjoyed - I genuinely cannot believe that this was made! The technical mastery of the silent era is unparalleled; I understand of course why we’ve moved away from such trickery and opted for CGI, but there’s something about watching this train track explode and crumble into a million pieces that no computer could ever replicate.
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Finally got around to a Buster Keaton movie, always amazed at what the managed to do back in the day
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Train stunts. All I need to say
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post visione di Babylon impossibile non avere voglia di recuperare un po’ di cinema muto. le movenze e l’espressività di Buster Keaton sono incredibili, per non parlare degli stunt, è tutto parecchio assurdo e sorprendente. devo dire la verità, non mi ha strappato proprio la grassa risata, ma sicuramente ha creato molta ilarità. è fresco ancora oggi.
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a ver, no es sherlock jr pero bueno
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It's all fun and games til you remember which side he's on
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Buster KKKeaton.
Still, the grand scope and effort put into this outweighs the Marvel Movie Politics any day of the week.
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cinema da contingência. não acho que o humor do buster keaton funcione tanto hoje em dia (one week é até melhor que esse nesse sentido) mas não consigo deixar de apreciar a existência de um filme como esse. tem cenas aqui que eu não faço ideia de como foram feitas com 100% de efeitos práticos. a cena da ponte desabando é impressionante, até pela coragem de fazer uma parada cara dessas nessa época, sobretudo numa comédia.
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Really impressive scale-up from his previous movies, going from short silly stories to a feature length silly retelling of historical events. That said, it loses a bit of pace, the laughs feel much more spread out compared to his shorter works (Reaaaally feels like it's stretching the chase formula at a few brief moments). Less funny doesn't mean unfunny though, The General is still a really great time with really impressive stunts and surprisingly pretty cinematography!
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zal ze na koncu ten pociag ich nie zabral tak smiesznie
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Its influence on the film industry/history isn't something I will think about when rating this, but I can at least see why it had that impact. Watching it on a big screen almost 100 years later was a great experience filled with laughter and no worries on my mind.
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