HistoryI was watching the trailer for Wall-E, Pixar's movie for next year. Someone pointed out that Andrew Stanton, the director, said the movie is like "R2-D2 meets City Lights." If that's the case, and people were saying City Lights is good, this seemed like a good movie to check out.
This movie came out in a time where silent films were already obsolete, but Charlie Chaplin could do what he wanted. It was a gamble but it was successful. For more about all that, check this review.
The only other Chaplin film I've seen is The Gold Rush, but I've seen some of his shorts a long time ago, and read part of his autobiography for some 8th grade english project. Still haven't heard his voice though, but that's what DVD extras are for.
What's it about?
The Tramp (Chaplin) falls for a blind flower girl (Virginia Cherrill). He befriends a drunk millionaire, and while using some of the drunk's money to buy flowers, the flower girl believes he is rich.
This description sucks, but it's a simple story which is well done.
Thoughts
A nice story with great music, great comedy and physical acting, and the timing was awesome, it must have been pretty hard to get some of that physical stuff just right. People said that the last scene is memorable and it is, it's really good.
Rating
Aww Hell Yeah!
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