So anyone remember me saying yesterday that the music from the three silent films was the best I had heard in a long time? I take it back. Battleship Potemkin wins. Honest to goodness I had several moments I just wanted to get up and yell "FIRE" during the movie, especially the final scenes. I found it really really really cool how they incorporated the sounds into the movie so well. I think it helps to make some of the scenes even more powerful. A good example of this would be when one of the officers was climbing all over the piano, they had the soundtrack sound like someone stepping on the piano, then they even included the gunshot!
I also have noticed two very big differences from the rest of the silent films we have watched. The first one was the amount of actors in the film. There were what felt like literally thousands of actors on screen during some of the moments. Also, I spied with my little eye........COLOR! If this movie was an annoying commenter on a Youtube video, it would deserve the honor of posting "FIRST!" because in all honesty, this film has in my opinion marked a monumental moment in cinema history. Ruskaland should be proud to have made this fantastic movie. Which leads me to taking back what I said about not being able to enjoy silent films because of lack of dialogue. I can.
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