Battleship Potemkin

Rating: 8/10 (30 April 2011)

Sergei M. Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin was a huge success involving the Russian revolution. Starts off when a hard working crew get's fed up with the captain's treating them like dogs because they fed them a piece of meat that was way past its prime, and so the crew revolts. This movie shows the innovations that were brought upon by Sergei Eisenstein. Because filming isn't just about making or directing films, it's about coming up with the newest way to film. He shows many new techniques that revolve around our films today. The feel of this film was a huge surprise to me because it easy to keep track of. This film continues and one of the crew members, I believe the one who started the revolt, was the first and only to get killed, and all of the crew honors him and gives them a somewhat unorthodox ceremony. They put his body at the port in a tent with a note on him explaining why he deserves such honor, and quite quickly the entire town is there to honor him. Then that's when all Hell broke lose when the Russian government, and it was the end for those at the port, and this film continues. Sergei Eisenstein's directing was superb and outright professional. The music kept me on my feet on what was about to happen next, and this film had a lot of those moments. This film had a clear image of how the Russian army was as well as the government. With a scene in the film, soldiers kill which included a mother who is carrying her baby in a carriage, and the soldiers look emotionless and keep going. If you want to see a great silent film that includes some action this is sincerely a film to watch.