My overall opinion of the film is that I loved it.

Rating: 9/10 (2 May 2011)

My overall opinion of the film is that I loved it. It is a very successful in getting its emotions across and it is that which makes the film brilliant. Even though the film is not perfect it is definitely a film that I will not forget in a hurry. It says a lot for how successful all of the images are that so many people think so highly of "Battleship Potemkin", regardless of a narrative that is from time to time hard to follow. This is because the film does not have the best acting talents but it still delivers a hard punch that stays with you. I would say that the Odessa Steps has to be one of the most well known sequences in the history of film. The famous Odessa Steps montage single-handedly reveals equally the excellent industrial talents and an intense understanding of how to deliver a picture that stays with the audience. I would say that the overall techniques used in this film were to make it shocking, just like my first and second film in A2. The images are so striking that the movie's faults are often not so obvious and they don't keep it from being an unforgettable film. There is a lot to understand in the way that the main scenes were set up and shot. The Battleship Potemkin is packed with vibrant metaphors that stay in your brain after you have watched it. The reason I selected this particular film, The Battleship Potemkin is that it is a stunning success of imaginative montages that lead the way for films like Rocky. What makes this such a good film particularly is the well-known Odessa Steps scene where blameless city dwellers are chased away down the steps. The motion picture is an all time movie standard for all film fans. The cinematography is incredible in this Russian film, it used a combination of tracking and crane shots that move with the battle and used modern viewpoint and composition layouts for a film of that time. Historical references that go with this film were easy to find out as the film is based on the historical actions that happened at that time. The motion picture tells the narrative of a rebellion at the battleship Potemkin in Russia. Troops were given gone off meat for food which resulted in the uproar/dispute.