The greatest war movie ever-made and a landmark in film-making

Rating: 10/10 (19 June 2012)

One of the greatest and the first movies of the genre War. The movie is an inspiration to film-makers from all corners of the world. The movie has graphic violence which is far ahead of its times. The movie is a landmark in cinematography too. The scattering of moonlight on sea water making the water gleam like crystals will be a scene that will leave every viewer awed. The Odessa Staircase sequence is unequivocally the best scenario in the film.
The movie brings forth an account of the uprising on the Battleship Potemkin. The background score matches the situation and also defines the mood of the men in various scenarios.
Sailors and workers are fed rotten meat and are ill-treated while the senior officers devour fresh meat. Vakulinchuk, a brave sailor, decides to act. They protest peacefully by choosing not to drink the soup. An exasperated captain decides to shoot down the ones 'who did not like their soup'. Just as the guards get ready to fire at the rebels, Vakulinchuk enlightens his fellow sailors that they're about to fire at their fellowmen and thus a mutiny arises. The sailors hunt and cast the senior officers off the ship while a frenzied officer fires his rifle at Vakulinchuk. The man who spearheaded the mutiny is dead.
He's brought to the shore and the news of the mutiny goes viral. Men and women start congregating near the pyre and an uprising is imminent in Odessa. Men and women are aroused by the inflammatory speech of a few volunteers. They already celebrate victory and send the sailors aboard the Potemkin food supplies and gifts.
Their celebrations are interrupted by the armed soldiers who fire at will. They spare none within the range of their rifles- not even kids. The sailors decide it's time for them to act. They bomb the Odessa Opera House. They decide to meet the opponents head on. Men on both the ships are ready to fire cannons at each other. But, they bring down their ordnances and unite as brothers.