When a silent movie leaves you speechless

Rating: 9/10 (23 October 2018)

I wasn't a big fan of silent movies, to be honest. I thought that words were too important, but since I had to see it at school, I decided not to be too influenced by my opinion.
But this movie left me literally speechless. The way it is made!! Michel Hazanavicius made a fantastic job playing with the sound effects, and I particularly enjoyed the dream part, one of the only two scenes where you can actually hear sounds and voices. I found some of the shots extremely genius; especially the one where Valentin (Jean Dujardin) reflects himself on the table and then pour on it the glass of alcohol, as a sign of his desperation for himself.
The scene were Valentin was about to shoot himself with the gun meanwhile Peppy was running on a car to rescue him, left me amazed; you saw a "Bang!" written on the screen and you couldn't help to feel worried that the protagonist might have killed himself.
I loved the acting of the two main protagonists, the facial expressions, the way their bodies moved, it all reminded me of a real old movie.
At first I was skeptical, because I wasn't used to silent movies, and I thought that words were too much important in our society to be given up.
But after watching it I feel like it can give you so much without saying a single word.