Truly Artistic! - Brilliant & Courageous...

Rating: 8/10 (26 February 2012)

Brilliant and courageous!! Courageous - because in this 21st Century with CGI effects, color, 3-D and wide screen available, who would attempt to make a black-and-white silent movie? It's mainly the result of the amazing direction, terrific acting, well-synchronized background score and Jean Dujardin's irresistible smile. And hats off to the dog!
It takes you to the silent-movie era where the effect and feel of the movie wholly depended on the expressive actors and the music (given by the live orchestra, in the theatre itself). Well, this is the first silent movie I've seen and I truly loved it! It has humour, drama, romance, everything... Makes you wonder, how you sat through the whole movie without hearing a single dialogue.
The movie basically shows the transition from silent movie to talkies era - something similar to "Singin' in the Rain"... "Singin' in the Rain" was basically a musical with colour, sound, dance and everything... I'm not comparing this movie to that. "Singin' in the Rain" will remain a timeless musical classic. But 'The Artist' has good character depth and many other unique characteristics.
This movie is for people like me who love Cinema!