The Artist

Rating: 10/10 (26 February 2014)

I first saw this movie when I was a senior in high school (about age 17). I never truly appreciated film the way I do today. This movie started my love and appreciation of American Cinema. After seeing this movie I was in complete awe, sure the movie had no conversation or dramatic lines acted out but that's the beauty of it. Every dramatic tone, every funny and quirky moment is perfectly acted out by the extremely talented actors in this movie.
The story is wonderfully told and was wonderfully written. There are so many particular scenes that stand out to me as expertly written and shot (Where George has his nightmare and when George and Peppy meet on the staircase, to name a few). Seeing George having to go through the new transition of film (from silent movies to "talkies") is certainly a sight to see. It makes you think "why is he being so resistant?". It takes some thinking but the answer could be two possible things (look in the message boards). the ending is something guaranteed to make you smile. I had never been so captivated and sucked to a movie before in my life until I saw this.
The characters, the chemistry between them, and how they act makes this movie phenomenal. The music is fantastic and so are the set pieces. Literally everything about this movie (to me) is perfect. Not many movies that win Best Picture will be remembered, but, The Artist will be remembered as a truly phenomenal movie that bought back black and white to the new age of cinema.