Well I just checked the preview for this post and it looks like this can't work over text. So I guess I'll have to actually put some effort into this review (siiiiiiiiiiiiiigggggggggghhhhhhhhh). Without further ado, this is my review of...
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PLOT
The time is 1929 and Charlie Valentin is the biggest silent movie star, with the only bigger star being his dog. His on top of the world, until a revolutionary technology in movie making is discovered. Sound. While everyone else is quick to embrace it, Charlie is not. He see's this as a passing fade and that everyone comes to the movies for him, it doesn't matter if he can talk, all that matters is his good looks. Well he is sorely wrong as his movies soon start losing business to the new faces of film, one of which being Peggy Miller, who Charlie helped to get to the top.
PROS
This is a true silent film, it's not just a gimmick. The director obviously loves silent film, and the film making business itself. He made a silent film in modern day. It's black and white, there is little to no sound, and what sound there is is used sparingly, they even have title cards to tell you what the people are saying, but only when it's impossible to tell what's going on.
Jean Dujardin does an amazing job as Charlie Valentin. He has some much charisma and presence that it seems as if he was born to play in a silent film.
Speaking of great acting, everyone here does a great job, they're all very expressive and lively. While that may not seem like much, it really is a big deal. Since this is a silent film, you need exaggerated people who get the point across with only there body movements and faces, and everyone pulls it off.
The score is, thankfully, brilliant. It fits so perfectly to whats happening on screen, so much so that you almost entirety forget it's there!
CONCLUSION
Yes I skipped the CONS section, why? Because I honestly can't think of anything bad to say about this movie. This movie pulls a Midnight in Paris where it's just nice. Even when things seem bad, Charlie gives that smile and you know everything's gonna be all right. While it does get pretty heavy in the third act, it ends with such an amazing dance number that it leaves you feeling good. I originally was going to give this an O.K. score, but on further thought, I realize that this one of the biggest risk anyone could have token and that it was pulled off flawlessly. If your some Micheal Bay lovin' ignorant idiot who can't read, stay away. But if this at all sound interesting to you, by all means hunt this movie down.
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P.S. I'm writing this the day of the 2011 Oscars, so I have no idea how they turned out. If your wondering, that's why I never mentioned it in this review.
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