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Adam_S · 06-30-2004, 12:40 AM

The Great Dictator -

½

A flawed dream/pet project of sorts, I thought the film was overlong, unevenly paced, and never sure if it was going to use silent or talkie aesthetics. For the most part, the only major sequence I didn't like was the opening in which all the dialogue felt tremendously like intertitles (at least this wasn't so for the rest of the film or I was acclimated to the ghetto sections by that time) and was really annoying at how it immediately killed the silent filmmaking magic that was just getting going. Overall, I'm wondering why this (and Monsieur Verdoux and Limelight) are on this list at the expense of some of his other legendary silents like The Kid and The Circus. So I guess I'll just have to watch those as well and decide which chaplin I prefer.

06-30-2004, 12:40 AM	#2043 of 3734
Adam_S *Adam_S* Member Location: Marina del Rey, CA Join Date: Feb 2001 Local Time: 04:58 PM Local Date: 11-20-2008 Posts: 5,060	The Great Dictator - ½ A flawed dream/pet project of sorts, I thought the film was overlong, unevenly paced, and never sure if it was going to use silent or talkie aesthetics. For the most part, the only major sequence I didn't like was the opening in which all the dialogue felt tremendously like intertitles (at least this wasn't so for the rest of the film or I was acclimated to the ghetto sections by that time) and was really annoying at how it immediately killed the silent filmmaking magic that was just getting going. Overall, I'm wondering why this (and Monsieur Verdoux and Limelight) are on this list at the expense of some of his other legendary silents like The Kid and The Circus. So I guess I'll just have to watch those as well and decide which chaplin I prefer. top 20 films 2008 film list My DVDs; S&S List 62...212 AFI lists: - DONE!