Maybe its just because Chaplin has been parodied so much that he feels cliche to me, but I definitely get a deeper sense of sophistication from Keaton, even in his slapstick.
In particular, the stunts in this and The General would never be attempted let alone allowed in today's movie studios. And 90 year old special effects that tricked me enough to make me laugh. Technically, this is an amazing movie.
Simply just funny as hell throughout the whole movie. The dream-sequence is fantastic and the The billard-scene together with the motorcyle-part is just brilliant, turning Keaton into a surreal mix of early James Bond and Sterling Archer.
Definitely agree with you on that. Keaton has a phenomenal stage presence without the 'sentimentalist overacting' of Chaplin, was quite the daredevil and showed a phenomenal range of skills with his various life-threatening stunts and technical movie producing abilities.
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TheBanana
Keaton > Chaplin, IMO.rvandam
Maybe its just because Chaplin has been parodied so much that he feels cliche to me, but I definitely get a deeper sense of sophistication from Keaton, even in his slapstick.In particular, the stunts in this and The General would never be attempted let alone allowed in today's movie studios. And 90 year old special effects that tricked me enough to make me laugh. Technically, this is an amazing movie.
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Simply just funny as hell throughout the whole movie. The dream-sequence is fantastic and the The billard-scene together with the motorcyle-part is just brilliant, turning Keaton into a surreal mix of early James Bond and Sterling Archer.roobin_22
The motorcycle ride was incredible!TalkingElvish
Sheer genius from beginning to end.chunkylefunga
Excellent stunts that surpass many of today's films.Dieguito
Funny as hell!! Brilliant movie, Buster Keaton is the best in silent movies! The action is his movies is real!Siskoid
Sherlock Jr. is, to my mind, Buster Keaton's masterpiece. It has to be. It is inventive, and clever, and delightfully meta, and a love letter to cinema and the power of imagination, and a keen adventure, and a sweet romance, and there isn't one moment that isn't entertaining as all get-out. And best of all, it's a tight story, everything connects. I wonder what was in the reel's worth of footage Keaton took out after a test audience's lukewarm reception, but perhaps its economy is part of the joy. In this one, Buster is a lowly projectionist who is framed for a theft he didn't commit that puts his relationship with his fiancée in jeopardy. That night, he falls asleep in the projection booth and has an out-of-body - and into-movie - experience where he finds himself on the screen, and later the detective hero of a dastardly mystery. This is a film that would not be possible with anyone BUT Keaton. It requires his incredible - I want to say, superhuman - precision. Never mind the cool bit with the editing, I don't know how he did all that with the pool table! So yes, this one sold me on Keaton's genius, and I know see all his other work in a brighter light because of it.papp
True entertainment.Bylom
@TheBananaDefinitely agree with you on that. Keaton has a phenomenal stage presence without the 'sentimentalist overacting' of Chaplin, was quite the daredevil and showed a phenomenal range of skills with his various life-threatening stunts and technical movie producing abilities.
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This was hilarious and brilliant. Great comic timing and stunts. Much funnier than anyone making movies today.mikhaelmt
Great story with great score all throughout the film.nyota
Such a great film! Very entertaining. Keaton is so charming and funny in this. And yes, the motorcycle ride WAS amazing!RoastMutton10
Much better than Chaplin.abemad
Amazing. Really. So extremely well thought through and most of all realised. Great comedy-, love-, slapstick-, detective-, action movie.Showing items 1 – 15 of 30