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Summary: great message
Review: Watching Modern Times does show how great Chaplin was at directing movies. Before watching Modern Times, I thought that Chaplin just did some simple silent comodies and skits. However, Modern Times shows that he can do more and that he can sucessully convey meaning through this meaning. It was interesting to see how he was able to convey the lifelesness of factory work and of modern society.
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Summary: His best
Review: What a flick, and Paulette is BEAUTIFUL!!! Let's see, Charlie goes insane in a factory, look for the 'tweaks' he gives the large bosomed woman! He gets arrested for leading a communist parade (victim of circumstance!) and ends up getting high on coke in the messhall!! Nightwatchman roller skating man says it all. Finally singing waiter. When the movie starts, (and the opening scene says it all) Charlie is just another unhappy 'sheep'. By the end of the movie, he is unemployed and homeless, but he has Paulette and is much happier.
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Summary: A True Hollywood Tear Jerker
Review: Whenever I hear the song "Smile" from Modern Times, I can not help but tear up. I was glued to the movie and Chaplin's "Tramp" was always getting into trouble. I was in awe when I got to hear The Tramp perform a gibberish version of "Tatiana" and the ending is an ultimate tearjerker, The Tramp walking with The Gamin(talented Paulette Goddard) into the sunset now knowing what is ahead of them yet they still have each other.
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Summary: Five stars just can't do this movie justice.
Review: While it is only the first Charlie Chaplin movie I have seen, I am already prepared to say that this is one of his best works. In this memorable, hilarious and touching movie, Chaplin takes on the modern era along with his newfound girl friend (Paulette Goddard) in a quest for happiness.Chaplin is a factory worker at a rather boring factory controlled by a boss who talks to his employees through screens (If that's not television, then I don't know what it is). With the same lame, repetitive work each day, Chaplin suffers a breakdown and is sent to the hospital. He recovers and is released, only to be arrested for accidentally being the leader of a communist parade. Goddard is a homeless girl who struggles everyday to live. Chaplin and Goddard eventually meet and the two vow to get a new home, "Even if I have to work for it!" There are countless memorable sight gags in Modern Times. My favorite is when Chaplin, employed as a mechanic's assistant, gets his boss stuck in a machine. Another equally memorable gag is when Chaplin, in prison, gets hyperactive after sprinkling 'Nose Powder' on his food and inadvertently adverts a prison break. There is much symbolism in this movie. For most of the film, the only things that have sound are mechanical objects such as machines, cars and radios. But for most of the film (As he was through the beginning of the silent era) Chaplin refuses to talk. His memorable song at the end, however, seems to show that he had given up and was ready to enter the modern times of cinema. If only all "Comedians" these days could be as funny or creative. I guess that's the "Modern Times" for you.
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