Battleship Potemkin The silent film Battleship Potemkin started off on a
high, the sailors refusing to eat the meat and soup they were served because it
was covered with maggots, for some reasoned really captured my attention. The
setting was on a large ship that showed us many areas, so it was not focused on
one area, they showed the galley where the sailors eat, and they showed the
sleeping quarters and the main deck. The also went off land which added a
special touch to the film for there was actual footage of a country. When the
oppression began it was strange, for it went from the sailors who didn’t eat,
getting there soup stolen to having towns people getting killed babies falling
down stairs and solders shooting everything in there paths. It was interesting
to see the towns people walk by the coffin of the dead sailor and pay their
respects to a person they do not know.
The casting was well done as said in the
notes, some of the actors were picked to look the part but a lot were just
regular sailors and that added a special touch to it, you saw strong body
instead of little scrawny bodies. It was nice to see tricks being done, meaning
stunts. I enjoyed seeing the sailors jump off the ship to go rescue the other
sailor it added a special touch. I must say that he movie was a little strange
but in general I would recommend it for it technique, different settings and
actors.
