Review of The Artist (2011) by David B — 02 Apr 2013
This movie was not so much an astounding masterpiece, but still an awesome movie, and quite original. The two main characters were superb, perfect casting was done for Jean and Berenice. They looked attractive, their facial expressions were amazing (important for actors in a silent movie) and their chemistry was lovely.
The film itself was easy to understand even without language. Now an interesting phenomenon happened to me, in that my ears actually began to feel weird and sting by the end of the movie because my ears and brain kept expecting and wanting sound, but it never came.
That goes to show what a different time we live in today, bombarded by noise. Anyway, I digress, by the end I began feeling anxious, wanting sound, and getting antsy and bored with the movie, which was too bad, because the movie was touching.
The unraveling of a silent movie star like George, his livelihood taken away just like of today with massive layoffs and economic toils, really sparked sadness in me, especially for people of that time that had to flow with the tidal changes of the entertainment industry or be left behind and forgotten, despite what they have accomplished.
How sad. So I felt so deeply for George, despite his character kind of being cocky and selfish at times. And I even began to get annoyed with Berenice, feeling she was selling-out (she probably wasn't, lol, I'm just a tough critic.
). Anyway, I was hoping their would be sound at the end, but the movie stayed true to its roots, so that's admirable. Overall, a pretty entertaining movie.
This review of The Artist (2011) was written by David B on 02 Apr 2013.
The Artist has generally received very positive reviews.
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