Moustroll
Good movie but grossly overrated
Bergorks
If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
Staci Frederick
Blistering performances.
Caryl
It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.
stormin_player
Since the beginning of motion picture, by the Lumière brothers in 1985, for the next decade forward films where made which where there to attract an audience, like theatre. Theses films did not have anything in the way of acting or composition but where simply there to show an artistic view to the motion picture. Almost like Photography.But this film in 1907 was one of many such as 'The Impossible Voyage' in 1904 and 'king lea' in 1910, to show a narrative which was not like theatre but more on the way of we are intruding into someone Else's life. This was the beginning of how films are seen today.Due to this films quirky camera shots and over flamboyant acting, i give this a smashing 9 out of ten. A true film from the beginning of movie making.
MartinHafer
Aside from LE VOYAGE DANS LE LUNE and a few other films by Georges Méliès, this is about the most entertaining and funny films I have seen from the very early days of cinema. In fact, I think it's a lot funnier than most of Chaplin's early shorts--it's that good.A jerk pours sneezing powder all over an unsuspecting old guys things while he's sleeping. The old guy later wakes up and pretty soon he starts to sneeze uncontrollably. The sight gags, for 1907, are great--as beds and walls and EVERYTHING get blown about by his sneezes. He even later causes earthquakes with the sneezes. This builds and builds until ultimately he just explodes!!! This is such a cool movie--one kids should especially enjoy!
Snow Leopard
This is an interesting combination of some very good camera effects and a very silly story. Overall, it's still worth seeing, even as long ago as it was filmed. The premise is no flimsier than those used for a lot of full-length features in more recent times, and the camera work holds up quite well.The simple story starts with an older man and a youth (apparently relatives of some kind) playing practical jokes on each other with pepper, and soon things get out of hand, with some outlandish results. It's thoroughly goofy, but because the camera effects are done well, it works well enough to be entertaining much of the time. It does go on a bit too long, and would probably have been better if they had not drawn it out quite so long before wrapping things up.
cmmchale2
Granted, this is not profound, earth-shattering filmmaking of the sort to change lives and open minds. It's still fun, imaginative in a way that--so early in film history--had the flavor of unknown possibilities. Now that we know we can do anything via computer graphics, there's so little joy in trick photography and special effects via rigged props. Its strength is its rough edges; this is film in evolution. And the way they chose to end this film is nothing short of priceless.
