The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

masterpiece of the 20s

masterpiece of the 20s

i am an uncultured swine. basing this on solely the title, i was expecting a cowboy sci-fi.

At least i got to learn something new! We welcome the four horsemen: Conquest, War, Pestilence, and Death. I apologise, I do not remember learning about this in my whole life as a catholic school girl. 

Finally after watching the two biopics of Valentino, i finally started with this one! He looks so much like Marlon Brando (and my old crushie!!). Such charm!! And that beard?? 😩

*The animal actors were such a cute touch

i am an uncultured swine. basing this on solely the title, i was expecting a cowboy sci-fi.

At least i got to learn something new! We welcome the four horsemen: Conquest, War, Pestilence, and Death. I apologise, I do not remember learning about this in my whole life as a catholic school girl. 

Finally after watching the two biopics of Valentino, i finally started with this one! He looks so much like Marlon Brando (and my old crushie!!). Such charm!! And that beard?? 😩

*The animal actors were such a cute touch

A stunningly expansive film, spanning multiple generations and continents. Any work this epic necessarily contains multitudes of interesting ideas: love, personal growth, familial relations, loyalty, and patriotism are all on display here. Unfortunately, this also makes the storytelling somewhat haggered; for a film that depicts a world war, it is quite slow. And this is aside from my main critique of the movie, which is that it essentially turns into a French war propaganda film for 30 minutes. (Reasonable people can interpret that section of the movie to be a "war is Hell" montage--I never claimed to be reasonable!)
Where the film emphatically succeeds, though, are in its visual storytelling--it is an absolute insult to refer to this as "primitive cinema."

A stunningly expansive film, spanning multiple generations and continents. Any work this epic necessarily contains multitudes of interesting ideas: love, personal growth, familial relations, loyalty, and patriotism are all on display here. Unfortunately, this also makes the storytelling somewhat haggered; for a film that depicts a world war, it is quite slow. And this is aside from my main critique of the movie, which is that it essentially turns into a French war propaganda film for 30 minutes. (Reasonable people can interpret that section of the movie to be a "war is Hell" montage--I never claimed to be reasonable!)
Where the film emphatically succeeds, though, are in its visual storytelling--it is an absolute insult to refer to this as "primitive cinema."