I'm aware this film is incredibly culturally significant, pioneered a boatload of film techniques, is one of the great american films, etc. The acting is great, the editing is great, there's nothing mechanically wrong with the film at all. At the time it was a magnificent feat of film-making; but also inspired the KKK to restart with its racist revisionism. It's an unabashedly racism film, made by a man who claims repeatedly to be an angel. All of this is very important information.
Why rate this a 1, then? I give ratings based on my enjoyment, and this movie is really fucking boring. I'm generally not a fan of silent films and this was no exception. It's three hours.
Shout by IanVIP 9BlockedParent2017-04-22T02:41:29Z— updated 2017-05-02T01:19:20Z
I'm aware this film is incredibly culturally significant, pioneered a boatload of film techniques, is one of the great american films, etc. The acting is great, the editing is great, there's nothing mechanically wrong with the film at all. At the time it was a magnificent feat of film-making; but also inspired the KKK to restart with its racist revisionism. It's an unabashedly racism film, made by a man who claims repeatedly to be an angel. All of this is very important information.
Why rate this a 1, then? I give ratings based on my enjoyment, and this movie is really fucking boring. I'm generally not a fan of silent films and this was no exception. It's three hours.