The General Comments

  • Clementina 2022-04-20 09:01:41

    What a masterpiece, new 2k restoration by Lobster Films, at...

  • Guillermo 2022-04-20 09:01:41

    This is one of the early silent films with the best picture quality and the smoothest images I have seen so far. It is a very interesting story. The scene scheduling in the early days of Hollywood has reached a certain level, and many subsequent films have inherited certain aspects of this film. some elements. With a little emotion, many films later than this era have been lost or the picture quality is extremely poor. The protection and restoration of early films is really very...

  • Alec 2022-04-20 09:01:41

    4 and a half stars. Buster Keaton creates comic effect by positioning the characters at a certain distance from the audience. The completion of stunt scenes in the 1920s without CGI technology was so high and commendable, but the film, especially the ending, largely failed to reflect the "anti-war" core, but romanticized and entertained war. After all, there are...

  • Ivah 2022-04-20 09:01:41

    [A] Blockbuster, really top blockbuster. It's pretty interesting even if you look at it from the perspective of almost a hundred years later. Now almost all Hollywood commercial blockbusters have some shadows of this film, which shows its far-reaching influence. The two back-and-forth train chase scenes are really good to die for. Keaton designed the shot cuts and action ideas with a vision beyond the times. Coupled with the lack of shooting conditions in that era, in addition to shouting...

  • Chaz 2022-04-20 09:01:41

    I also received a postcard from the Keaton Fan Squad, and I was happy. #2017SIFF# @Shanghai...

  • Madisyn 2022-04-20 09:01:41

    The most amazing thing is that I didn't laugh once. Buster Keaton's bridges have been imitated too much by later generations. Now the biggest feeling of watching "The General" is not funny but shocking. The most classic scene left in film history is the train falling into the river....

  • Alexander 2022-04-20 09:01:41

    Don't enlist him. He is more valuable to the South as an engineer. It turns out this HR is too...

  • Lennie 2022-04-20 09:01:41

    It's so wonderful that I can't believe it was a movie from almost 100 years ago. I wonder what the movie will be like in 100 years. So cute, I want to hug and hold high...

  • Brandy 2022-04-20 09:01:41

    Great comedy of the era...a shot of a train falling into a river cost $42,000, which was astronomical at the...

  • Marcia 2022-04-20 09:01:41

    Considered one of the most outstanding comedies of the silent era, Buster Keaton just saw him in Sherlock Holmes II the other...

Extended Reading
  • Elmore 2021-12-09 08:01:20

    Thoughts on watching the silent films "Holmes II" and "The General"

    ① Recently, I have read Buster Keaton's two master-class works "Sherlock Jr., 1924" (1924) and "The General" (The General, 1926) nearly a century ago. , Suddenly admiration of Jishen is like a surging river!

    ② "Sherlock Holmes II" is a comedy with a fantasy theme. The plot now seems very simple: the...

  • Marcus 2022-03-24 09:01:51

    Classic joy from a hundred years ago

    Buster Keaton brought us a film that was far ahead of its time, one that still has a clear theme, well-structured proportions, great acting, fine detail, and a soundtrack that fits today.
    In terms of the theme, the small person is not satisfied, and then succeeds after struggling with himself by...

The General quotes

  • Title: After a nice, quiet, refreshing night's rest.

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    Title: Heroes of the day.