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BATTLE SHIP POTEMKIN

Battleship Potemkin
The silent film Battleship Potemkin 
started off on a high, the sailors refusing 
to eat the meat and soup they were served 
because it was covered with maggots, for 
some reasoned really captured my attention.
The setting was on a large ship that 
showed us many areas, so it was not focused 
on one area, they showed the galley where 
the sailors eat, and they showed the 
sleeping quarters and the main deck. The 
also went off land which added a special 
touch to the film for there was actual 
footage of a country.
When the oppression began it was strange, 
for it went from the sailors who didn't eat, 
getting there soup stolen to having towns 
people getting killed babies falling down 
stairs and solders shooting everything in 
there paths.
It was interesting to see the towns 
people walk by the coffin of the dead sailor 
and pay their respects to a person they do 
not know.
The casting was well done as said in the 
notes, some of the actors were picked to 
look the part but a lot were just regular 
sailors and that added a special touch to 
it, you saw strong body instead of little 
scrawny bodies.
It was nice to see tricks being done, 
meaning stunts. I enjoyed seeing the sailors 
jump off the ship to go rescue the other 
sailor it added a special touch.
I must say that he movie was a little 
strange but in general I would recommend it 
for it technique, different settings and 
actors.