Movie Review

The Great Train Robbery is a 1903 Silent Film by Edwin Porter. It is an action film about a Train Robbery.

The events that occur in this film consist of two men enter the train station and pistol whip one of the workers, then three of the robbers proceed to get on the train from the station. On the train they find a safe which has been locked so they blow the top off after shooting a man. then they move to the front of the train and shoot one of the conductors, and hold the other hostage. They get the train stopped and unhook the front of the train as get away transportation. Before they make their escape, they evacuate everyone off the train at gun point and take all of there money. As one man tries to escape they shoot him, then make there get away. They stop the train and run into the woods, where they have horses waiting for them. They then ride off into the woods back to there cabin.

I feel that the aspect they took with the silent film was a great idea, to me in a movie like this the music tells the story. As you watch it the music is more intense, during intense action shots.

Another thing i liked about the movie was the editing of the gunshot fires as well as the random colors that were added to the film. I felt that it gave the video some character, and brought some life to the film.

I feel that this was a great film overall that kept me interested all the way through. The acting was over exaggerated to help tell the story and i feel that it was very clear as to what they wanted to portray in the film. I would highly recommend this video to others who appreciate older films.