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Why so much hype?

Sadly Over-hyped

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It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

A lone prospector ventures into Alaska looking for gold. He gets mixed up with some burly characters and falls in love with the beautiful Georgia. He tries to win her heart with his singular charm. Once again Charlie Chaplin delivers the goods both on an acting scale and humor scale although it's once again not as good as some of his better movies that he starred and directed but the story was quite nice and the same goes for the acting as well and the well written characters that it had and if you loved Chaplin movies you won't be disappointed trust me. (7/10)

The Gold Rush is one of the best movie from Chaplin's movie, also it's one of my favorite movie. This is the kind of movie can be called classics because after almost a hundred-year people still interesting for it. And it's a kind of movie no matter how many times you watched once you start watch it you will pay close attention for it.Lots of people said silent films can convey actor's ideal directly to audience and test actor's acting skills. The beauty of silent movie, lies in sample and neat, the director of all intentions, through the screen and the combination between the screen presented. I can see those beauties in the Gold Rush, in this movie Chaplin appeared in the eyes of the people as a beggar. The Gold Rush tells the story of the men he met during the gold rush. While Chaplin trapped in the storm, he rushed into the only shelter he could find, and in the storm there was a wooden house. It has been proved that it has been inhabited, there is also a tough criminal, named "black Larson" and the other prospectors, Charlie and big Jim, insists to let black Larson continue to stay there, this is one of the many memorable scenes in the movie. There were a interesting scene happened during this time period, after Chaplin got to the cabin, Black Larson tried to get him out of the room, but because the wind was so strong, Chaplin went to the door and was blown back by the wind. In this scene we have to admire Chaplin's superb performance, through the body movements of Chaplin and the wind, although there is no sound we can feel the bad weather. And the scene of Chaplin boiled leather shoes to eat also memorable. Chaplin and big Jim were trapped in a log cabin without any food during the storm，then he start cooking his shoes. And there comes the funniest moment, the way Chaplin eating his shoes just like the way he eats steak. First he placed the plates and forks and napkins on the table, then carefully separated the soles of the shoes and cut them into small pieces. Then he pulled his shoelaces in the shape of a spaghetti, and the way he ate his shoelaces looked like they were eating spaghetti. The Gold Rush not just a comedy it shows lots of realistic social events in real life. And the silent films are more attractive than color films, also can convey information to the audience more easily. For example, the story about Chaplin and the dance women. Chapin met the dance women in the club and Chapin helped her from Jack. Chaplin and the dance women start knowing each other and become close. On New Year's evening Little Fellow imagined having dinner with Georgia and performing a comedy dance in front of her. If the picture is colored, then Chaplin's white face will not look so prominent, and the audience's attention will be his performance of the bread dance is completely attracted, and difficult to notice his face that serious, focused look, In the whole movie, the funny little Fellow also appeared only such a serious look - in his love for the performance of the people. In the same way, the introduction of music, it may increase the rhythm of bread dance, but it will take away the audience Chaplin face that silent music attention. The movie isn't just telling people a story, it's more important to teach people how to get back to their real life and understand the reality.

The Gold Rush by Charlie Chaplin is a movie written and directed in the typical Chaplin Manner. Like most of Charlie Chaplains movies "The Gold Rush" takes you on a journey with chaplains most notable character "The Tramp". In this movie, Chaplin played the character of the lone prospector, a young naive miner hoping to strike it rich during the gold rush. the development of this character, although not very intensive was made easy due to the tramp being a very notable silent film character during this era. This is very important, even more so when cinematography was at a low due to video recording still being a new piece of technology. You could really tell during "The Gold Rush" that Charlie Chaplin was one of the great directors of the silent film era. He knew how to manipulate the actors to portray the story he was trying to tell in his story. As someone who never experienced silent film during its peak demand it is exciting and amusing to see how actors and directors can make the audience understand what is happening in a scene when there is no dialogue. One notable scene that really stuck out to me during this film was the scene when the Little Fellow and Big Jim where in the cabin during the storm. Eventually they ran out of food, and shortly after Big Jim Started to become Delirious. In a time in his life that Big Jim would eat anything (Leather shoes included) he started to see the Little Fellow as a giant Chicken. As you can probably assume if you have seen any other Chaplin movies this made for a very amusing chase scene that had me laughing along. It wasn't until after the movie finished that I realized just how much work had to go into just that scene alone. They didn't have the luxury of adding in an animation once the filming was all done. Directors had to get creative with how they were going to make scenes like this happen. It really makes you respect all the work put into something that we commonly think of as an old art form that has been replaced by the current movie era.Chaplin's Ability to connect with his audience is visible in all of his movies. He understood what his audience was looking, and made sure he delivered what they were hoping for. In many instances this desire was for the little fellow. However when the the movie industry started trending towards more talking films he realized what the demand was for and and started integrating narration into the films he had already created. seventeen years after the original version of this movie was released Chaplin re released The Gold Rush with narration done by, you guessed it, Himself. In my non-expert opinion this narration was a bit much for this movie. It seemed to distract the viewer from paying attention to what really mattered, the acting. It also didn't seem to add much detail to the silent film. It's not hard to understand what Chaplin is trying to portray during his movies so there isn't the need for a narrators explanation. I understand during the early 1940's Talking films where the new trend, However if you're planning on watching the film today and you have the opportunity to watch the completely silent version of the film watch that first.

One of the best films by Charles Chaplin and of the silent movie era about a man in the late 19th century who goes to Alaska in the gold rush. The story is, as always on Chaplin's part, very beautiful and touching, conveying a positive message and strong moral values. This movie contains some of the most iconic scenes of silent movies. The only snag I have with this movie is its sudden end about Chaplin's love interest for Georgia, and Georgia has not convinced me. The impression she gave me was that she did not love him but rather felt sorry for him, which at least is already a step in becoming more human, and when finding that he became millionaire she seemed only more relieved (financially) than properly happy - unless both money and happiness are the same to her. And this is the only reason why I cannot score this movie more than 7/10.