Despite the racial caricatures--and that's a big despite--this remains remarkable. Buster Keaton goes from, as I said to my friend, looking clumsy to looking incredibly acrobatic in his pratfalls. My friend called him "a ferret made of spaghetti and rubber bands." I am in awe of how he goes from standing upright to whirling on his own head without transition. Edit: worth noting that Buster's queerness is explicit.

Yeah, I hate when tools end up in my bread too.

This film definitely felt weaker than Keaton's other films, at the end of the day it just wasn't as funny and I don't like boats that much.

The best part was Keaton hiding tools in a pastry but Grand Budapest Hotel already did that so they stole the best joke. How unoriginal.

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to make up for the lack of action, buster keaton takes his stunts to a completely insane degree in the last ten minutes of the film. the rest is great “don’t talk to me or my son ever again” vibes.

One of the best feature movies of Buster Keaton, if it isn't the best one.

A really original movie. I enjoyed it, everything is perfect, the plot, the story, its teaching, the characters... it’s a masterpiece of the silent era. I could be talking about each gag, each movement, each stunt or each non spoken word which is not needed with that smart text boxes, but I won't, just watch it and you'll see how it talks by itself.

Here we see how old things have better quality despite their simplicity than more modern and sophisticated ones, in this case it’s an ancient and resistant boat but the concept can be extrapolated to other fields.

Highly recommended long silent movie, I'm afraid that this one is better than The General, it deserves to be in the AFI list, in my opinion.

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A Buster Keaton flick a day keeps the doctor away! The man was a genius in visual and physical comedy. His work is timeless. Though this is not the best stuff i've seen from him, it is still so delightful and enjoyable with an absolutely brilliant third-act. The moment where the house falls around Keaton as he gets through the window frame will never fail to astonish me, and the following storm sequence is so so good. I'll never stop admiring Keaton.

i just want someone to hold me the way buster keaton gingerly holds that loaf of bread in his arms.

More Buster, more brilliance. There are sequences in this film that demand your respect. Notably, those stunts in the climax have yet to be topped, even if many artists over the years have attempted to replicate that famous falling house. Not as transcendent as The General, but still remarkable.

Romeo & Juliet, but with less murder and more boats and wind.

I've seen gory gags that have inspired less of an 'oof' than Keaton getting his moustache sliced in two clean blade movements.

Just magic. Complete and utter magic. Perfect Sunday afternoon viewing.

Always a delight with Buster. Gags start off pretty small before going absolutely ham in the last 20 minutes, including the legendary falling house gag.

There's a scene where Buster tries on a ton of different hats and if this movie was only that scene I'd still be satisfied.

i put on a face mask when there was about 30 minutes left of this, a uniquely terrible idea

Everything you've heard about how great the finale is is absolutely true

Elemental filmmaking in more ways than one.

Buster Keaton es más entretenido que muchos Blockbuster actuales.

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Very boring until it's a masterpiece. Buster Keaton has a top ten face of all time.

Storywise not very interesting, the stunts were nice and it got an occasional chuckle out of me, but to be honest, it was mostly boring. The music was repetitive and definitely made things worse.
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I'm definitely more of a Steamboat Bill Jr. in the first 3/4ths of this.

The three acts go: fine, fine, jaw-dropping

The soundtrack goes so hard