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A good movie

Posted : 2 years, 4 months ago on 27 November 2021 07:27

Recently, I have been finally discovering Buster Keaton’s work and this was definitely another gem. To be honest, the way this boat ended up drifting on the open sea was seriously convoluted but it was obviously not the point of this movie. Indeed, the whole point was to have these two completely clueless characters stuck on this huge ship only by themselves and as soon as they got the messy introduction out of the way, the whole thing became seriously entertaining. For example, at some point, the two characters kept running after each other, going up and down the same stairs, completely symmetrically, and I just loved the perfect rhythm displayed in this scene. Of course, it was all pretty random but it didn’t bother me as it was very well done and just so much fun to behold. The poster pretty much spoiled it but there was also a rather impressive underwater scene involving some diving suit which somehow reminded me of some old vintage Tintin comic-book I used to read as a kid. On the downside, to be honest, I thought that the scenes involving some obscure black tribe were rather racist and I wish there would have been some text explaining that they were more than just some cannibal savages. Of course, you could argue that it was inherent to the time period but I just didn’t care much for it. At least, the fact that the two main characters were extremely dim-witted made it easier to swallow. Anyway, to conclude, even if not everything did work in this movie, it was still really fun and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 


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The Navigator review

Posted : 3 years, 5 months ago on 4 October 2020 12:55

(OK) The absurd of the situation, the contrar of two mediocre fellows and a huge boat chases by a tribe, anchored, are better than the gags (well, the underwater repair of the ship is outstanding)...


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