An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but since it was directed by D.W. Griffith and since it is included in the ‘They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They?’ list, I thought I might as well check it out. First of all, after watching so many vintage features on YouTube of dubious qualities which were barely watchable, it was pretty neat to see a movie which was made more than 100 years ago and, yet, it was still in pristine quality. The soundtrack was also pretty good. Unfortunately, it’s too bad I didn’t care much for the movie itself though. Indeed, the tagline for this movie was ‘The Story of a Plain Girl’ and, even if it was indeed a fair description, I’m afraid it didn’t make this movie sound really exciting. Even though D.W. Griffith became famous at the time with his ambitious epic features in the 1910’s, this movie turned out to be a much more minimalistic affair focusing on a love affair involving Susie, who wasn’t the brightest of the bunch (it was even confirmed by this tagline) and William who was wasn’t much smarter either, I’m afraid. Concerning Lillian Gish, she made many movies with Griffith and was one of the most famous actresses at the time but,  even though she did look lovely, she didn’t really impress me here. At least, Robert Harron was slightly better as he was pretty convincing playing the same character when he was a teenager and when he was a young adult. Still, it was rather difficult to care about these characters and what they were going through since they were both hardly interesting. Anyway, to conclude, even if it didn't really work for me, I still think it is worth a look, at least, if you really like the genre or if you are interested in D.W. Griffith’s work.