It is shocking to realise how the industrial revolution changed people’s lives. We will never know how much people suffer during that period, we only have some hints that writers left in their different stories, poems, novels, etc. But not only writers left something about that period, also Charlie Chaplin did. He created the movie “Modern Times”. Why I say created? Because he directed, produced, wrote, and act in that movie. He did everything by himself.
The movie starts with Chaplin working in a factory. During the whole day he was doing the same thing several times. At the end of that day he suffered a mental breakdown and he was sent to a hospital. After all of this, his problems began. He left the hospital, and he was sent to prison by mistake. At the beginning he was not happy there, but after a while he realised that he was better there than in the outside world. One day 3 men enter to the prison and tried to help some prisoners to escape. Chaplin, because he had consumed cocaine by mistake, helped the guards by hitting the criminals. He saved the prison after all, so he was rewarded with his freedom.
After that incident, he did everything he could to be sent to prison again. While he was trying to do that, he met a beautiful girl, and he fall in love with her. They did a lot of different things in order ro be happy. They found a home, they worked, they danced, and they escaped from the police many times. At the end of the movie, the girl says that it is really difficult to cope with all of what they have been through. Chaplin convinced her to keep going, and they began to walk along the road looking for something better.
In my opinion the movie is great, and Charlie Chaplin is a genius. He figured it out how to do a movie in order to show what was happening during that period and to make it funny at the same time. It was really sad for me to realise that people were treated as machines, their lunch time was ridiculous, and what they were supposed to do in the factories was stupid. I can say that what called my attention the most was the fact that in the movie Chaplin was trying to show that he was better in jail than in the outside world. What I understood from that was that during that period to find a job was really difficult and to earn money was even more. It was sad, at least for me, to realise that being in prison could be a better possibly than to be free. People’s rights were not respected, children did not have anything to eat, and women had to work if they wanted to feed their families. The movie also reflected how wealthy people was living the industrial revolution. They did not suffer at all, they had everything they wanted and they even had time to have fun. It was not fair.
As a conclusion I can say that the movie is a piece of art. Even though it is not a production from Hollywood, is a movie which has a lot to say. With a low budget, Chaplin was capable to do a great movie. I recommend this movie for the ones who are interested in world’s history. It is a good way to understand what was happening with most of the people during that process.
The movie starts with Chaplin working in a factory. During the whole day he was doing the same thing several times. At the end of that day he suffered a mental breakdown and he was sent to a hospital. After all of this, his problems began. He left the hospital, and he was sent to prison by mistake. At the beginning he was not happy there, but after a while he realised that he was better there than in the outside world. One day 3 men enter to the prison and tried to help some prisoners to escape. Chaplin, because he had consumed cocaine by mistake, helped the guards by hitting the criminals. He saved the prison after all, so he was rewarded with his freedom.
After that incident, he did everything he could to be sent to prison again. While he was trying to do that, he met a beautiful girl, and he fall in love with her. They did a lot of different things in order ro be happy. They found a home, they worked, they danced, and they escaped from the police many times. At the end of the movie, the girl says that it is really difficult to cope with all of what they have been through. Chaplin convinced her to keep going, and they began to walk along the road looking for something better.
In my opinion the movie is great, and Charlie Chaplin is a genius. He figured it out how to do a movie in order to show what was happening during that period and to make it funny at the same time. It was really sad for me to realise that people were treated as machines, their lunch time was ridiculous, and what they were supposed to do in the factories was stupid. I can say that what called my attention the most was the fact that in the movie Chaplin was trying to show that he was better in jail than in the outside world. What I understood from that was that during that period to find a job was really difficult and to earn money was even more. It was sad, at least for me, to realise that being in prison could be a better possibly than to be free. People’s rights were not respected, children did not have anything to eat, and women had to work if they wanted to feed their families. The movie also reflected how wealthy people was living the industrial revolution. They did not suffer at all, they had everything they wanted and they even had time to have fun. It was not fair.
As a conclusion I can say that the movie is a piece of art. Even though it is not a production from Hollywood, is a movie which has a lot to say. With a low budget, Chaplin was capable to do a great movie. I recommend this movie for the ones who are interested in world’s history. It is a good way to understand what was happening with most of the people during that process.
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