City Lights

dionysus67

Extremely important film and charming in many many ways: From the beautifully lit sets, the great gags in the most memorable boxing match of all time, the deep, yet tacit, philsophical acumen in the attempted suicide scene, the eyes of Virginia Cherrill and the 'eyes' of humanity, so truthfully and clearly evoked by the story. Genuinely poetic and extremely moving, one of the best films on 'giving'.

Skinnedteen

One of the most influential film in cinematic history. Effortlessly interweaving slapstick and sentiment while documenting the essence of it's time. It's humour is timeless and something that everyone, upper, middle or lower class can enjoy!

ASHES IN THE HOURGLASS

While it has spellbinding moments such as the Boxing match and the ending that always charges my body with pure emotion, I can't quite put it to the same level as Modern Times or The Great Dictator as this film's gag can get repetitive. How many time must they fall in the water or how many times must he get thrown out of the mansion. They are not quite as ingenious as in those films. To me, it's a lite masterpiece.

Endless Eye

Rewatching Chaplin film by film. I still laugh harder at his films than any modern comedy. I.E. the scene where he's drunkenly eating pasta but accidentally begins to eat the identical looking confetti which has fallen on his plate. The entire dining sequence is hilarious. As is the boxing match. Chaplin is not just a master of physical comedy, but somehow, he became and remains an archetype for all things human.

Dave

The charm of Chaplin at its pinnacle and with quite possibly the greatest ending in cinematic history.

Nicholas Gregory

A quite overlong addition to the romantic-comedy/gag-comedy style. Despite this silent film still conveying its narrative these genres/audio doesn't ring true. Chaplin may have been a supreme physical actor, but it's odd why the 'megastar' made a dull script silent, as talkies in the cinema were becoming, and City Lights could've had actual depth. It's just a bad game of charades.

Stefan Drees

One of Chaplin's most unforgettable films and performances: Every scene a secluded little masterwork in its own unfolding on the background of the music, but also embedded in the overall development of the story.

Matthew_Lucas

Charlie Chaplin's last true silent film (1936's MODERN TIMES had sound, but not dialogue) is one of his greatest works. As his iconic Tramp character, Chaplin meets a blind flower girl, who mistakes him for a millionaire. Head over heels in love, he sets out to raise the money for an eye surgery that could cure her blindness. A classic romance, w/Chaplin's trademark gentle humor.