The Feeling after Watching The Modern Times
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Modern Times is one of the most famous movies silent films filmed in 1936. As we all know, the capitalism had the Great Depreion from 1929 to 1933. This movie reflects the situation during that time vividly in humor way. When we watch the movie , not only can we enjoy the wonderful acting of Charlie Chaplin, but also know the influence the Great Depreion brought about.
At the beginning, the movie shows us that the protagonist Chaplin worked in a factory where the owner was so greedy that even drive workers to crazy. After a period of time, Chaplin was sent to mental hospital because of the boring and intense job. From there, we can know the capitalism\'s relentle and the hard life of workers during the Great Depreion. After Chaplin was released from the mental hospital, he was caught to the prison innocently that made the story more interesting and attractive. In the prison, Chaplin helped the police caught the real criminals. And as a result, he got free with a letter of recommendation. But he preferred to stay in the prison. So he did something illegal to be sent to the prison. Unexpectedly, he saved a girl and fell in love with her.
In order to have a happy family with the girl, a series of story started again. It was so difficult to find a suitable job even if Chaplin had the letter of recommendation that he was fired again and again. Life is difficult. Actually, I can\'t understand that why the capitalist would rather waste the food than to give it to the poor. Maybe there are some rules in the market economy that can\'t break. Chaplin and his little girl friend once dreamed the wonderful future but the truth was they had suffered from the hunger and cold without money. Unluckily, after being fired Chaplin was caught to the prison again by accident. But the good news was that the girl found a good job. And when Chaplin got free, the girl helped him got a job as a waiter at the restaurant. The girl did well but Chaplin always made a me of things.
I thought they would have a happy life, but things always not happened as you excepted. When the owner promised to give Chaplin a steady job, he was told that the girl was wanted. So both Chaplin and the girl lost their job. Finally, they had to live without job, without money, without food......The girl was upset but the Chaplin told her they would get along.
As far as i am concerned, although they had nothing and the road lead to the future was not easy, they had each other. That\'s enough.
In the movie what interests me most is the scene Chaplin gets a job as a night watchman. I think maybe most children dream to have a department store so that they can get everything they wanted. It so wonderful you can enjoy everything in the store. And the plot of this part is so interesting, especially the next morning Chaplin was founded by a woman in a lot of cloth. But what gives me the deepest impreion is the plot that Chaplin was involved in the machine, it seems ridiculous but reflects the reality that people are closely related to the machine.
I have seen some evaluation about the movie before, some people thought the ending seems good but actually it means they won\'t happy in the future in that time. But I don\'t agree with them, I think we should live with hope. It is woeful that if a man always live in a paive attitude. So in my opinion, the ending is wonderful, because it brings people hope and happine.
All in all, I think this movie is pretty good. It is so difficult for actors to perform without saying a word. Let\'s imagine that if the Hollywood movies are broadcast without voice, can we still enjoy them. I have to say Chaplin is such a great actor that makes so many claical works for us. And this movie really reflects something needs us to consider carefully through humor acting.
Finally, I just want to say this movie is worth watching again.
