i just thought that modern times didn't have the kind of laughs it did as there were in city lights. i think that city lights was the funnier of the two. anyone care to collaborate on that?
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Have to say, I just watched Modern Times with my little son and he loved it! For that experience alone, I've elevated my opinion of the film. For a work of art to transcend such vast age ranges, is shear magic! It's now my favourite Chaplin film, just edging slightly above the bittersweet City lights. Chaplin's performance was so perfect, so observed and precise!
Last film seen: Robert Bresson's Pickpocket - Brilliant!
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I also think City Lights was funnier but that Modern Times is overall a greater, more profound film. But The Gold Rush is as funny as City Lights and as profound as Modern Times.
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The list could be rearranged due to varying tastes. For me, at this point, here is the list, 1 through 5 of my favorite Chaplin movies.
1. Modern Times
2. City Lights
3. The Kid
4. The Great Dictator
5. The Gold Rush
My Top 5(.5)
1. City Lights
2. The Circus
3. Monsieur Verdoux
4. Modern Times OR The Great Dictator
5.5 The Cure (his NUMBER ONE short from 1917)
I regret not having The Kid or The Gold Rush on there because they're both so touching movies and I LOVE THEM, but this would have to be my all time 5.
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City Lights was awesome. I didn't base it on laughs, I based it on the range of emotions the movies brought. City Lights had me run the gamut of emotions through a blender. Yes I cried. I liked them both very much, but for me City Lights does win over Modern Times...but not by much.
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Also, if the truant officers were after her, that makes Goddard's character kind of underage. Given Charlie Chaplin's own real life biography, that might make sense, but if you tried to make that movie today, it would have to end with Chaplin's character being sent to prison for sexually abusing a minor. . .
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Opinions vary. To me, these are my top five.
1. Modern Times - Most social comment, best lead actress, best music, most hopeful, but most unsettling ending.
2. City Lights
3. The Kid
4. The Great Dictator
5. The Circus - Maybe the saddest ending.
The Gold Rush very good, just not quite in the top five. My apologies to a classic film.
For me the funniest Chaplin are either The Circus or The Gold Rush. I think City Lights is his masterpiece overall.
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I found City Lights pretty dull to be honest, but I was laughing throughout Modern Times. Great film.
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