If you have any apprehension about seeing a black and white silent movie about the early 20th century - and believe me, I can understand why you would - let me assure you that you will enjoy this movie.

To speak on it's accessibility: when I went to see it, I was sitting across from 2 girls who were talking about who Charlie Sheen is dating and in front of a 40-year old man who: has never been on a plane (he was adamant about it), couldn't understand why he couldn't bring his beer into the cinema, and thought COWBOYS & ALIENS was a chick flick ("Because the girl saves the day." sigh). So when I tell you I saw this movie in a theatre full of "non-movie people," I mean I saw this movie in a theatre full of "Philly sports fans."
Every single one of them loved it.
The three people in question so loved it they would not shut up about it FOR FIVE BLOCKS.
Mind you, I don't know these people. Complete fucking strangers.

To speak on it's quality: Y'all have probably seen my previous post about the bar being lowered with movies this year. In short, the quality of films - how well they're made, how much skill and creativity they're made with - has gone down a lot. There is less than a dozen movies this year made with "a high-quality bearing." Not only is THE ARTIST one of them, it's the best of the year.

To speak on the experience: Even if you've already got your mind made up about awards for movies - go see this movie. Let's try to remember that movies are not competitions for year-end prizes. They're not sports. They're movies. They're made to be watched.
And there is no movie out now that greater rewards its viewer than THE ARTIST. It's fun and enjoyable without talking down to you. No movie more deserves to be seen in a cinema.

If you love movies, this is the movie to see.



"Your current frequencies of understanding outweigh that which has been given for you to understand." Saul Williams