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Heresy alert: I'm beginning to think that if you've seen one noble proletarian leads an uprising over the evil avaricious capitalist robber-barons movie, you've seen them all. Yes, Pudovkin assembles some striking montages, but eighty years on, it all seems like an angry wasp slamming against the walls of the jar in which it's been encased.

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I can't comment on its effectiveness as a propoganda piece, especially because there were times when I wasn't quite sure who I was meant to be rooting for. But the camerawork is fantastic, with montages and compositions that rival the best work of Eisenstein. The narrative, although occasionally confusing, was strong and the actors didn't ham it up too much. Amazing battle scenes as well.

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A very well made movie for its time with excellent battle scenes and some pretty good moments of acting. The story is very chopped up and can be hard to follow at times but still admirably tells the history of the October Revolution (kinda).