"The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford" if made by Bela Tarr. Then sped up a lot.

Damn awesome.

This and A Trip to the Moon really brought narratives to great importance. Some sense of oddness prevails stemming from the lack of modern editing which we are conditioned to (i.e. closeups, more then one take per scene) but it's still a whole bunch of fun. Spawned a bunch of action and western cliches that pervade to this day, and is an interesting historical artifact.

If you don't get a kick out of this then you can't call yourself a cinephile. Of course it shows it's age, it's 107 years old (and at least I still found it entertaining), that's just amazing beyond belief. I'd even go as far as to say it's still quite a few years ahead of it's time. Also I didn't know early 20th-century guns threw red smoke, so yeah, there's that.

Not as instantly accessible or entertaining for your average modern punter as the likes of Méliès but definitely an astonishing achievement & a deservedly praised film in regards to cinematic historical importance. The grandness of some scenes with a moving train, large crowds & stunts are, in perspective, a great achievement & speak volumes about the vision and talent of director Edwin S. Porter.

Whether or not it's the "first" narrative film, but it's one of the first anyway, and that's enough to make it a historical curiosity. It's also fairly entertaining, and certainly worth 10 minutes. Not really the kind of thing you're going to watch over and over again, though, except maybe if you're studying cinema history.

Because of it's importance on cinema history, this is a must watch. It's assembly and editing's quality may be falling away towards the end but, still entertaining.

Fairly entertaining. A decent way to spend 10 minutes.

I was pleasantly surprised; it's way, way better than garbage like "A Trip to the Moon" from the same period. There's an overarching story that makes decent logical sense, and it establishes some of the styles and archetypes of Western/action movies in the many decades to come.

On the one hand, the static way of filmmaking limits the impact of the visuals. On the other hand, one of the robbers pummels the shit out of the driver and throws him off the moving train. That's straight up hardcore.

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For a film from 1903 (!!) this is amazing. It has quite advanced editing (moving image seen through a 'window'), colouring, and even some deaths. The finale + final shot are very cool. Way ahead of its time

Surprisingly, I really enjoyed this. Not only does it have the elements of a good Western, it even feels less aged than Casablanca.

It's important, and it was a milestone, but that doesn't make it great. That being said, it's still a decent short. It's just got a lot of flaws, not least of which is its inability to portray realistic deaths.

Trivia I found: The final shot is homaged in Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas" when Joe Pesci's character fires a gun into the camera (and at the audience) at the end of the movie. Well what do ya know ? This is a guilty pleasure for filmlovers, but still a great short for everyone else. Beautiful score aswell (well, the version I saw). Go see it !!!

Plays out smoothly.

The story of cinema unfolding before your eyes.

Highly impressive early cinematic endeavor, an important forerunner of the action, western and crime genres. This stuff helped formulate what cinema is. It lays down the basics for screenwriting, directing and editing.

Yes now it's laughable but it's historically essential viewing for any film buff. It's crazy to see how films made even today still have been inspired by scenes in this film. No I can't say it's aged well but I can say that it's short enough to not outstay it's welcome, even today, so it's still well worth seeing.

Probably the first film with an actual plot that resembles modern film enough to still be watchable and enjoyable not only because it's laughably bad. This is Porter's most important film, and it's a landmark in movie history. Invents techniques in editing that are used still today.

I saw this as part of a DVD series put out by Kino called "Movies Begin". They claim to have restored the films, but I've seen restored prints of similar time period that were much better done. They did restore the hand coloring, which made the scene where the robber explodes the chest to open it quite magical. I found the whole short to be entertaining.

I can appreciate the historical significance of this movie. It's just not all that fun to watch if you've been spoiled by modern cinema

A truly historic cinematic experience.

I love this kind of stuff. It hasn't aged well but can we expect it to? Everyone should find this on youtube and watch it.

Extremely important film in the history of cinema.

The "Speed" of its era. Get Keanu Reeves in here, only he can save the day.

Not really sure how to rate this movie, so I just went with my gut instinct, seems about right. It's entertaining, obviously a landmark and revolutionary, all that jazz, but it's undeniably been ravaged by time. Still, pretty solid and even if you hate it...hey, it's 12 minutes, suck it up.

Essential viewing and certainly watchable, but really shows it's age. Outside of historical importance it's nothing really special.

One of the first films with a complex and coherent narrative stretching across many scenes, The Great Train Robbery is essential viewing for anyone who wants to learn about the origins of cinema. Even though more than a century has passed since it was made, the film still manages to entertain.

Historically significant, but not very enjoyable.

A real treat. I don't understand why people say it isn't enjoyable.