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Tim Halloran
10 September 2017
A Short Review of "Three Age" and "Our Hospitality"
I watched both these films at 7 PM on September 7th. "Three Age" and "Our Hospitality" were both mainly acted and directed by Buster Keaton. "Three Age,” Buster Keaton's first feature is a combination of three short films. He shots to fame with another feature, "Our Hospitality,” which is a black and white silent thriller produced by Joseph M. Schenck, and it is distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation. Like Buster Keaton’s early works, these two features display his own style. They have included all the crucial elements in Buster Keaton’s Style, which are the three-act structure (The Classic Narrative Structure), thrilling scenes with lots of danger action effects, fascinating plots with natural but also hilarious performances and romantic happy endings.
More specifically, every short film in the feature “Three Age" has the Classic Three-Act Structure system. The system has three acts: The Set-up (Act I), The Development (Act II), and The Conclusion (Act III). During Act I in "Three Age," the audience is introduced to the film’s protagonist, a young man acted by Buster Keaton. Act I also shows the goals that each character wants to achieve: The protagonist "Keaton" and antagonist both want to get the same female, but they are standing in each other's way of achieving this goal. In Act II, the film’s protagonists generally encounter a number of obstacles that keep them from succeeding. As Keaton’s goal becomes harder to reach, he is losing his female partner and his rival is too strong to beat. In Act III, the film reaches its climax. The protagonist and the antagonist finish their last duel, after which Keaton beats the antagonist and gets the female lover.
Moreover, "Three Age" and "Our Hospitality" both have thrilling scenes with lots of danger action effects and happy endings. For instance, in the climbing scene in "Three Age," wherein Keaton climbs the cliff, it causes the audience to feel nervous and agitated, just like the gun-shot chasing scene in "Our Hospitality." Likewise, they both end in happiness. Every protagonist in "Three Age," beats the rival and wins his love. The protagonist in "Our Hospitality" also survives Vendetta and marries his enemy's daughter.
Compared with the movies produced nowadays, Buster Keaton’s films, as "old-fashioned" comedy style pieces in the early 20th century, had not benefited from modern sound and vision technologies. However, his comedic silent features are still remarkable film-works with a high level of completion. "Three Age" and "Our Hospitality" were early films, but they are still extraordinary, and have shown Buster Keaton’s style to the world.
有点儿意思，但是没兴趣看第二遍。
有些東西會隨著時代的發展而被淘汰(改變) , 但自問自己,卻會發現對他(它)們擁有一份嚮往及喜愛~!!
电影声音的出现，一定程度使得电影丧失了一种幽默的暧昧感。
3.5
那恐龙做得可真可爱啊
向D.W.格里菲斯致敬的喜剧短片，效仿了《党同伐异》的方式，分别勾勒出基顿在石器时代、古罗马时代、现代世界中和心上人以及死对头之间的关系，时代不同，爱情却是不变的。
三段平行叙事虽然有点呆，但是片子依然创意十足，开始觉得基顿在电影语言上对电影的贡献应该大于其他默片时代喜剧大师吧。笑死了。。。。
指望基顿帮我哦冲百部默片了。这个三时代结构有点像写文章嘛。那个大象是亮点，假牙还是定制的。
构思可以，但是拍出来就有点差强人意了
7。石器、罗马、现代，三个抢女人的故事。
看得我好痛苦...额
三个片段拼凑的太刻意，其实没什么关联，最后领着一只狗的现代夫妇讽刺啊
把《党同伐异》改成了《爱是永恒》。史前乱石战（虽然把1.35亿年的恐龙和250万年的石器时代瞎拼贴吧），罗马吊猫撑杆拆屋大法（给狮子玩偶美甲也是发自内心的关怀），现代羽量级football（原来橄榄球是基顿已经玩过了的，身体控制得非常出色，简直是瑜伽大师的级别），劫婚场追爱换车诡计。最后的一家足球队，一家手牵手，一家去遛狗，倒也很会心的。字幕卡也萌。
（7/10）最后……走出来了一只汪星人……………………………………
巴斯特·基顿导演的第一部剧情长片。这部影片是一次讨巧的尝试，基顿打算，倘若作为长片票房失败，就将之重新切割组合成一个系列短片，以原先成熟的20分钟短片形式发行。影片讲述三个时代的三个爱情故事，分别是石器时代、古罗马时代与摩登时代。情节大致相似，并戏仿《党同伐异》的结构进行交叉剪辑。
瞧瞧人家原始社会和古罗马的屌丝是怎样自强不息战斗不止最终抱得女神归的，再看看你自己，加油吧。哎。
那条龙显然是定格动画呐；特写；基顿第一部长片，其实是三个二十分钟短片拼接将起来。
这么早就拍出了长篇，而且还是交叉叙事，剪辑合理，很难得。影片中依然有不少被后世模仿的桥段或者让人忍俊不禁的精彩设计，如逃跑新娘、能当车锁用的头盔。。
石器、罗马、现代，三个时代的三对情侣。巴斯特基顿的第一部剧情长片。对比中带有人文思考，歌颂两个最美的词汇Love&Beauty。love is the unchanging axis on which the world revolves.用speed need and greed来形容现代的大都市。天台踏板速降地面的惊险一幕很经典。
如果片子不是那么长，也许我会给四星甚至五星。但我还是得说，基顿真的是一个十足特别的人～