City Lights | 100 Movies Bucket List

 

I'm so glad this year's Bucket List has more romance movies!

I've seen a few Chaplin movies but this was one I'd never heard of, though if I knew what it was about I would have watched it long before now!

I really liked the premise. It's a really sweet idea, told in a really fun way.

But outside of the story, one of my favourite things about it, and about Chaplin's films in general, is how important physical comedy is. When you can't use language or dialogue the story has to be told in other ways, and Chaplin always excels at using big movements and actions to tell his stories.

This is also really important for the characterisation within the film. We get to know the variety of characters largely through their movements, and this is done so well that we really do get to know them and understand the way they work.

But another way the story is told is through the music used. The score for this film is beautiful and creates the exact atmosphere to connect the audience to these characters and their story.

This is a really lovely movie, and probably my favourite of Chaplin's, so it definitely deserves to be on the bucket list!