Cops (1922) :
Brief Review -
Buster Keaton and Edward Cline encounter a comedy of misunderstood chaos. This is neither early nor late comedy short by Keaton hence it doesn't have enough to be compared with his early or later classics. Let's keep it separate as i think that would give full justice to its existence. Cops is an entertaining ride, no doubts, and what else Keaton would do anyways. But a thing to look out for in the film is the way it manufactures the situations. A series of mishaps manages to make a young man get chased by a big city's entire police force. In the beginning we see Keaton doing the normal stuff, just like any man would do to earn money but i liked the idea of generating confusions from the those normal situations. For instance, that furniture selling scene, how terrific it was from the tricky point of view. And then his ride all over the city, that punch to the traffic cop and that bomb and what not, everything just gets along fine. While everything keeps happening in a certain linear equation, the comedy keeps rolling in between. Unlike Keaton's previous major classics which had breathtaking and adventurous stuff, Cops is more like a realistic laughter. I was worried after seeing so much chaos in the middle about how will it end? Will it have a sad ending or a happy one or anything funny? And it ended with the combination of three options i was thinking. Such a delightful surprise it was. Though, it wasn't that fulfilling or great to be honest. Buster Keaton has done a fantastic job out there. Whether it is comedy or several terrific stunts, he manages to win our hearts every time. The only problem with the film is storyline being too short. For a moment I thought it was just a interval point but that was The End. I was craving for more actually despite knowing the short runtime. My bad. Overall, another laugh riot with genuine situations that many great comedies missed.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.
Buster Keaton and Edward Cline encounter a comedy of misunderstood chaos. This is neither early nor late comedy short by Keaton hence it doesn't have enough to be compared with his early or later classics. Let's keep it separate as i think that would give full justice to its existence. Cops is an entertaining ride, no doubts, and what else Keaton would do anyways. But a thing to look out for in the film is the way it manufactures the situations. A series of mishaps manages to make a young man get chased by a big city's entire police force. In the beginning we see Keaton doing the normal stuff, just like any man would do to earn money but i liked the idea of generating confusions from the those normal situations. For instance, that furniture selling scene, how terrific it was from the tricky point of view. And then his ride all over the city, that punch to the traffic cop and that bomb and what not, everything just gets along fine. While everything keeps happening in a certain linear equation, the comedy keeps rolling in between. Unlike Keaton's previous major classics which had breathtaking and adventurous stuff, Cops is more like a realistic laughter. I was worried after seeing so much chaos in the middle about how will it end? Will it have a sad ending or a happy one or anything funny? And it ended with the combination of three options i was thinking. Such a delightful surprise it was. Though, it wasn't that fulfilling or great to be honest. Buster Keaton has done a fantastic job out there. Whether it is comedy or several terrific stunts, he manages to win our hearts every time. The only problem with the film is storyline being too short. For a moment I thought it was just a interval point but that was The End. I was craving for more actually despite knowing the short runtime. My bad. Overall, another laugh riot with genuine situations that many great comedies missed.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.