As a lover of film and the film industry, I’m always fascinated to see
its roots. It’s crazy to think that The Kid came out less than 100 years
ago at the time of this writing, and yet many people will already view
it as “primitive.” When you go to see a movie like a modern-day
blockbuster now, it’s hard to fathom how the impressive special effects
and set pieces that we’ve become accustomed to could stem from such
“primitive” movies as The Kid, and yet in the grand scheme of human
history, movies are still such a young medium. It’s impressive how
quickly we’ve advanced our technology and filmmaking techniques to make
the kinds of movies that we see today, and yet we could have never
achieved that if it weren’t for the early pioneer filmmakers that laid
the groundwork for us. Charlie Chaplin is one such filmmaker, being
remembered now as one of the first early greats in filmmaking. After
making many shorts, The Kid is Chaplin’s first feature-length film that
he directed, and it’s since been remembered as one of the greatest films
of the silent era.
The Kid features a cast of characters without names. We have The Woman,
who has a newborn child that she feels she isn’t fit to care for, so she
abandons him in the back of a car. Some thieves steal the car and find
the baby in the back, which they leave in an alley. The Tramp (played by
Charlie Chaplin himself) walks down the alley and discovers The Kid,
and after some initial reluctance he decides to care for him. We then
jump ahead five years, where the bond between The Tramp and The Kid has
grown. We follow some of their exploits, including a con business where
The Kid breaks someone’s windows and The Tramp fixes them for money.
Some tension winds up growing, though, when the authorities discover
that The Kid isn’t really The Tramp’s child. It’s a pretty touching and
interesting story for being such a “primitive” movie, and you can find
examples of this kind of story being adapted since then.
Now, listen. I can recognize that for many people, it’s hard to watch
old movies like this, and I’m no exception to that. When you’ve become
accustomed to the fast-paced editing and advanced techniques that we
have in films nowadays, it can be hard to go back and watch films that
lack such things. It’s hard enough to watch black-and-white movies for
some people, but silent films are even more difficult, and I can
recognize that. This is why I usually try to adopt a different mindset
when it comes to watching old films. I feel like you need to watch it
with a lens of appreciate more than of entertainment. I try to do it
with the respect of recognizing the merits of these movies and how
they’ve influenced movies since then, and try to place myself in a
mindset of what it must have been like to watch these movies without
having any of the future knowledge that I do now. I feel like this
helps.
All that being said, this is easier to do with some movies than others,
and with The Kid I found it to be very easy. Sure, I went into it with
the mindset of trying to appreciate its origins, but in the end I
actually found myself genuinely entertained, which is a huge testament
to how well it stands the test of time. It can be hard for older movies
to hold the attention of audiences, and yet I found that The Kid had my
attention for its full 68 minute runtime. I think this is mainly due to
how well Charlie Chaplin combines comedic and tragic elements. There
were a lot of scenes that had me and my girlfriend genuinely laughing,
because it really is pretty entertaining at times. And while I won’t lie
to you and say that I cried at the movie or anything, I will say that I
still felt the bond between The Tramp and The Kid, and so I felt an
emotional pull when their relationship was tested. I’m pretty sure The
Kid is one of the earliest examples in film of how comedy and drama can
be combined for an effective movie.
One other thing that can be a challenge for silent films is that they
rely purely on their visuals to tell their story. Sure, there are times
where a screen will pop up with written dialogue, but for the most part
you have to just pay attention to what you’re seeing to understand
what’s going on. For the most part, Charlie Chaplin does this really
well, but if I’m being honest there were a few times where I wasn’t sure
what was going on. I’ll obviously cut the movie some slack given how
early of a film this was, but if we’re being totally honest it can be a
barrier to enjoying the movie. An easy example of this is that there’s a
dream sequence at the end of the film, and I genuinely did not
understand what the point of it was while I was watching it. Call be
dumb, but these are the kinds of things that can take me out of a movie.
Like I said, though, for the most part Chaplin expertly tells the story
in an almost entirely visual medium, and I understood it and was
captivated for 90% of the time. All in all, this is honestly one of the
best silent films that I’ve ever seen, and is still pretty easy to sit
through. I enjoyed its comedic moments a lot, and it tells a pretty
touching story between an adoptive father and son. The movie is public
domain, so it’s pretty easy to find anywhere online (I watched it for
free on YouTube), so if you have any interest in seeing the roots of
film, The Kid is a pretty good place to start.
4.5/5
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