Modern Times (1936)

This was really good!! I lke yhe structure of the movie, and the acters are sooo good!

Some of its relevant, and some of it not. This takes a look at the mechanization of society intermixed with the slapstick humor and physicality of Chaplin's acting. There's a reason why people still love to this day. Its part of my film history class that we watched it. Give it an honest look. For a silent movie made during the talkies era, surprising that it did so well.

This classic film is a masterpiece of the genius called Charlie Chaplin.A true piece of art with great acting and humor (as always ). Chaplin's vision was beyond his time and he clearly show us in his film how machines will turn humans to useless beings who can't even eat by themselves. In a scene, especially we see Chaplin inside a machine.That's something that I find pretty accurate with how we all are so addicted to smartphones etc . I totally recommend everyone to watch it .You will enjoy it

There are some movies which are more meaningful and unforgettable than they seem. Doesn't matter how many years passed filmed them, there are still impressive. Charles Chaplin's movie Modern Times (1936) is basically seen as a classic Chaplin film, with his unforgettable clumsy character The Little Tramp. As in usual Chaplin movies he does some funny acts and makes audience laugh. However, if we look from the right perspective, it's so meaningful than a basic comedy movie. It'd be considered as a great sociological analyze which is about industrial revolution and labor class. Controlling of labor class, effects of this control are just one of the topics we can see in that movie. So, I'd like to explain these topics from three sociological concepts.The first sociological concept I've seen in that movie is of course Marx's theory of alienation. It was so obvious in the first scenes of movie. There is a manufacturing process which requires no creativity; it's a routine and repeating job. Our character The Labor Boy starring by Chaplin, is a victim of this alienation process of capitalism. We see that in scenes like; where he acts like a robot, an alienated being has just got one purpose; producing. He's job is bolt tightening. However, he has no control of what he is doing; he just has to do it. So, he is absolutely alienated from the product of he is working on. Finally, because of all these process he has a breakdown. Nervous breakdown scene is a really good example of surreal comedy. Also it shows as the control imposed on workers how can badly affect them with an absurd way.Then if we could related it with another sociological concept, It'd be another Marxian theory; the class structure. Private property divides people into social classes. The relationship between one of these classes which are; bourgeois (factory owner) and proletariat (workers) is so simply portrayed in the movie. Factory owner is belonged to his own class, he doesn't even need to communicate with his workers directly, he uses tele-screens or other people to give directions to them. Workers are belonged to their class, which they have to just follow the directions from the upper-classes. So, this relationship between them reminds me the Pyramid of Capitalist System which is more-likely based on Marx's class struggle. Also, we can be related it with Marx's Exploitation of Labour theory, which leads to class struggle.So, if differences between classes are so certain, you should to control lower class for the possibility of rebel. About controlling of working class, there is an example in this movie, which we can see even in these days. In protest scene, there is a police intervention. Police is portrayed as an instrument of Bourgeois class to control working class. Considering police is a legal force, we can be related it with Marx's base and superstructure idea. There is a superstructure which is built on a legal base; police force. To sum up, Modern Times is a really important picture for the history of cinema. It's examples from real life and society give us an opportunity to analyze that examples in a sociological concept. As far as capitalist system remains, we can always see similar examples in the real life like in this movie.