The Controversy-Lack Of Action In City Lights

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Action – when someone in today’s generation hears the word action, their mind probably thinks of explosions, car chases, or hellacious gun fights. This film is far from that. The action portrayed in this film caught me off-guard as I was expecting at least something along the lines of what I mentioned above. City Lights has action that is bland like a bar of soap. I had to pay close attention to every detail in the movie to catch-on to the details. There were details throughout the entire movie that a regular person wouldn’t catch on to. The specific details that I am referring to are the hand gestures of the characters. It’s a silent film. There are no words spoken. There’s only hand gestures and facial expressions. I paid close attention

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