Blacksmith Scene

This is the first film to slightly rule in some way. Three dudes wail on shit with hammers, take shots of booze, and then wail on shit with hammers some more. If that isn't bad ass, I don't know what is.

Note to Edison: would have been better if they were pounding an electrocuted elephant.

I was moved to tears. The entire film is a metaphor for our daily lives; the struggle against the bourgeoisie; the small hurdles we must overcome during our daily lives. The subplot of the disloyal partner, I thought, was well done and subtle. Each one of the actors does an unbelievably excellent portrayal of their respective characters. They emote so wonderfully that you can't help but feel you truly are experiencing the best that film has to offer.

See alcohol didn't affect their coordination.

Yeah, fuck that piece of metal! Beat the shit out of it!

The raw and pure Manliness on display in this 40 second clip made my chest hair grow chest hair.

It is a staged scene, so it hasn't the ethnographic value that later actualities had. It has no imagination, so it's not as entertaining as later trick films. The only reason to rate this higher the "0" is film history value. So I'll give it a 20.

The classic tale of three bros just banging metal and sharing a brewski.

There's not much to say about a 30-second movie about such a mundane activity. The best part is reflecting that this is a piece of time preserved for the ages by a then-revolutionary technology, and that most films this old -- indeed, 90% of all silent movies ever made -- have gone right into the ashcan, and will never be witnessed ever again

Well, at least it was better than Avatar!

Mad Men inspiration.

Drinking on the job?! You cocksure rebels!

Nothing special.

It's quite dificult to rank a 40 seconds long film :-) Nevertheless very interesting.

hammer me next, guys

Hunky men hammering

Boring even at under a minute

very manly.

More action and better pacing than a Wes Anderson film.

What can I say? I like anvils.

Drinking on the job...tsk tsk.

The heated metal rod is actually a metaphor for Rodney King.

It's meaningless to rate this against anything after like 1903, but I gotsta keep that National Film Registry collection updated.

Smashing... (get it......?)

Although its running time is 39 seconds, this is somehow very interesting. I don't know. When watching it, I could feel that this was one of the very first movies ever created. A film that made everything that would follow possible. It's good.

If it's good enough for the Library of Congress it's good enough for me

Also interesting historically, but no big deal.

Better than Le Prince's crap, but crap all the same.

Cool I guess.