One of the earliest surviving adaptations of the classic tale, but of what I've seen so far certainly one of the weakest.
I don't need to speak of the plot, it's an infamous household name after all and they don't deviate much here.
Standing at around the 26 minute mark it looks abnormally dated. Don't get me wrong I'm aware of the release year, but by comparison to the one merely 12 months earlier it looks terrible.
The looks however I can forgive, there are two aspects unfortunately I cannot.
First of all how mediocre and "Phoned in" the whole thing feels. Like they just rushed to get the tale onto film, put little effort in and did absolutely nothing to set it apart from the rest.
Second, the audio. Yes this is a silent film but here not only does it not have a musical overlay but it sounds like a speaker cranked up to maximum volume was left on mute. So though there is no audio in the traditional sense you are hit with 26 minutes of buzzing and static that certainly damages the film irreparably.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is one of the most adapted tales in the history of cinema, so find a better one.
The Good:
Nothing
The Bad:
Audio (Or lack of) gave me a headache
Looks awful by comparison to the previous years effort
Unreadable notes
I don't need to speak of the plot, it's an infamous household name after all and they don't deviate much here.
Standing at around the 26 minute mark it looks abnormally dated. Don't get me wrong I'm aware of the release year, but by comparison to the one merely 12 months earlier it looks terrible.
The looks however I can forgive, there are two aspects unfortunately I cannot.
First of all how mediocre and "Phoned in" the whole thing feels. Like they just rushed to get the tale onto film, put little effort in and did absolutely nothing to set it apart from the rest.
Second, the audio. Yes this is a silent film but here not only does it not have a musical overlay but it sounds like a speaker cranked up to maximum volume was left on mute. So though there is no audio in the traditional sense you are hit with 26 minutes of buzzing and static that certainly damages the film irreparably.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is one of the most adapted tales in the history of cinema, so find a better one.
The Good:
Nothing
The Bad:
Audio (Or lack of) gave me a headache
Looks awful by comparison to the previous years effort
Unreadable notes