Don't listen to the negative reviews

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

All true cinephiles know about "Potemkin" and how it revolutionized cinematic techniques in editing. We all know about that insane, constantly referenced/parodied Odessa steps sequence, but do we really know WHY "Potemkin" is a GREAT movie? Not just an influential or famous movie, but an actually GREAT movie?Well, in my opinion, the reason that "Potemkin" is so great is its ability to manipulate emotions and have relentless emotional energy and thrills. In its slim 70 minute runtime, more emotional intensity has struck the audience than in most 2 hour action thrillers. This film may be communist propaganda, but its also damn good communist propaganda. I may not agree with the film's political intent, but while I'm watching it I sure do! Using the power of film and visuals, Eisenstein works as a master manipulator, pulling at every string in your body, a surging sea of pain and sorrow exploding across his forever influential screen. Who could ever forget those haunting images? The child being trampled on! The baby carriage falling! The old woman with her shot out! Blood everywhere! Tons of extras falling down these mammoth stairs. Its more thrilling than any horror film you've ever seen, and its damned brilliant if you ask me!

That, of course, is far from a fresh observation but it's true. Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin tells the real life story of the 1905 mutiny on the Potemkin in the Russo-Japanese War. When the crew of the Potemkin are fed borscht made from rotten meat most opt to eat bread and butter instead. When the officers of the ship hear of this, they become outraged and they believe the enlisted men of the ship to be spoiled. Chief Officer Ippolit Giliarovsky (Grigori Aleksandrov) orders the men the be executed. A revolutionary sailor named Grigory Vakulinchuk (Aleksandr Antonov) inspires a mutiny and the oppressive officers are thrown overboard. The mutiny is successful but Vakulinchuk is killed by Giliarovsky. The sailors mourn their fallen hero and deliver him to the port at Odessa. When the Odessa residents learn of what has happened they protest but are brutally suppressed by the Tsarist guards. In response a revolution goes underway. The film is done very well and has since come to be regard as one of Russia's best films. Not to mention the commonly used soundtrack by Dmitri Shostakovich is brilliant and perfectly fitting. The film is most famous for the "Odessa steps" sequence, so much so that the stairs on which the sequence was filmed has come to be known at the "Potemkin stairs." It is important to note that no such event took place at the Potemkin stairs but that doesn't make the sequence any less groundbreaking. It should also be said that the film is brutally violent, even by today's standards. Overall, Battleship Potemkin is highly recommended.

"Battleship Potemkin" is one of the most famous movies in history and is also considered as one of the masterpieces of world cinema. In this movie we watch a protest strike that started when the crew was given rotten meat for dinner and ended in a riot. After that the sailors raised the red flag and tried to start the revolution in their home port Odessa. This movie is divided into five episodes which are:1) 'Men and Maggots', in which the sailors protest because they gave them to eat rotten meat, 2) 'Drama on the Deck', in which the sailors mutiny and their leader (Vakulinchuk) is killed, 3) 'A Dead Man Calls for Justice' in which Vakulinchuk's body is lament by the people of Odessa, 4) 'The Odessa Staircase', in which Tsarist soldiers massacre the Odessans, 5) 'The Rendezvous with the Squadron', in which after all of these the sailors cheer on the rebellious battleship and join the mutiny.Some things that we have to mention about this movie are that is based on historical events and shows us everything about the Battleship Potemkin. I liked this movie because of the direction of Sergei M. Eisenstein which I found very good and also for the music. Finally I have to say that "Battleship Potemkin" is fairly considered as one of the best movies in the history of cinema and I strongly recommend it to everyone who is a fan of cinema. This movie is very well divided into episodes which give us a better view about what happened back then and also make us understand better the history behind this.

This is based on the mutiny in 1905. Sailors on the battleship Potemkin refuse to eat soup from the rotten meat. The officers order some of men executed. When the firing squad refuse the order, the ship explode in revolution. Their story spread in the port of Odessa. The Cossacks attack the defenseless people of the city. The battleship open fire against the Tsarist forces and then sail to face the fleet. The other ships refuse to fire and join in the revolution.Most of the movie is well-made. The story is simple. It does need a protagonist to break a POV but this is very much a communist film. It's about the people and about the amazing tracking shots on the steps. It looks good even today. It's dynamic and wonderful. It probably took people at the time by surprise. It is a thoroughly modern edited sequence. It also has that baby in the carriage. Wonderful.