"The Navigator" is a silent movie from the 20's starring Buster Keaton about a young, snobby man who decides to marry and all of a sudden finds himself trapped on a ship with his designated bride to be. Quite unlucky in his actions, he soon gets the two of them in serious trouble.
The film is a classical slapstick movie. Most of the playtime consists of Keaton doing something stupid, falling over things or breaking them. The story definitely has some plot holes and some of the details are just never explained but every here and then there's actually a decent gag presented. Of course as a silent film this one works a lot with visual humor and that's just something modern audiences aren't really used to. From today's perspective, some of the sequences seem quite long and there are passages in which not much happens. For all those reasons it was a bit hard for me to find access to the film, even though I do appreciate the efforts undertaken to produce a movie back in the days.
All in all this is probably first and foremost something for slapstick- or Buster Keaton-Fans. If you're looking for straight-forward, visual comedy, this might be a thing for you. Otherwise I have to say that there are alternatives worth considering.
The film is a classical slapstick movie. Most of the playtime consists of Keaton doing something stupid, falling over things or breaking them. The story definitely has some plot holes and some of the details are just never explained but every here and then there's actually a decent gag presented. Of course as a silent film this one works a lot with visual humor and that's just something modern audiences aren't really used to. From today's perspective, some of the sequences seem quite long and there are passages in which not much happens. For all those reasons it was a bit hard for me to find access to the film, even though I do appreciate the efforts undertaken to produce a movie back in the days.
All in all this is probably first and foremost something for slapstick- or Buster Keaton-Fans. If you're looking for straight-forward, visual comedy, this might be a thing for you. Otherwise I have to say that there are alternatives worth considering.