The Great Train Robbery

The Great Train Robbery - 1903 


Speaking from a current point of view, the movie is quite normal, if not a bit boring (ignoring time)

However, the fact of the matter was that this movie was the first long piece that was painstakingly put together with a view that made people believe events that were happening in the movie were also happening to them! The effortful coloring of specific scenes and people serves to show importance and draw the viewer'sattention, with an albeit humorous (though I'd imagine it'd be viewed as somewhat macabre in it's heyday) storyline.