Today's film is Our Hospitality, which is yet another Buston Keaton film. Really, another? Why do we need another? We already have The General and Steamboat Bill Jr, and they were enjoyable. We don't need another film from the same director, especially when they are of the same genre. If a director has films under multiple genres, say, horror, drama and comedy, then it is important to view and compare the works. But, I have no desire to watch yet another physical comedy that offers nothing unique to the audience. Also, the list doesn't need 15 vampire films. It just doesn't.
So, this film is about the Hatfields and the McCoys, two families in the 1830's that hated each other. Their feud got so bad that people remember it to this day. Except this film changes it to the Canfields and Mckays, for reasons I don't know. The baby Willie Mckay is sent to live in New York away from the feud. Twenty years later, he returns to claim his inheritance. He meets a girl on the train heading there. Of course it turns out she's part of the rival family.
The girl invites him to her house for supper and her brothers and father are planning to kill him. However, their code of honor states that they cannot kill him while he is a guest in their house. So, he gets comfy and stays for days! Later, he tries to escape which results in all manner of physical comedy. Eventually, he marries the girl in the upstairs bedroom, which is totally normal.
That's it. If you like physical comedy and dialogue heavy silent films where you have to read a lot, you'll like this. I will give this a 5/10.
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