edwin porter 1903 short film entitle the great train robbery burst onto the screen with so much excitement and ingenuity that one prepare to be blow away by another pioneer early film . just like melies a trip to the moon and critic have hail this a be the film that introduce the western genre into modern cinema . in my eye and they be right . it have everything from the planning and the actual heist of the train and the murder of an unwanted civilian and and that loom final scene that make you realize that these villain mean business it be all monumental for it time . from here to eastwood and every western filmmaker have use porter image in some form or another to create their own story . one can not say that this film do not open the door and but the struggle come from the story itself . the genre be define by porter and but outside of it initial excitement there really isn not anything to grapple onto . perhaps i be jade by the cliché modern western and their haphazard message and but how can something be cliché before be cliché . to me and the great train robbery seem forced and untraceable and and unsurprising . unlike melies and porter tell a very linear story . robber change the course of a train and rob it and then shoot at random people just to prove they be the true villain and and the final scene end like any predestined film and without any surprise or glitch and and that loom man with a gun to your proverbial face . it be bland . porter film be bore . in the edition i watch and there be an addition of color near to the end to emphasize emotion and which felt cheap and be not encouraging to the filmmaker and or to the viewer . the issue remain that while it be important and porter film have be borrow time and time again and it have in effect become dilute . the story itself do not carry the emotional powerhouse it once have . unlike melies early film and i can not watch this again . i know what have happen and i know there be very little miss from behind the scene and and that finally it be just what it have set out to be a simple story lead from point a to point b to point c. this issue be not only my gripe with this film and but also the strong element to see in such an early film . while it be dull and the fact that it tell such a strong narrative that our character be character with motif and drive and be outstanding to see . in an era where nonfiction film seem mainstream and this break the mold . again and not that i be jump on the prophetic bandwagon about this film it be an important film it just isn not a great film . overall and i be eager to jump into this film to see where the root of the western genre be plant and but i be equally a happy to leave this film behind . porter be a talented director and and g. m. anderson obviously go on to be very successful in the created field and but i just wasn not in awe of the film . i wasn not expect big budget effect like melies work and nor be i expect a duplicate of a trip to the moon and but i do want to see the same creativity and exploration and and originality . i felt porter play it safe and if that can be say with such an early film and but i couldn not feel the excitement a our villain do their evil deed . i wasn not root for anyone and and the final conclusion prove that the kitschy ness of it have wear off minute after the film start . it be pioneer and but not monumental . the great train robbery have lose it space in the time capsule of cinema . grade represent out of .