Another Chaplin film -I ended up watching 3 total (I've seen all 3 on the AFI list now, 1 review still to come).
Oddly, my favorite was probably the one rated lowest on the list (Modern Times: http://kaleenasmith.blogspot.com/2013/08/78-modern-times-1936.html), mostly because of that hilarious boat sliding off to sea and sinking incident.In The Gold Rush, Chaplin is traveling to the West through horrible conditions, facing starvation, desperate and dangerous fellow travelers, and deadly snow storms. Finally reaching a town, he falls in love with a girl he mistakenly believes is in love with him.
There's the classic, albeit ridiculous, scene where he's in a house teetering on a cliff and he's running back and forth trying not to plummet to his death; otherwise, not too much that was memorable other than Chaplin's character finally striking it rich against all odds. That was a little different.
Again, this is not my type of humor, but that doesn't mean it's not executed well. I feel I ought to mention that.
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