The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)

A German silent fantasy animation by Lotte Reiniger and Carl Koch.
An African sorcerer makes a magic flying horse and tries to trade it for a princess. The prince (Achmed) takes off on the horse and falls in love with a woman in a far away land. The sorcerer steals the woman from the prince who befriends another of the sorcerer's enemies, a fire witch. The witch gives the prince weapons and sends him to regain the princess. When spirits from her homeland steal this princess, Aladdin's magic lamp is required to enter their realm. Aladdin and Achmed get the witch to kill the sorcerer in order to retreive the lamp, defeat the spirits and save both princesses.
Wonderful! Fantastic! Beautiful! This is the oldest surviving animated film and it beats the living shit out of whatever is newest. At the time of writing, there's a whole slew of computer animated brainwashing flicks. Just like hospitals destroy health and schools destroy knowledge, the entertainment industry destroys art. As I watched this, I was awe-struck by hand painted backgrounds with silouette characters painstakingly animated onto them. These guys had to arrange each frame and photograph it with absolutely prehistoric cameras. Creative character design yeilded unique and memorable characters with lifelike movements out of just cut paper. The backgrounds and scenery were created very similarly and made unique and memorable locations and settings. The monsters were AMAZING! From the sorcerer/evil kangaroo at the beginning to what I would call the "Omega Caterwocky" (not pictured. I don't want to spoil the coolest monster!) at the end, all the beasts were fantastic, diverse and wild. There was even a wizards' duel a la Sword in the Stone (1963). The complex plot was obviously based on 1001 Arabian Nights, one of the best books ever written. I rate this best and it is HIGHLY recommended for those who can dig real art. WATCH IT!

The General (1926)

An American action film by Buster Keaton.
During the civil war, a man tries to enlist in the army but is turned away because he is a train engineer. A girl that he likes is on his train when it is stolen so he alerts the army and they have him conduct a train to chase the stolen one. He takes off without the cars and chases his train alone in hopes of saving it and the girl.
There was a lot of physical comedy in this film, as in other silent films like The Adventurer. The music was interesting, but extremely repetitive. That's all there was in the film, so I can write no more. It entertained me moderately, so I'm rating it adequate.

Nana (1926)

A drama directed by Jean Renoir.
A failed actress becomes a courtesan and destroys the lives of her boyfriend and herself.
This film uses tinted black and white scenes with text between like Nosferatu. The music is actually good and goes very well with what's happening on screen. I found myself mocking it throughout the duration. An example:
Nana is kicking her servants out of a room. She forces the maid out the door.
Nana: "get out of here, bitch!" She then pushes a man through the doorway.
Man: "steaming cuntwhistles! she kicked me out too!"
One man, Hugon became known as Huge-on flat-hat and another, monsieur mustache. I found it to be pretty entertaining to make fun of, which would probably make real movie buffs want to kick my ass all over the internet. I'm rating it o.k. because the fun I got out of it was in perverting the dialogue.