more Lumière films

"Carmaux: Drawing Out the Coke" (short), 1896. Some sort of industrial... something... I don't know. Unknown director.

Concept: 1/4 (Bad)
Story: 0/4 (Terrible)
Characters: n/a
Dialog: n/a
Pacing: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: n/a
Acting: n/a
Music: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Subjective Rating: 3/10 (Bad, 1/4). At least something unusual is happening.
Objective Rating (Average): 1.3/4 (Bad)

"Poultry-Yard" (short), 1896. Girls feed chickens. Unknown director.

Concept: 0/4 (Terrible)
Story: 0/4 (Terrible)
Characters: n/a
Dialog: n/a
Pacing: 1/4 (Bad)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: n/a
Acting: n/a
Music: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Subjective Rating: 2/10 (Terrible, 0/4). They throw some seed, and then, they throw some more seed.
Objective Rating (Average): 0.8/4 (Very bad)

"Snowball Fight" (short), 1897. A crowd has a snowball fight. Directed by Louis Lumière.

Concept: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Story: 0/4 (Terrible)
Characters: n/a
Dialog: n/a
Pacing: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Cinematography: 1/4 (Bad)
Special effects/design: n/a
Acting: n/a
Music: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Subjective Rating: 4/10 (Eh, 2/4). Oh, look: fun.
Objective Rating (Average): 1.5/4 (Eh)

"Card Party" (short), 1897. Some guys play cards. Directed by & starring Leopoldo Fregoli.

Concept: 1/4 (Bad)
Story: 0/4 (Terrible)
Characters: 0/4 (Terrible)
Dialog: n/a
Pacing: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Acting: 1/4 (Bad)
Music: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Subjective Rating: 3/10 (Bad, 1/4). It's like they asked themselves, "What are the most boring things we could watch people do?"
Objective Rating (Average): 1.2/4 (Bad)

"New York: Broadway at Union Square" (short), 1896. Cops direct traffic. Unknown director.

Concept: 1/4 (Bad)
Story: 0/4 (Terrible)
Characters: n/a
Dialog: n/a
Pacing: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: n/a
Acting: n/a
Music: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Subjective Rating: 4/10 (Eh, 2/4). It's kind of interesting to see footage of 1890's New York. And the cops clearly do not care if anyone gets run over by a street car; in fact, they seem to be encouraging it.
Objective Rating (Average): 1.5/4 (Eh)