In the same vein as Un Chien Andalou, this movie is highly innovative and a major milestone in advancing the role of dreamlike photography and non-linear editing in creating thematic meaning. It's extremely cool and awesome from the perspective of it being a freeform experiment. Vertov wasn't trying to perfect an already established genre form but rather just try to explore the limits of this relatively new medium just as we mentioned with Un Chien Andalou and the tradition of the Lumiere Brothers. He is really following the footsteps of Eisenstein as well in how he is both creating a film but also an experiment in film form and what it can do to the human psyche in his piece. This movie highly plays with the power of editing. That being said, this film can get kind of boring as a result. There is much repetition in the experiment and because it is an experiment it is not focused on telling you a concrete story whereas Eisenstein at least grounds his editing experiments in a clear narrative of either the 1905 protests or the 1917 Revolution.
Yet, you can't deny that this movie is extremely pivotal in showing how a film can be constructed from seemingly disparate shots, the use of split-screen, double exposure and forced perspective. It pioneered those early technical feats and special effects.