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Yar, you be here: Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition) > Customer Reviews Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition) Customer Reviews (112 - 114 of 121 Reviews)Artistic masterpiece, but lacking in interest
As many reviewers have noted, this movie was ranked #1 in AFI's list of 100 greatest movies of all time; however, one should take into consideration that AFI's ranking of films was almost entirely based on the aesthetics of film making. Any film maker/director/producer will tell you that Citizen Kane is an artistic masterpiece, but Welles does this using many (at the time) new filming techniques such as camera angles, character placement/proxemics, form, framing, et cetera. The movie's plot is a different story. Charles Foster Kane is based on the real life man William Randolph Hearst, who was a newspaper tycoon during the late 19th century to the mid 20th century. The storyline will be boring to most casual movieviewers, so take discretion. I personally found the story a little interesting (due to my interest in history), but those looking for high suspense and action should go see another movie. Don't waste your time with this trash!
I was browsing movies on the Internet for something best to watch, using reviews to decide if it might be worth my time or not. When the movie started, I already knew this one was a mistake. I sat through the whole thing patiently and in the end I felt very cheated out of a buck and a couple hours of my life I could of spent doing something else. The acting, characters, script, and plot were pathetic. The ending that people keep mentioning wasn't a big deal at all. This movie was not artistic as some claim. It wasn't entertaining. It was just a bad attempt at a boring story about newspaper tycoon. It's one of the worst movies I have ever seen. What Were YOU Doing at the Age of 25? Welles made THIS!
If you have already seen "Citizen Kane," you don't need me to tell you to buy it. Just go ahead and put it in your shopping cart. This review is for those of you who do not know about this film, and are maybe even wondering why you should care. Why do so many film critics lavish so much praise on a film made so long ago? One reason is the director and star of the film, Orson Welles. Already considered to be a genius at a young age, Welles stormed Hollywood at age 25 with the clout of a man three times his age. With that power, he made a movie that defied typical storytelling techniques, invented cinematic tricks on the fly, and successfully pulled off filming an unflattering, near bio-pic of the nation's most powerful newspaper publisher, William Randolph Hearst. The kind of "carte-blanche" given to Orson Welles at the time, was unprecedented, but now, it's unthinkable. That makes this film all the more mezmerizing because it's a fantastic film. It centers around Charles Foster Kane, a larger-than-life man without the fear that stops lesser men from achieving greatness. But Kane's life is not all great, and in a series of flashbacks and flash-forwards, we see how Charles Foster Kane was both tender and loving, but ruthless and selfish just the same. This is a film of immense importance in American cinema. It was Orson Welles' greatest acheivement, yet the beginning of his downfall. After all, who could possibly top a movie as good as "Citizen Kane?" Welles discovered that it was impossible to even try. This is an important film for fans of movies, film historians, people interested in the William Randolph Hearst connection, and in the sheer drama of filmmaking. There has never been a movie like it, and there never will be. It is a film that will surprise you, no matter how many times you watch it. Once again, if you have not seen it, make "Citizen Kane" your VERY NEXT DVD purchase. You owe it to yourself as a movie fan.
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