Citizen Kane has been conceived to be one of the greatest films in the history of films. Why? Because it uses techniques developed by other directors in a way that adds affect to the film. He combines these different techniques to create a collasal movie. His backround in radio shows as he uses large contrast in sound. Like in the opening scene transition when Kane whispers ROSEBUD and then immediately changes to a big booming voice of an announcer reading headlines of newspapers. Not to say that some transitions aren't a little goofy and unnecessary. One in particular, you may be able to guess it, The skwaking bird. WHAT WAS THAT? Anyfarts, However great the shooting of this film was or wasn't does nothing to do with the unfufilling plot. What lesson came from this story? Was there a point? Was it that a man's life can't be summarized in one word? Was the point to relate his life to that of Adolph Hitler? There is no clear cut reason to watch this. Which to me, is close to as bad as a movie without an ending. If the point was to entertain it didn't entertain me. It kept my interest but did nothing for me. So, does Citizen Kane deserve to be considered one of the best films? I would lean to yes it does. Cause even stories with clear cut reasons to watch still suck but i couldn't stop watching it kept my attention and was interesting to watch even WITHOUT color. O M G!!!
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First of all I would like to say that there were indeed a lot of random things in the movie that didn't really make sense to me but non the less they were there. I don't know if these nessesarily entertained me but might have been more confusing than amusing. The decisions made by Wells I'm sure all had a purpose but not everyone can interpret those the same way that he may have when he created the film. Overall I found some of his decisisons a little bit confusing.
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