“Now you often hear “I don’t see what’s so great about Citizen Kane”.
And they’re right. That’s pretty much how I’ve always felt about that movie and I ain’t young. And I’m a movie buff and know a lot of other movie buffs, and they don’t believe that movie is the greatest film ever made either. Not even close.
It’s like the claim that Charlie Chaplin is a comedic genius. I never once laughed at anything he did. And again I know a lot of movie buffs that feel the same way. Chaplin was adulated by the left and that adulation was perpetuated by the leftist film schools. Most likely all this claptrap about Kane being the greatest movie ever made is just more film school BS of one kind or another.
Maybe Kane was great for it’s time. But that has worn off now. Sixty years later, Kane is merely an interesting and engaging film that was excellently made.
>>Sixty years later, Kane is merely an interesting and engaging film that was excellently made.<<
And how many of those can you count? One hand, one had and a half?
I am probably going to get flamed for this, but I feel the same way about “Casablanca”.
I honestly can’t see why people considered Bogart a great actor. He’s wooden, over-rehearsed and about as spontaneous as turtle sex.
The female lead was totally forgettable. The only decent, or at least amusing, character in the entire film was the French cop.
Total yawner. Yet movie snobs talk about that film like it the greatest work of all time.
Yawn. There have always been people who want to be first in line to say they don't think Kane is a good film.
Chaplin in "The Great Dictator" is a classic, IMNSHO.
“Citizen Kane” is the greatest STUDENT film of all time.
If you’re aware you’re watching a movie the whole time, it’s a lousy movie.
Chaplin was hugely popular in his time and regarded that way during his life. His popularity during World War 1 and in the 1920s was in no way connected to a political position. ‘Shoulder Arms’ and ‘The Gold Rush’ are just as funny now as they were then.