Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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Summary: Amazing
Review: This logic that art has to appeal to a mass audience to be great is so stupid its ridiculous. By that logic we would have to assume The Spice Girls are better than Mozart. But anyone who knows anything about music and has studied it knows that Mozart is better. Anyone who knows and studies film knows that Citizen Kane is a masterpiece. These are not ivory tower critics, they are people who love movies as a way of life. Its not some Saturday night diversion for them. You don't have to love Citizen Kane to be a true film lover, but you must see it.

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Summary: get over it
Review: dont get me wrong, this wasnt a bad film. it was kinda long and slow at parts but it wasnt bad. i actually thought it was pretty good. but the lunatics who claim its the best film ever are crazy. truely, i couldnt be asked to pick one movie as the best ever, but this one wouldnt be considered. maybe the camera work, etc were revolutionary at the time, but we've all become so accustomed to it in this day and age that its hardly noticeable. i liked the way the story unfolded between the different characters and i liked the whole rosebud thing. my final thought is that i dont know why everyone feels its necessary to exclaim "he was only 25 when he made it!!!" big deal. check it out, but dont expect something out of this world.

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Summary: This doesn't deserve 5 stars....
Review: .... it deserves 10. This is one of my favorite movies. Everything about it is great: The cast, screenplay, musical score, and cinematography. Just everything. If you haven't seen it you don't know what you're missing!

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Summary: Kane improves with each viewing
Review: I first watched Citizen Kane as a college student in the mid-seventies. I was told then that it was one of the finest motion pictures ever made. Upon its conclusion my shoulders dropped and I muttered, "Rosebud was a SLED??!!??" I was extremely let down. I suppose I was accustomed to big-budget Irwin Allen-ish productions and was numb to the subtle artistic accomplishments of this masterpiece. I have seen this film perhaps fifty times and I enjoy it much more today than I ever have in the past. Truely, we really don't know anyone we know. Similar to "Pulp Fiction" in its non-sequential format, this film demands several viewings to appreciate its richness and beauty. Even simple techniques such Wells' matching the exact pitch of Kane screaming that Geddis will end in Sing-Sing with the car horn that honks just as Kane's voice is shut out by the closing apartment door. In short it is a gentle journey through a complicated man's life, a man whom everyon thought they knew, yet no one really did.

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Summary: Greatest Movie Ever?
Review: Is Citizen Kane the greatest movie ever? For its time indeed, and even now, arguably. The question is whether you think it is. For some, it is a movie thats disconnected with the public. Movies like Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, or Gone with the Wind, have this "connection" to the audience that almost forces them to feel the essense of the movie. I prefer movies that appeal an audience, not a bunch of critics who don't eat a Mc.Donalds and drive Hondas. Those critics have their opinions, the public has theirs. It is a good, movie, yes it is a great movie. And to some it may even be the greatest ever made. But of course thats just an opinion. I think there are movies that do things better. If you want to see a good movie, see Red Violin, Shine, Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, or Starwars or something. But Citizen Kane is one of those movies that you must see, not just hear about, to believe. See the movie, THEN make an opinion, not vice-versa.

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Summary: Nothing New or Great
Review: To all the reviewers who keep harping about how revolutionary Citizen Kane was, I would suggest they take a look at Paul Leni's fantastic classic, "The Cat and the Canary" made in l929. From the first scene of an exaggerated castle set against a cloudy sky, to the bizarre, distorted angles of a figure moving down a corridor, to shock cuts and editing, "Cat and Canary" could be a blue-print for what Welles did with Citizen Kane. Kane is still brilliant, thought-provoking, but hardly the "greatest movie" of all time. Pu-leeze. As one reviewer noted below, when something's the "greatest", this is usually the title conferred by the public. The public has never embraced Kane as its zealous admirers have. I also agree with the reviewer who said Gone With the Wind is the greatest of them all. It is. The public made it the greatest, not a bunch of ivory-tower critics whose contempt for the common man's taste is sickening. Also, it would help if some of you actually saw Kane for yourself, instead of relying on the babbling of others.

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Summary: Often.....Weird?
Review: This film was revolutionary....at the time. Today we see it as a masterpiece. I didn't understand it the first time I saw it but I do now. The film is weird, often boring, but complete. I reccomend this film to anyone.

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Summary: A masterwork, perhaps the best film ever made.
Review: Citizen Kane is a masterwork of movie craftsmanship and storytelling. Arguably, it is the best film ever made.

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Summary: Overrated
Review: Citizen Kane is most likely the most overrated movie in history. Now the directing and acting are great, but it takes a whole crew to make a good movie, and Citizen Kane suffered from one thing screenplay. The bad scripts and editing make this one of the most surprising movies to me.

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Summary: Good, not Great
Review: It's always hysterical to listen to Martin Scorsese and other hack film makers to rave about Citizen Kane as if it were the greatest movie ever made. It's a striking, original, but a great film connects with movie-goers and this one doesn't. Isn't it curious that Scorsese, Spielberg and all the other Kane fanatics never, ever mention Gone With the Wind as anywhere near Citizen Kane? They're afraid to. GWTW connects with everyone who sees it. It's concept and production are still phenomenal. Everything you see in Kane was done long before, especially in Cecil B. DeMille's great l915 silent, "The Cheat" with Fannie Ward and Sessue Hayakawa giving electrifying performances in a movie that still stuns because of its lighting, decor, naturalistic but larger-than-life performances. Raol Walshes great "Regeneration" (1914) and D.W. Griffith's extraordinary "Intolerance" had done it all before Citizen Kane was even born. What's really so hysterically funny is that so many people drool over Kane who've never even seen it. But it's the thing to do. These idiots don't have the guts to say: this movie is sooooo boring! So over-rated! Gone With the Wind is still the greatest of them all. But since it's a "popular" movie, it therefore couldn't possibly be considered the greatest.