Movie Review #3: Citizen Kane, 1941
It's hard for me to imagine that as a self-proclaimed movie lover I had never watched the number one movie of all time! So, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of this movie masterpiece, I decided it would be next on the list and watched it on TCM a few weeks ago. (yes, I know I should have written about it right away, but I'm slacking already in my project!)
Obviously, I had heard of the movie, however I had it in my head that the movie was set on a boat and involved some kind of mutiny! I guess that's what you get when you neglect to watch the best movie of all time. So, I read a little about the movie before watching it...I didn't want to keep thinking, "where's the boat" throughout.
I have always liked Orson Wells, and I was particularly interested to see how he would play this character. I was also interested to see how, for all the hype, the movie would stand up to it's celebrated record as number one. So, I do want to share that I had a bit of a bias going into the film, and for what it's worth, I thought it was well shot, well written, and well acted, but left me feeling a bit dark and depressed. The word that comes to mind after seeing this film is wasteful, which may have been the writer/director's intent.
Just as those who have taken the time to rate and rank the AFI 100 Years 100 Movies list, I think that I may need to take another look at this film so that I might see what they have in it. For me, I weight my movie rankings heavily on the experience and feeling the movie leaves me with. This one left me feeling sad and empty.
I do recommend that if you haven't watched the film, that you do. Decided for yourself if it is the greatest of all time.
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