5/10. I watched Citizen Kane for the first time today. I must say it was a disappointment. Most likely this is because I had built it up in my mind my entire life. Loving movies, you can't not know about Citizen Kane's greatness in history.
As there are already so many reviews and studies of this film I'll just give my wholly subjective opinion.
I honestly didn't care for it. The movie made me feel four out of ten stars, but I'm bumping it up to a five simply because it is such an artistic feat. I can see it's groundbreaking style, it's camera work, special effects, dialogue and acting that was a grand avante-garde departure from it's contemporaries. However, despite all of this it left me feeling empty.
Perhaps that was Welles' intention. Perhaps it was meant to be a jumbled confusion of imagery and half remembered dreams... I don't know for sure. This is the only movie that I've ever marked higher than I subjectively felt it rated...
Would I watch this movie again? Probably. Would I watch it repeatedly and study it? Probably not. I'd prefer to study The Trial, Welles' masterpiece in his own book. An opinion of which I share. A film which I actually liked.
Perhaps I've been so conditioned for the "Hollywood Narrative" that I completely missed the train on this one? I just don't know.
I may post more on this film later. But as it stands as a first impression, I'm sticking with my above rating.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Comments should follow the netiquette golden rule. Rude comments will be deleted, as will spam.