Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane, what to say about this movie that hasn't already been said. This Oscar winning film was released in 1941, on May 1st. The movie was based on one word, Rosebud. Charles Foster Kane, a newspaper administrator, is the most powerful man in the US. The movie is based on flashbacks of reporters trying to figure out what the meaning of Rosebud is and why it was the last word Charles Foster Kane spoke. The film focuses on the rise and fall of Kane's career. In the end, the reporters learn that Kane spent his whole life searching for the long lost childhood he never had.

The movie is considered to be a classic, which in many opinions makes it worth watching. I enjoyed the movie and the moral I got was to treasure your childhood and make your life memorable. Don't waste your time trying to make everyone else happy, and never choose work over your loved ones. In the movie, Kane chooses his newspaper over his wife which leads to a divorce and he is left with nothing.

The role of Charles Foster Kane is played by Orson Welles, whom I think did quite a good job at the part. There were scene's that could have been better but the over all film was rather entertaining. Welle's did well on the moods of the character and the acting in general. The leading role of Kane's wife, Susan Alexander Kane, was played by Dorothy Comingore. The part is a opera singer who meets Kane on the street corner and immediately falls in love. The character seems to get quite annoying when she gets everything she wants and whines all the time. She does her job as the actor but the part in general could have been better.

For the time that this movie was made, the camera angles and the techniques in making the film made it more interesting and exciting to the viewers. A particular scene that really impressed me was the simple image of his childhood sled, Rosebud, at the end of the movie. It shows us how sometimes, when we're looking for something, we skip over the most important little details.

I believe that for it's time, this was an amazing film. It's worth watching but may not be one of the greatest films ever made. This is my opinion, you should definitely decide on your own what you think of the movie. People need to keep an open mind about movies, watching something different then what you're used to might just lead you to discovering a new found passion for something or teach you something new. Just because someone posts something on the internet about a movie, doesn't mean that you won't enjoy it or gain something from it. Expierence your own expierences.