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12-03-2018 05:34 PM - edited 12-03-2018 05:35 PM
It always tops the lists of the BEST, most highly acclaimed movies....REALLY? For some reason, I’ve never been drawn to see it.
P.S. My votes for great movies include: Forrest Gump; Shawshank Redemption; Gone with the Wind: Love Actually (cute); The English Patient; The Ten Commandments; and The Thorn Birds (made for TV movie). Sorry, Titanic did not make the list because I thought Leonardo DiCaprio looked TOO young for Kate Winslet (like a younger brother).
12-03-2018 05:47 PM
@MsCatLuver wrote:It always tops the lists of the BEST, most highly acclaimed movies....REALLY? For some reason, I’ve never been drawn to see it.
P.S. My votes for great movies include: Forrest Gump; Shawshank Redemption; Gone with the Wind: Love Actually (cute); The English Patient; The Ten Commandments; and The Thorn Birds (made for TV movie). Sorry, Titanic did not make the list because I thought Leonardo DiCaprio looked TOO young for Kate Winslet (like a younger brother).
Well, I've seen it. I have never understood the fal de ral about it. I hated it. I don't like him, nor his directing, nor his disguises, nor anything about him,so that is a big part of it. But the movie? I don't get the 'masterpiece' accolades. Never have.
12-03-2018 05:51 PM
Re: Citizen Kane - Is the movie REALL that GREAT?
Yes, it is.
It's not only a remarkable piece of storytelling, but it completely revolutionized filmmaking, using techniques that didn't exist before that.
The filmmakers who made the movies you listed stand on the shoulders of Orson Welles, Robert Wise, and the rest of that group.
12-03-2018 06:17 PM
Thanks for your replies.
12-03-2018 07:47 PM
@MsCatLuver, I agree wholeheartedly with @x Hedge. Whenever watching "Citizen Kane", I'm in awe of the writing, the cinematography, just the way "ahead-of-its-time" techniques, uniqueness and driving force of this complex movie.
But I love your question. It's great to question and analyze the 'conventional wisdom' on any work of art. Even people who sit around spending their whole lives analyzing such things often have major disagreements, and to me, it's helpful to get a bunch of different points of view.
While I agree with most critics on "Citizen Kane", it isn't my favorite film to watch, personally. For some reason, I have a much closer, more gut-level reaction to his flawed (and mangled by the studio) other masterpiece, "The Magnificent Ambersons". We all have our partialities! (By the way, I share your feeling about "The English Patient"-- fabulous film.)
Good for you for starting an interesting discussion. I'd love to hear others' opinions on " C.K." too.
12-03-2018 07:48 PM
@Oznell Thank you for your reply to my question and your kind words,
12-03-2018 07:55 PM
Yes it is for the reasons others have stated. Not only the subject matter which is/was controversial but the lighting, the writing, directing, many of which were groundbreaking techniques.
Great film but not my favorite which has been and is Casablanca. That movie IMO had everything. Great story, great acting, great directing, great music. Never get tired of watching it.
12-03-2018 10:26 PM
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