Frownland

The cinematography is outrageous throughout the whole movie and Kane is a fascinating character. It's not a plot driven film but that doesn't make it bad.

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BlackMalachite

That's somewhat my issue with it; it just seemed to be well directed segment after well directed segment plodding along at an asinine pace. The characterization is great, and the build ups are well placed, but overall nothing really captured my attention.

The Batlord

I just remember being bored by the whole damn thing. Cinematography is cool and all, but appreciating a movie for its technical achievements is Chula-esque, and the acting in general was the same type of pre-70s stuff that turns me off to a depressingly large amount of old movies, so I really can't appreciate how fascinating a character Kane might be as the way he talks annoys me.

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Frownland

Cinematography is hardly even a "technical achievement" because it's right in front of your face. How the movie looks is hard to ignore.

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The Batlord

Yeah, it's basically the prose of a movie, but I can read a book with relatively unimpressive prose but with a good story and a lot of heart, while I'd be bored stiff by a beautifully written book that had nothing much else going for it.

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Frownland

There's a place for both (CK has heart out the ass though).

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debaserr

I really didn't like Kane the first time I saw it about 10 years ago. I gave it another shot a year or two ago and it blew me away.

You definitely have to look past some of the more dated elements of it, but if you can the story of Kane is haunting and epic.

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The Batlord

If it's a visually impressive movie, like Gravity, then cinematography is already going to be the star, but in a character-driven movie like Citizen Kane it takes the backseat for importance. And like I said, I kind of hate old school acting, so I doubt I'd appreciate the writing of Citizen Kane regardless, as I'd be too busy telling myself that the way they were talking was just the thing back then and I shouldn't hold it against the movie.

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Frownland

It is and can be both.

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Chula Vista

Why thank you.

There was movie making before Citizen Kane, and then there was movie making after Citizen Kane. That alone makes it epic. Wells was only 25 when he made it, had never directed anything prior, and had never worked in Hollywood. He went into it as a blank slate and pretty much made it up as he went along.

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