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Originally Posted by tonguegina
...and I have to agree with UB here, Blonde. Citizen Kane blows. It's a fine movie, but way overrated. They give it too much credit, claiming that it invented all of these new film making techniques, when really all it did was borrow from other film disciplines, countries, shorts, and lesser known films. I don't know. I had to watch it three times for three different classes in a four week period in college. I didn't like it any of those times. A lot of the scenes feel dragged out and the dialogue can be pretty weak at times. Certainly shouldn't be at the top of any "Best Movies of All Time" lists. I'd give that to The Godfather (with Casablanca in second).
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I think Citizen Kane gets a lot of its credit because of the controversy that surrounded it. If it had just been released like a normal movie without all the Hearst involvement, it would have probably just be seen for what it was: decent. The movie wasn't even noticed by people until way later when they all of the sudden wanted to call it one of the greatest films ever.