A rose-bud by any name would not taste as sweet!

Rating: Null/10 (8 January 2003)

For such a long time i could not understand why this film was so acclaimed. Then recently i read about it, and watched a few documentaries on the people involved, and then it clicked, and i understood how truly great and ground-breaking it was.
It's difficult to recommend a film which isnt such an instantly apparent wonder. I don't think it is, and still maintain it's pretty hard-going, and not something i would watch to either gain instant gratification, or relaxation to; but film is as much art as it is anything else, so why should i be so small-minded.
Some would certainly diagree and take a great deal of pleasure from it, but having first watched it, it wasn't a hit. Perhaps it was simply me being disappointed at "The greatest film of all time". And, i think it was that.
What IS Rose-Bud?No, he's not the character out of the British film Snatch (but how ironic, intentional im sure!). Some after having seen the film still wonder. The greatness of this film lies within it's REAL meaning, and the references and people the film is actually about (taken from the day). Parallels are drawn, and in fact we see a great satirical play by Welles, giving this film more lifes than anyone could disect. Look at the sum of books written on this film and you'll see what i mean.
Watch it, if not simply to say you have. Then, should you have chance, read about it, you'll be quite surprised at what major steps you've witnessed, and what a truly fabulous and ground-breaking film this was.