Alas, I simply cannot understand the hype

Rating: 3/10 (29 March 2020)

After many years of procrastination I have finally decided to watch Citizen Kane. There has been so much said about it that I expected something truly outstanding.
Alas, I simply cannot understand the hype. I was astonished to discover that it has been called the greatest film of all times by so many. Try as I might, I just could not quite see that. Perhaps I should have seen it as a teenager, surely it would have left a better impression then. Unfortunately, neither the story nor the visuals speak to me. It does seem unusual and I appreciate that it would have been really innovative at the time however the story appeared to me as empty as a tin bucket - a lot of melodramatic noise with very little substance and mostly underwhelming acting. So much hype about a simple story about an arrogant man with a chip on his shoulder who turns abusive and controlling instead of achieving anything worthwhile, an ode to an empty life.
I am glad that I finally saw it and can remove it from my list of cultural pieces I wish to be familiar with. Perhaps I am missing something important there although the desire to find out more is very slim on my part.
To recover from this lucklustre experience I decided to watch again The Very Same Munchhausen (1980) which I consider to be if not the greatest then certainly one of the greatest films of all time. Every sound, every look, every word speaks volumes and there is so much meaning behind every scene. Perhaps my taste is just different. In any case, I can now move on to other items on the list such as Tess of the D'Urbervilles or Death in Venice.