Citizen Kane-Forever Seeking Rosebud **1/2

Rating: 5/10 (23 December 2007)

Perhaps, I am missing something here but what's the big fuss regarding "Citizen Kane?" A masterpiece, no way! In 1941 the motion picture academy selected "How Green Was My Valley" as the best picture of the year and this is one person who wholeheartedly agreed with the academy's decision.
This movie starring Orson Welles as the fictional Charles Foster Kane was not at all interesting, especially when it was supposedly based on the life of William Randolph Hearst. Had they spoken more about the Hearst Newspapers, his castle in San Francisco, and his affair with Marion Davies, we would have had a far better picture.
The picture conveys Kane as an absolute tyrant with a whole host of people around his orbit. Everett Sloane was excellent as Bernstein.
The part I liked best was when Kane thought that he would be elected governor and the disappointment that was etched on his face when this did not occur.
Rosebud...