This movie is definitely one of the best

Rating: 9/10 (13 November 2003)

The movie upon which all others are based is and always will be `Citizen Kane.' Although loosely based on the life of the infamous William Randolph Hearst, `Citizen Kane' depicts a power hungry man who's life spirals from the lime light down in to darkness. This movie filled with superior lighting, music, camera work and acting is possibly one of the best movies of all time. The movie actually starts off at Charles Foster Dane's death. As he whispers the name Rosebud. A snow globe is dropped and shatters. With this the flame of Kane's life is blown out. The audience is then shown a news report about the incidents of Kane's life and opinions from critics. When this news reel is over, a room full of reporters decide that they need to figure out what the word Rosebud meant in Kane's life. This leads to the rest of the movie as they interview Kane's closest friends. In which the characters in the movie never find out, but only the audience alone is shown the missing piece of the puzzle. The beginning of the movie starts out with the upward shot of Xanadu, Kane's castle. The end of the movie is shown with a downward shot. This shows the beginning and end of Kane's life, and is just one of the great camera shots in `Citizen Kane.' Another wonderful shot is when Kane is shouting at Gettys. He is looking down stairs that descend in a spiral. This symbolizes the same spiral that Kane experiences in his life. Probably the most profound shot in the movie is when the candle is blown out during Kane's death. This obviously shows that Kane just died. Rosebud, the last words of Kane serves as the plot for this movie. Although the audience finds out in the end that it is the name of his childhood sled, it can also symbolize other aspects of Kane's life. A rosebud starts to sprout and bloom in the spring. Which symbolizes hope, and a new beginning, but then it soon blooms and dies. This is much like situations and people in Kane's life, after one rose blooms and falls he must find another. Kane was a man that was always searching, but never found a rosebud that never dies but always in bloom.
This movie on a 1-10 scale is rated an 9