Believe the hype? Best film ever in 1941 maybe.

Rating: 6/10 (14 March 2004)

I am another person who really couldnt wait to watch this movie. It has been voted best movie ever in so many polls I was waiting to be blown away in some way. Dont get me wrong Im not one of these people who think a film cant be the best in the world unless it stars Arnold Schwartzawhatever, my DVD collection contains many genres from past and present. Except this one! I finally got around to buying the DVD. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, and yes it is a good film, but best film ever? In my humble opinion this wouldnt even reach the top 50. I know that for its time it was technically brilliant and well ahead of its time. But I can think of other much better films from the 40s and earlier. To Kill A Mockingbird, Cape Fear, Night of the Hunter? This will probably get remade one day, and no doubt ruined. Bizarely enough, the welles character kind of reminds me of Michael Jackson. The success, the scandle, the building of a overstated theme home, the longing for a forgotten childhood, the buying of affection etc.