The Best Movie Ever Made.

Rating: 10/10 (6 April 2004)

I'm really sick of seeing people panning this film. Either they're doing it just to spite those of us who appreciate good films, or they're doing it because they really have no clue what makes a good film good. A lot of the user comments I've seen here fall into both these categories. Which leads me to believe that most people on imdb.com have no real appreciation for cinema as a true art, and also as a true form of entertainment. But that's another subject.
Citizen Kane is easily the best movie ever. To audiences today, it might not wow with its special effects, its lighting, its acting, its camera work, its editing, its sound; the list goes on and on. Most of us have been born and raised on color, explosions, and even CGI in the case of the many teenage LOTR fans here. But the fact is, for its time, Citizen Kane re-invented all that could be done in all of the above areas. I can only imagine what it would be like seeing it at the time of its release. It would have been simply mind blowing. No movie ever since has revolutionized cinema like Citizen Kane, not even the Godfather movies, however good they may be.
And it's likely that no movie ever will do again what Citizen Kane has done for cinema.
10/10...and this deserves to be #1 on the Top 250.