Not quite captivated

Rating: 6/10 (26 March 2003)

Finally I get to see the most 'groundbreaking' film of all time, and I'm not sure if I'm so impressed. It may well have changed how films were made, and I can see a couple innovations that were intriguing. One was the much-discussed shot of the camera going past the hotel's sign, though the roof windows, to the table. Another is the really innovative camera angles. It seemed that the lower moments in Kane's life were captured in a low angle, which contradicts the feeling of the viewer being inferior when lower than the character. I must admit that my knowledge of what 'rosebud' was ruined the mystery somewhat, and I had that knowledge because of spoofs, of all things. If I had not known, I would have been more captivated by the character's quest to find out the significance of 'rosebud'.