Crappy Characters

Rating: 6/10 (7 June 2008)

First I'm a huge film buff love many of the classic films Hitchcock, Lean, Kubrick etc. but i've never understood what's so great about Kane. I know all the technical stuff, rapid panning, jump cuts, crane shots over model sets yes yes it's all very impressive but Pauline Kael called it a "shallow masterpiece" and that's what it is. Imho the main reason is none of the characters are likable and several Bernstein, the reporter, second Mrs. Kane are annoying and shrill. Even Kane himself , can anyone honestly say they care about him? Most or all great films have at least one or two characters the audience sympathizes with or at least finds interesting, here there's no one and there never has been anyone, for this reason Kane is shallow , shrill, and pretty dull when you get past the technical wizardry.