A phenomenal story about a man who had everything, except for his youth

Rating: 10/10 (2 October 1999)

This is a true masterpiece about a man who had everything and yet nothing. A bit Fitzgerald; in which it does come from the same era of "the lost generation." Citizen Kane depicts an era of mass civilization and a very materialistic America.
But this movie has a bit more of Holden Caufield in it. As we know, Holden, is a depressed young man, who tries to find his path to follow in life. So he goes to the Big Apple; searching and failing. Then he realizes that his path is "youth." He wants to be "The Catcher in the Rye," and capture the youth from falling toward a world where civilization is corrupt.
Citizen Kane depicts a man who has utterly everything and can get anything. In a way they exaggerate Kane's wealth, in order to show that even a man who has everything cannot be happy, without security. This man is an unhappy man, who's material life encompasses him. He can't enjoy what he can have, because he can have everything.
"I don't believe any word can describe a man's life." This is ironic; because the word "Rosebuds" symbolizes Kane's life. A man who is at his deathbed, grabs everything that had meaning in his life. Kane recognizes this, when he holds the snow-paperweight. It takes him back to one winter day, that would inevitably change his life. The one day where he loses his innocence and his pure sight; once he is introduced with a life with money (after he is taken custody to stock market pirate).
I can see how people can see this movie as boring, this movie was a bit long-winded, but it is surely not a bad movie. There was a reason to say everything, and indirectly allows you to appreciate the strong relationships any individual has with there family and friends. For those who ONLY like action packed/visual effect movies, you have no idea what youa re missing out on.
10/10