Fantastic.

Rating: 10/10 (20 August 2002)

I don't have any clear, rational reason why I think this is a great movie - I simply love it. Good enough reason for myself.
Being an adolescent, you'd expect me to love a more modern film and hate ones like "Citizen Kane," now 61 years old. But there's just something about this film that I love. Perhaps it's the great direction, great acting, and many classic scenes. Orson Welles was the best.
There is a certain quality inherent in these old 1930's and 1940's classics. The combination of a real focus on acting, as well as a certain attraction for the old black-and-white color of filming - in essence, a feeling of datedness - that makes these films such a joy to experience. "Citizen Kane" is my favorite among these classics.
Such classic scenes in the movie include the opening "Rosebud" death scene of Mr. Kane, the proceeding reel-clip on his life, as well as the ending. But there is much more within the film.
All in all, a film for the ages. 10/10