A Good Movie, but not the Greatest

Rating: Null/10 (10 December 2003)

As we are now three years into the new millenium, the movie industry has become all nostaglic about films, and wanted to put polls of the greatest movies ever made. Due to this, the Orson Welles movie "Citzen Kane" has been rated highly in these charts. However does it really deserve the actual ratings it has been awarded?
The plot is quite simple, and I must warn you that there is some spoilers involved in this review. The story of this movie is like so; A rich and influential man named Charles Foster Kane, is on his deathbed. He mutters his final words "Rosebud" before kicking the bucket. Since this man was extremely rich, powerful and famous, his last quote has perplexed and bamboolzed the public and journalists alike. Was Rosebud a girl he knew, an associate he worked with? What does it actually mean?Due to this, an investigative journalist wanted to find out the meaning behind the word. The associates and the girlfriends that have been interviewed give a vivid story of the rags to riches of Mr Kane. From the humble beginnings of Charles as an orphan, who was looked after and raised up by a couple of merchant bankers. His fame and influence grew further and further as he began to become a news editor of the Inquirer, with promises of providing honesty and truth in ever print. However, as his influence grew, so did his ruthlessness. By the time he became a media bigwig and delving his hands into poltics, he began to lose his friends and associates. His love life did not suceed much either, with two divorces in his lifetime.
I will choose to stop here, so that you can know what the ending of the movie is like. The acting is quite good, especially the main star, Orson Welles. His portyal of Charles Foster Kane was a gem to watch, even when the character grows older and older. Also the camerawork was groundbreaking at the time, which seems to be commonplace in movies nowadays.

However I did find some flaws about it. One flaw I found was this movie was a bit melodramatic. It seems that the actors were overacting and it did seem a bit annoying. Also I found that the movie was a bit too long and could have been edited a bit.
In conclusion, this movie is a good movie, however I personally do not think it should have a big rating in the polls of the greatest films ever. To be honest, the only reason it is seen one of the greatest movies is due to the American influence, that this is one of the greatest movies, since it was American. If so, why is the Italian Job nor The Seventh Samurai are not voted as one the greatest movies ever.