Rosebud

Rating: 6/10 (5 May 2013)

This film was aesthetically beautifully and technically impressive. However, the plot itself was a bit too slow-moving and boring for me. I read a little back story on this film because I think it makes movies inherently more interesting if they have history. The fact that it was based off of William Randolph Hearst and that Hearst tried very persistently to stop it from coming out made the movie much more fascinating. The striking cinematography was the most enjoyable part of the movie. The camera tricks and lighting techniques were new and unprecedented for that era. Orson Welles' style truly shined in this film. The fact that the entire movie was based on trying to figure out the meaning behind a dying man's last word was what really threw me off. It seemed unrealistic and I think there could have been better ways to tell the story.