Finally got to see it...

Rating: 9/10 (28 July 2000)

This is rightly regard as one of, if not the, best film ever made. After wanting to see Citizen Kane for a few years now, I finally did but one day ago.
What makes this film so good is that it is thoroughly enjoyable. Why, you may well ask and how can a film that is essentially so actionless and talky be so enjoyable? Well, let me tell you:
Welles gives one of the all time great performances in film as Charlie Kane, as he plays him right from the age of 25 up to his death many decades later. Welles, a man in his mid twenties at the time is believable and compelling to watch as his character progresses through the years, swinging from likeable rogue to controlling old man to the pitiful, unsatisfied man he was before his death.
The cinematography is truly astonishing. This film may look like so many others now but that's only because it invented the techniques, still used in cinema today. From the ground breaking miniature photography to the expert editing, this film is a beautiful sight to behold.
Finally, the wonderful structuring of the plot shines through as the film remains easy to watch as well as mentally stimulating throughout. The end is a true piece of perfect cinema history as we, the viewer, discover what rosebud was all along and how it plagued Kane's life so powerfully through the events of the movie.
In all, see this film and form you're own opinion about it because this is one of the most important movies there is, and you really should have seen it.