Citizen Kane

I gave this movie a 5 out of 10.

The movie Citizen Kane sounds like it will be an action film. Well.. It's a drama, so it doesn't really have the whole adrenaline rush thing that action movies are known for. One cool thing about Citizen Kane is that it is played in black&white, even though the technology was there for color. Orson Welles directed and played the main role of Charles Foster Kane when he was only 23 years old! This film was released in 1941. Welles also used different lenses such as the fish-eye. He also used weird camera angles that always made him look taller than his costars and kept his audiences attention. When the cameras made Kane(Welles) it seemed like Kane was more important than the other people in the film.

This movie was about a news tycoon that became rich while he was very young. His mother sent him away to New York City (they originally lived in Colorado) to live with a family friend that could take care of Charles and his money. Charles Kane dies in the beginning, which starts the ball rolling with a bunch of flashbacks and people that knew him were explaining his life because a news paper reporter was trying to find the meaning of the last word that Mr. Kane uttered before he died. The word was Rosebud and it turns out that Mr. Kane's sled was named Rosebud.

I gave this a movie a five out of ten because I could understand why the critics liked it. The black and white made the film feel creepy, which fit well because the general character of Charles Foster Kane was evil and dark.. I know that Charlie Kane was trying to stand up for the little guy (the working class citizen) but he did it in a dictator like way. I also liked the camera angles and the way the scenes blended together.

What I didn't like about this movie was that it was BORING. I understood what was going on and it felt like I was watching a plain old movie; nothing special or a big deal like everyone is making it. The plot wasn't very puzzling, and it didn't make me think. I didn't really care about why he collected statues. I didn't need to find the answers because the questions didn't stand out. This film didn't make me feel like I could..talk to the characters. I didn't feel involved in the film.

I probably wouldn't watch this film again.

Sources I used: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467/

Gone With The Wind.

Rating System(1is low/10 is high)

I believe that this movie deserved a 7 out of 10.

Not many children are named Scarlett. Why? Because of the history behind the name Scarlett. What kind of history do ya say? Perhaps a book and a movie titled Gone With The Wind will be helpful.:)  Now.. Who is Scarlett you say? She is Scarlett O'Hara, the main character in Gone With The Wind. She is played by Vivian Leigh who did an excellent job as portraying a strongly willed woman who knows what she wants and will do anything to get it. This film (Gone With The Wind) was directed by Victor Fleming and was released is 1939. Including inflation and all sales, this film is the number 1 money maker in history.

Why was it a number one money maker? Because this film had a group of very good actors such as Clark Gable as Rhett Butler, Olivia de Havilland as Melanie Wilkes and Leslie Howard as Ashley Wilkes.

I believe that this movie deserved a 10, but I only gave it a 7 because, though I loved all the twists and turns, I disliked that there wasn't a conclusion, the time, and the fact that it was made in 1939 using technicolor. There isn't anything wrong with technicolor, I just prefer the new technology.

As I look back, I liked the way that the director had symbols in his movie and a message such as let us not go to war. (The time period was pre-WWII) I also liked that it created questions.

I would definitely watch this movie again and again.


a source I used for this blog: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031381/fullcredits#cast