WHY CITIZEN KANE SUCKS...HARD
So this is only philosophy only in the loosest, film theory sense, but I'm posting it anyway. Citizen Kane is on the very top of everyone's Top Ten movies of all time list, but it is not in my top 100. I appreciate that it is a well-constructed movie, and ground-breaking for its time, but I have some bad news for all its fans-- IT'S TIME IS OVER! It is boring, not fun to watch, slow, and any and all other adjectives that apply to stupid films. Saying Citizen Kane is the best film ever made is like saying Ulysses (by James Joyce) is the best book ever written. It makes you sound smart, and it is a safe thing to say, but anyone who really believes that has such a high threshold for boredom that they can scarcely be called human.
Is everyone just afraid to come out and say the truth, that Citizen Kane is really the best example of the generation gap in filmmaking, and in art in general? I would not call anything good that makes you want to claw your eyeballs out just to have an excuse not to experience it. Well, I am not afraid to say it. I mean, that could be because nobody reads these blogs...ever, but I still am not afraid to say it.
OGW
So this is only philosophy only in the loosest, film theory sense, but I'm posting it anyway. Citizen Kane is on the very top of everyone's Top Ten movies of all time list, but it is not in my top 100. I appreciate that it is a well-constructed movie, and ground-breaking for its time, but I have some bad news for all its fans-- IT'S TIME IS OVER! It is boring, not fun to watch, slow, and any and all other adjectives that apply to stupid films. Saying Citizen Kane is the best film ever made is like saying Ulysses (by James Joyce) is the best book ever written. It makes you sound smart, and it is a safe thing to say, but anyone who really believes that has such a high threshold for boredom that they can scarcely be called human.
Is everyone just afraid to come out and say the truth, that Citizen Kane is really the best example of the generation gap in filmmaking, and in art in general? I would not call anything good that makes you want to claw your eyeballs out just to have an excuse not to experience it. Well, I am not afraid to say it. I mean, that could be because nobody reads these blogs...ever, but I still am not afraid to say it.
OGW

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