Review of Citizen Kane (1941) by Jason D — 10 May 2014

How could you not add this cinematic landmark on a list of movie recommendations? 73 years later and still... It's entertaining, deeply haunting, and intelligent, thought provoking, has some pretty good performances, to this day still requires spoiler alerts, and has always been arguably one of the greatest movies ever made, definitely the best movie of the 1940's.

How this movie didn't win best picture? Well... we all know how the academy is. You want to learn everything there is to know about lighting? Watch this movie. This movie brought so much to cinema, and was a huge inspiration for many other landmarks to come.

I could watch this movie over and over and still feel mesmerized by it every time I watch it. Thankfully it's one of those movies that do get better over time. And hopefully even 73 years from now people will remember its greatness.

I know this movie wasn't reviewed as positive at its time, and it's pretty easy to see why. But this movie contains so many examples of 'cinematic-brilliance' was anyone surprised when it won best original screenplay? Probably not.

.. I've read a lot of reviews recently how this movie has become too 'over-rated' and I do sort of see where they're coming from, I mean this is the movie that every film nerd pretends to know & like; but truth be told it's still amazing.

If you love movies, it would be a sin not to watch this movie... at least once.