I've put myself to a challenge . Every ten years The American Film institute puts out a list of the top 100 movies of all time. some change, most stay the same. I've seen 15 So far. i've decided to blog my reviews of them as i go, but for now here are the movies i've checked off my list.
First Review Fittingly their Number 1 Pick
Citizen Kane (#1) 1941
Great movie , the classic story of Charles Foster Kane. About a man who is sent off at a young age, and lives away from his parents. Inherits many things but only wants to keep a struggling newspaper "because it sounds like great fun".
Main reasons the movie is great:
For the time... Amazing having watched other old movies, this one is shot in a style ahead of it's time and quite remarkable .
Charles Foster Kane: An awesome egotistic character who only loves himself. he is very stubborn but also very respectful. One part of the movie when he discovers his colleague drunk and writing a negative article about his wife, he moves him aside and finishes the article how he believes his friend would have said it. Because it was the honest thing to do. then fires his friend.
Rosebud: the real plot of this movie is all about newspaper men trying to discover what his last words meant. Why i enjoy this relates to an interest of mine (I believe a dying mans words are the most honest, best quotes. In a Time when you only have a few moments to tell the world something, you choose your words wisely. ) In this case his last words were symbolic of his childhood.
Film Style/Plot:
The movies jumps tenses alot and constantly flows from memories to the current age. enjoyed that. The plot is one of those that you only truly understand at the VERY end.
