Is Orson Welles Overrated as a Director?

Well, that's like saying "Is Neil Armstrong overrated as an astronaut? Outside of walking on the moon..." Citizen Kane revolutionized filmmaking and is considered one of the best movies ever made. He could have retired right then and had nothing else to prove.

He had some bad luck as a filmmaker, and made enemies from Citizen Kane, which held him back a little creatively. But Touch of Evil is pretty good from a directing standpoint, and he's great as Harry Lime in The Third Man.

and how many Orson Welles movies have you seen?

And stop speaking for other people - you are the last person in the world who has any comprehension of other people and their opinions - you are an ignoramus of the most disturbing kind, regardless of possessing the film taste of a mule. As far as I can tell, you don't even like movies!

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PreachCaleb



Here is my main problem with that mindset... your basically giving it credit because it's "ahead of it's time", or broke new ground etc, more than it just still being a flat out interesting movie to watch to this day, which should be paramount. because if a movie is not interesting to watch for the viewer, it's ultimately nothing special. hence, it's overrated by critics.

so while it's fine to recognize a movie being ahead of it's time or breaking new ground etc... that does not automatically make a movie good on that alone as the movie itself needs to be interesting to watch and in this regard, it's clearly overrated if you base it's general praise by critics vs with what many more average people would say about it and in this regard I am confident it's overrated as there is simply no way the average person (like the masses a whole) likes that movie anywhere near the critics claim to in that it's one of the very top tier movies as go ask a random common person what their favorite movies are, I would not expect to see Citizen Kane mentioned all that often unless they are that type who lists it out of fear of being dissed if they don't kiss up to it. sure, I acknowledge that some people honestly do like it quite a bit but I would be surprised if most people praised it like critics do and are being honest. because when you look at all movies as a whole there are not that many that stand out from the pack and the ones that do are the true gems where as everything else is pretty much just-another-movie sort of thing.


biker1



I am primarily speaking of Citizen Kane is overrated and it's safe to say I am not the only person who thinks so. you surely can't say I am wrong here.

if you are going to dis me, at least give a decent reason reason WHY you do. it would make your argument against me more credible instead of talking out of your @$$ like you always do about me acting like I am the worst person ever when it comes to movies when it's pretty safe to say I am far from it, I just don't think the vast majority of movies are anything special is all and my ratings of them reflect this fact (hell, look at the masses, even based on this standard it's pretty safe to say the vast majority of movies are nothing special as the ones that are tend to become classics etc). because your dises on me are unfounded as you basically dis me because you don't agree with me is all. but if your going to dis me, at least make a plausible argument as to why. NOTE: ill bet he won't reply to this because he knows I am right and will just continue spouting off at the mouth about me anyways.

Over-rated as a peronality maybe, as a director he did what he could with tiny budgets he had in later years.


It didn't hold him back from singing and dancing on The Dean Martin Show and wearing a wig.

I can’t say I loved Citizen Kane or Touch of Evil as a viewing experience. But his technical prowess was undeniable.