tucotherat
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Post by tucotherat on Jun 11, 2017 2:56:13 GMT
1) Citizen Kane.
Pretentious CRAP.
Discuss.
P.S. Yes, pretentious second year "Film Studies" majors, I like shiny things and loud noises in my movies.
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Post by politicidal on Jun 11, 2017 17:35:18 GMT
I didn't like it my first viewing. I found it dry and uninteresting. If I happen to catch it on television, I appreciate the technical details but it's still too detached to be an enjoyable experience.
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Post by outrider127 on Jun 11, 2017 18:00:19 GMT
Agree--I saw it a long time ago when I was really into 30's and 40's movies--Except for some interesting(and annoying)camera angles, the movie was a bore--The cool ending is one reason why it got such accolades--of course that "all the money and success in the world yet he's still really miserable because he realizes his whole life was really a waste being corrupted by greed" is hardly new these days, just look at Charlie Sheen
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Post by mikef6 on Jun 11, 2017 19:12:09 GMT
Please do not reply to this person ("Don't feed the trolls"). He has now arrived from the old boards where he/she loved to stir up trouble and arguments. The subject line is, I believe, the first use of the O-word on these new boards. I knew what I would find before I even opened the thread. The attack on "Citizen Kane" and the use of "Discuss" were both dead giveaways that we now dwell in troll territory. Even if other films were used in such threads (2001, The Maltese Falcon, The Godfather), they came to be known under the collective title of a "Citizen Kane is overrated" thread.
Please please please please do not encourage this kind of behavior which is what contributed to the deletion of the IMDb boards.
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Post by fangirl1975 on Jun 11, 2017 19:20:32 GMT
Please do not reply to this person ("Don't feed the trolls"). He has now arrived from the old boards where he/she loved to stir up trouble and arguments. The subject line is, I believe, the first use of the O-word on these new boards. I knew what I would find before I even opened the thread. The attack on "Citizen Kane" and the use of "Discuss" were both dead giveaways that we now dwell in troll territory. Even if other films were used in such threads (2001, The Maltese Falcon, The Godfather), they came to be known under the collective title of a "Citizen Kane is overrated" thread. Please please please please do not encourage this kind of behavior which is what contributed to the deletion of the IMDb boards. You may be right about the OP, however, I have to admit that as well crafted as Citizen Kane is it just doesn't click with me. When it comes to classic films I gravitate toward swashbucklers, screwball comedies, and anything starring Bogie or Bette Davis.
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Post by mikef6 on Jun 11, 2017 19:53:26 GMT
Please do not reply to this person ("Don't feed the trolls"). He has now arrived from the old boards where he/she loved to stir up trouble and arguments. The subject line is, I believe, the first use of the O-word on these new boards. I knew what I would find before I even opened the thread. The attack on "Citizen Kane" and the use of "Discuss" were both dead giveaways that we now dwell in troll territory. Even if other films were used in such threads (2001, The Maltese Falcon, The Godfather), they came to be known under the collective title of a "Citizen Kane is overrated" thread. Please please please please do not encourage this kind of behavior which is what contributed to the deletion of the IMDb boards. You may be right about the OP, however, I have to admit that as well crafted as Citizen Kane is it just doesn't click with me. When it comes to classic films I gravitate toward swashbucklers, screwball comedies, and anything starring Bogie or Bette Davis. Thanks for your reply and I understand your feelings about CK. However, the main thing I object to in the O.P. (other than the combative tone) is the capitalized OVERRATED. Whether you or I really like Citizen Kane or not, no one who loves it has "overrated" it. The O-word (as I facetiously called it) is a troll word that means "anyone who likes it better than me has got it wrong; I am the only one who has it right." Well, I happen to believe that whatever your opinion of the film happens to be, it is not "wrong." You are not wrong to like it, dislike it, or have mixed feelings. Don't ever let anybody tell you that you have "overrated" a movie you love. And, to repeat myself, please do not reply to "overrated" threads. They are started simply to insult people and cause hard feelings. To everybody else, this will be my last reply to this subject so I will not be responsible again for boasting this thread back to the top.
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Post by snsurone on Jun 12, 2017 0:31:59 GMT
Agree--I saw it a long time ago when I was really into 30's and 40's movies--Except for some interesting(and annoying)camera angles, the movie was a bore--The cool ending is one reason why it got such accolades--of course that "all the money and success in the world yet he's still really miserable because he realizes his whole life was really a waste being corrupted by greed" is hardly new these days, just look at Charlie Sheen Or Donald Trump!
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