Can the "average" modern movie goer fairly evaluate Citizen Kane?
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zargmatt-73661 — 10 years ago(October 13, 2015 07:16 PM)
God must be an idiot for challenging people to name movies they enjoy before 1970. Eras don't define greatness. Great films define eras! I can't think of a single decade without great directors and great films. I don't think oldness or newness is good enough to define art. But it certainly is good enough for some people: PERIOD. snicker
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Boomer-Baby — 10 years ago(October 13, 2015 07:37 PM)
Eras don't define greatness. Great films define eras! I can't think of a single decade without great directors and great films. I don't think oldness or newness is good enough to define art.
Well said! Look forward to reading more of your posts. -
zargmatt-73661 — 10 years ago(October 13, 2015 08:42 PM)
Why thank you!
As a bonus, here's what I'm currently listening to National Lampoon Radio Hour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1NAwlepnSs&index=3&list=PL649F2BA40CE69DE9
Great playlist if you like '70s era comedy (Chevy Chase, John Belushi, etc.). Deteriorata was written by Christopher Guest, best known for his role as Nigel in This is Spinal Tap and the six fingered man in Princess Bride, both Rob Reiner movies; and performed by Norman Rose the voice of GOD.
National Lampoon itself was established in 1970 right when Mrs Ellery Queen stopped being relevant. I listen to National Lampoon Radio to remember the great authors of comedy that came to dominate our lives from 1970 until today. -
amyghost — 10 years ago(October 19, 2015 04:17 AM)
Re: I just didn't like it. Period.
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by MrsElleryQueen1976 3 hours ago (Mon Oct 19 2015 00:24:30)
IMDb member since June 2004
I stand by what I wrote here earlier. I didn't like Citizen Kane and that's that.Jim Hutton (1934-79) & Ellery Queen And when you come back over and over again to a board, or boards, to simply repeat that same statement over and over again, you become a trollwhich is precisely what you are at this point. -
zargmatt-73661 — 10 years ago(October 22, 2015 11:10 AM)
Who cares what you think on the subject of Citizen Kane: Only you do. You've provided nothing other than your opinion and self admitted lack of intelligence as proof. Period.
There's absolutely no need to convince a stubborn person of the validity of a work of art. Anyone worth convincing of its validity will have already recognized the facts in the face of pure ignorance. Art on some level is almost always subjective, but in the case of Citizen Kane it's greatness (even if you disagree with the storytelling) is established both historically and technologically as fact.
That's your loss in failing to recognize this. -
amyghost — 10 years ago(October 23, 2015 06:45 AM)
I'll try to live with the shame.
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by MrsElleryQueen1976 17 hours ago (Thu Oct 22 2015 13:19:34)
IMDb member since June 2004
I'll try to live with the shame.Jim Hutton (1934-79) & Ellery Queen You've had enough years to get good at it, I'm certain. -
lazlopanaflex — 10 years ago(August 29, 2015 02:44 AM)
All things are a question of taste-you don't like it that's your privilege. I personally hate Star Wars but acknowledge the influence it has on film. With Kane it's a writer/producer/actors first film there has not been anything since to surpass it in that category.
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amyghost — 10 years ago(September 25, 2015 04:08 AM)
So what? Your responses have had precious little to do with what the OP is asking, but that hasn't stopped you from posting them.
You're like a blowfly with a decomposed corpse on this boardyou can't stop buzzing around it. Which looks peculiar as hell, considering it's a film you claim to have no interest in.
People who constantly hang around boards which cover subjects they have no interest in, only to disparage the subject can often enough be spelled out in one word: T-R-O-L-L. Since you graduated from high school in 1994, I feel fairly confident you can identify that word. -
amyghost — 10 years ago(September 25, 2015 04:10 AM)
Don't feed the attention-craving troll. She simply wants someone to validate her intelligence, without having to be put to the inconvenience of having to display any.
Despite the fact that I've seen hundreds of classics
Drop by the CFB sometime, and watch her preface nearly every film-related comment she makes (out of the many OT ones) with "I couldn't get through ten minutes of that film" or "Great film, I don't remember anything about it". -
Boomer-Baby — 10 years ago(September 25, 2015 09:22 AM)
Drop by the CFB sometime, and watch her preface nearly every film-related comment she makes (out of the many OT ones) with
"I couldn't get through ten minutes of that film"
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"Great film, I don't remember anything about it".
People need to boycott posters that say those words. Watch the whole thing or keep your mouth shut. That should be between you & your cat only.