First of all let me just say that this movie had the best cast EVER. Even if you put Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep in a movie you will still be far from achieving the level of acting and quality that these three actors have individually and even more so together.
I'm just curious how old is the majority of the people who like this movie and also where they're from.
I'm 17 and I'm from Spain.
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I loved this movie. recently i've been digging some classics. a big fan of James Stewart. i've been watching these lately
A Face in the Crowd 1957
A Matter of Life and Death 1946
Anatomy of a Murder 1959
East of Eden 1955
Giant 1956
High Sierra 1941
It Happened One Night 1934
Its A Wonderful Life 1946
Laura 1944
Le Corbeau 1943
Love and Death 1975
M 1931
Mr Smith Goes to Watshington 1939
Notorious 1946
Peeping Tom 1960
Petrified Forest 1936
The Lady Vanishes 1938
Le Samourai 1967
Les Diaboliques 1955
Larmeee Des Ombres 1969
The Last Picture Show 1971
Get Carter 1971
Play Misty For Me 1971
The Big Sleep 1946
La Grande Illusion 1937
The Steel Helmet 1951
Shadow of Doubt 1943
You Cant Take It With You 1938
The Shop Around The Corner 1940
Destroy Rides Again 1939
Riffi 1955
Double Indemnity 1944
The Red Shoes 1948
more more classics to watch. from 70's to 2010 i've watched almost all those major minor and rare gems. :) that also includes tons of foreign film.
I am 58 and from North Carolina, USA. I have seen this movie many times over the years, and it never gets old. I love any movie with Jimmy Stewart in it. I recently saw a movie with Jimmy and Claudette Colbert called "It's a Wonderful World". It's from 1939. I had never heard of it until it came on TCM. It's a delightful romantic comedy. If you get the chance, check it out.
shareClaudette Colbert + James Stewart + screwball comedy, how can I resist not to want to watch this delightful movie. I'm 38, I first saw this at a small theater with pillows on the floor in the early '80s, so I must have been about 13.
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I'm 25 from the States. Cary Grant was my first crush and he and Katherine Hepburn are my favourite actors of all times!
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15. love the classics, hell i love film but everyone knows that without movies like bringing up baby there would be no what's up doc? (i see it as a classic). and without citizen kane and gone with the wind there would simply be know modern film
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You watched Citizen Kane? Please, tell me...why is that movie such a big deal? I tried to watch it once and I found it incredibly boring, really, I couldn't stay through it. So I would really appreciate it if you could explain to me why people think is the best movie of all time. Thanks.
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I was bored by the story but the camera angles, script and things like that are why it's a big deal. I don't think it's the best movie of all time but it definity inspired some of them. I heard once that it was a big inspiration to Scorsese. So yes it is a big deal in terms of movie making but as entertainment? Not very much.
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First of all, you need to notice the difference in phrasing between "Greatest Movies" and "Best Movies". Using the word "greatest" brings in the consideration of how influential, innovative, and ground breaking a movie is. If you read the criteria that the AFI sent out to the voters in their poll, it explicitly says that those things are supposed to count. Kane is pretty clearly at the top on those grounds. It's not just the camera angles, and deep focus and such. It is also the story telling structure, the "filmic language" that it creates. Everybody copied things that they saw in Kane (or in films that were copying from Kane). Echos of Kane's influence ring through every movie made for the last several decades.
Secondly, if you're looking for the plot to be the central focus (like it is in the majority of films) then Kane is the wrong place to look. Citizen Kane may very well be as pure an example of a "character study" movie as has ever been made. There isn't a "story" in the traditional, linear sense. The movie exists solely to examine the character and personality of Charles Foster Kane from as many different angles / points of view as possible, and as completely as possible ...... while simultaneously pointing out that nobody can ever *completely* know any person.
A fair number of people have a major preference for having a nicely defined and finite storyline that they can follow, and dislike less linear character pieces such as Mr. Holland's Opus or Diner or Citizen Kane. That's fine. It's just important to remember an individual dislike for those movies doesn't mean that they aren't good (possibly *very* good) movies. It just means that they were never aimed at your tastes / preferences.
Finally. Thank you for the reply. It's exactly what I was looking for, because now I finally understand the movie a little bit better.
And I agree, with that last thing you said. For example I don't like The Lord of the Rings but considering it won 11 Oscars then I think it's safe to say that it's a very good movie :)
Anyway, thanks again for the thorough reply.
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shareI'm 20 from Canada and adore this film along with everyone in it. Classic films had the best actors since most of them were theatre trained.
The only modern films I truly appreciate are those from Spain and the rest of Europe. You're lucky to have Almodovar represent your country!
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20 from Washington State, USA.
I adore old movies, and this is one of my (and my whole family's!) favorites. I've seen it too many times to count!
"He's already attracted to her. Time and monotony will do the rest."