Philistines! Citizen Kane...

[matgb]

Right, yesterday I posted that top 100 films of the first 100 years of filmaking meme. It appears that many of you have yet to see the film at #1. It was bad enough that grrliz hadn't seen it, she posts more about films than she does about Harry Potter and web design, but you lot? You're supposed to be cultured people damnit!

Look, here's the deal. Citizen Kane. When the BFI's Sight and Sound calls it the best film ever every decade for four decades in a row, that ought to tell you something, right? Even the Americans finally got the right idea eventually. Gah!

[Poll #900871]

I dunno, I thought a few of you might possible have seen it...

In other news, my plans to rehost the journal elsewhere proceed apace, the more I use Wordpress the more impressed I am, and the lj2wordpress project has given a number of useful plugins (especially LivePress). For now though, it'll be somewhere to host the CV et al. Need to style it, but the upload crapped out on me a bit too often for me to be in the mood today. Car's in the shop as well, hopefully might be back on the road tomorrow...

Comments

[rhythmaning.livejournal.com]

Definitely the best film ever made. It gets better each time I see it - though I haven't seen it in a while!

[mapp.livejournal.com]

What? No Guido option? Worst poll ever!

[halcyon-shift.livejournal.com]

I had to go with "ok for its age" as you kinda make a bit of an opinion jump *g* It's a fantastic film - not the best film ever for me, but a fantastic film.

[rho]

I saw it as part of a general studies class in 6th form (aka, "random teachers get to take up our time with whatever random crap they were interested in" class). This meant that not only did I see it in two sittings a week apart, but they were also last thing on a Tuesday, after a tiring day when I just wanted to bugger off and go home, in a classroom full of annoying 18 year olds, and on a crappy TV, that I was viewing from an awkward angle.

I found it an entirely uninspiring and unremarkable film. Not bad, per se, but nothing that would particularly hold my attention. Of course, I'm well aware that the viewing conditions were far from ideal, and I quite possibly ought to try to see it again under better conditions, but the initial exposure prejudiced my views, so I can't seem to bring myself to do so.

[bagrec.livejournal.com]

a "one of the best films ever made" option would have sat more happily with me. But it is astonisishing...

[matryx.livejournal.com]

Oddly, there's no reason that I haven't seen it yet - it's just one of those things that I haven't come into contact yet.

[ginasketch.livejournal.com]

I found the ending amusing but I was dissapointed with the film as a whole.


*hides*

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

I will dive into the morass of films on the sitting room floor this evening and see if we have it. If so, I will watch it at some point and come back to you. If not, you'll have to wait, because my little brother has given up his film rental subscription. ;-)

[jockbot.livejournal.com]

Ha, ha! It might be the only human word I can say, but at least I say it right!