My Thoughts on Citizen Kane

Before watching Citizen Kane, I had seen a few scenes from the movie in other classes.  Such as the opening and closing scene and the one where he is standing over telling her she has to sing.  The specific scenes were shown to me in other classes because they were supposed demonstrate good editing and camera angles.  From what I got out of only seeing that little bit of the movie I  thought it was that it was going to be a boring difficult movie to understand.  I was wrong though.  The movie turned out to be really good and enjoyable just as all the reviews said.  I came across this one website that points out all the key editing scenes http://www.tc.umn.edu/~ryahnke/filmteach/x-kane1.htm .  I've always seen the movie at the top of the AFI 100 movies list and wondered why it was always ranked first.  After viewing it, I sort of understand why.  I am amazed at how Wells produced, directed, and starred in the film.   Then when I read on to find out he won best actor, best director,  best original screenplay, and best picture, it hit me that this man was a genius.  If asked today, I would say this is one of the historic films in film making and one of  my favorites.