I really enjoyed watching Citizen Kane for the first time last week but unfortunately for me I already knew what the ending was going to be (thanks to a person in my math class who shall remain nameless). However, what makes this film so good is that even by knowing the ending the viewer still doesn't completely understand the character of Charles Foster Kane until the movie is watched in its entirety. Even if the viewer knows that "Rosebud" is Kane's (spoiler alert!) sled when beginning the film, it doesn't come close to fully explaining the character of Kane. To quote Thomson at the end of the film "I don't think that word can explain a man's life." Truer words were never spoken.
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Ben, your writing is truly inspirational. Anyway, I wasn't a huge fan of Kane, as it bored me at certain spots for whatever reason. And as for Arash, it's a very good question. He's quite the oddball.
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