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Here it goes: I didn't like Citizen Kane. It's self indulgent, the characterizations sometimes feel thin and forced, it's too long and the Rosebud trope is manipulative, and in some ways emotionally below the belt. Welles always bothers me because he's so consciously trying to generate a masterpiece that for me, it robs the end result of its significance. There are things I liked a lot about the Trial, which to me is a superior film, but I don't think he's the best.
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