Ending

The Ending of Citizen Kane honestly gave me chills. We finally find out wat rosebud meant. The loss of youth or innocence. Charles kane was truley happy only in his childhood and he lost it once his mother sold the property. The ending really did mesmorize me. The scene where the sled is burning is symbolic in the sense that all the joy that Kane once had dissapeared or was burned by money. Again i have to mention i absolutely love the cinematography. In my opinion i do give credit to the film for being regarded as one of the best ever made. For a film to be spectacular and to have such cinematography in the 1940s is quite a feat

Citizen Kane

It is interesting seeing how power can have a huge effect on people. As Charles Kane gains power he loses his touch with his loved ones. Such as his affair with his wife. He was caught and seemed like he didn't care, he just married the other girl. He then forces her into opera while she had no ambition to do so. I think its clever how Orson Welles employs techniques in giving the film a second meaning. An example is when Kane is yelling the loudest he can. His voice gradually decreases and turns into a honking noise signifying that he can yell all he wants but noone will care of his opinion.

Citizen Kane

Today we begin out new movie titled citizen kane. I was looking forward to viewing this film because it is usually rated as the best movie of all time which is quite a title. What confused me today is the beginning of the film. The slow and mysterious music with the castle and snow. Then out of nowhere u hear "ROSEBUD" which confused me of why would a man with such money would say that as his last words. Then came his life story basically and jumped into an informative yet jolly narrator as he spoke of Fosters life. The transition from slow, dreary, and monotonous music to a loud jolly speaker really does wake the audience up. Overall, i think the film has a great cinematography or angle of shot. It really does affect the viewer from where the film is shot.

The Ending

The ending for All Quiet on the Western Front was extremely sad. To see a group of eager young students die one by one in the war was quite devastating. Especially the last scene where paul would reach for the butterfly and then gets shot.  This scene was quite symbolic. Usually butterflies would be symbolized as hope or the unreachable. Unfortunately the butterfly was unreachable to Paul as he reached for the last beautiful thing he would see in his life. It was also sad to see that Paul was a completely different person when he returned home. Nothing would satisfy him. Not even his mom or sister. Thus he had to return to the warfront for it is the only place where he would feel "home." The Death of Kat was also quite symbolic. For Paul was carrying him on his back to escape from the bomber. Little did Paul know that he was dead. He carried Kat similar to on how he carried the dead pig in the beginning of the film. Shows that all corpses are the same no matter what. Even if its a human corpse.

Transformation of Paul

Today the film returns to showing the motif of windows and doors. An example is when Albert was injured. The nurses took him to the surgery room but while taking him there they closed the door on the camera. A depiction that something terrible is going to happen. This technique of closing doors on the camera ive seen several times. Im assuming that this technique originated from this movies. A scene thats buried in my head was the transformation of Paul's opinion of the war. Kantorek teaching his students about how war is about heroism asks Paul of his experience. You see in his eyes the torture, death, and misery he suffered at the trenches. Before he thought of war that its about herosim, bravery, and glory. But this all changed with the first bombardment.

All Quiet on the Western Front

Seeing todays scene of a man killing his first victim and his reaction was really touching. He tried all his best to save his life. This shows the horror that exists in war. The scene where the sniper shoots an enemy soldier demonstrated that war has different effects on people. That sniper enjoyed killing people. As for the other soldier who had his first kill regretted every second of that scene for he got to see his victim die slowly. Very sad. Although this movie is about showing the horrors of war it did have some humour such as when the four soldiers wanted to visit the ladies across the river. When the soldiers showed up to the ladies front door was a very comical scene. Shows that the film tries to achieve different goals such as creating a connection with the male audience with the pursuit of women.