Originally Posted by Joe_Hard
Citizen Kane is an amazing movie, you have to consider the techniques used in 1941 on that movie were very advanced for its time, Orson Welles does an amazing job as actor/director, he uses subjective camera angles brilliantly troughout the film.
I could go on and on about this, you dont really make a good point by saying its an awful movie because it did not get top honors in '41.
I'm talking about from a content based aspect. It's just a dull, overly long, verbose movie.
Originally Posted by Nightshade
It has recieved credit.
Come to think of it how many people have even seen "How Green Was My Valley"? yeah I thought not. Movies that are good rarely get awards of the kind Hoolywood hands out and back then there were no independent awards cermonies.
and yet CKreceives top honors? You're kind of contradicting yourself there...but I get your point. I wasn't trying to say HGWMV was a good movie, in fact I've seen it and wasn't terribly impressed with it. I'm just saying if it deserved top of all time honors, you think people back then would have atleast seen it.