Rosebud

Recently I watched Citizen Kane, one of the most interesting and methodical plots I have experienced. During the whole movie Charles Foster Kane is missing something inside and his dying words of "Rosebud" help us learn about his problems. It takes a very keen eye to pick up on the settle objects and actions that the director, Orson Welles, uses to display his longing. In the last scene we figure out that Rosebud is a sled. This is one of the most famous endings were controversy begins. Many people think that this is a very important word but it doesn't explain everything about Charles Kane's life. I disagree. Rosebud is the perfect word to explain this movie. A rose is one of the most elegant flowers and a rosebud is a perfect flower that just can't achieve perfection. This is what Orson Welles wants us to think during the movie. Mr. Kane is just like a rosebud in that he has everything someone would want in life. Power, money, and a strong attitude that gets him what ever he wants, but there is one thing that Mr. Kane can't get no matter how much money he spends. His family. During one of the first scenes, Charlie is a little boy with his family enjoying a beautiful winter wonderland. In the foreground though we learn that Charlie is being sold for money. You can see that Charlie is having a wonderful time and nothing can stop him except to have his parents abandon him. We never see him go visit his parents ever again and you can tell that he is longing for love. This is explainable by the way old Charles Foster Kane uses his money. He buys very valuable items and statues. This is because he wants to cover his loneliness up by having very expensive things around him that people can admire. This still doesn't fix Mr. Kane. He even tries to get a wife to love him to minimize his desire for his parents. He practically throws money at her, trying to get her to pursue her dreams, but she eventually leaves him. This just aggravates the fire and we learn that Mr. Kane dies alone in his mansion full of priceless artifacts. During last scene, the audience sees a great crane shot over this vast ocean of artifacts. At the end of the crane shot we see the sled in the middle. This shows us that even though Mr. Kane wanted everything in the world, he could never have the real thing he wanted. His family.

The Dark Knight

I recently revisited the movie, The Dark Knight, and it was a fascinating movie. The overlying themes and plots are intertwined throughout the film. One scene that i love is when the joker is being interrogated and the Batman eventually comes in. He locks up the door and uses his own types of interrogation. He takes matters into his own hands when the government can not hold its own.I also like the fact that the director uses more suspension than surprise. The part at which the bomb is places at to separate locations and Batman has to choose one of them to save. The director makes it seem like Batman will go save the girl who he loves, but he twists it and brings the audience in a roller coaster and shows Batman saving the Harvey. This was a great decision by the part of the director and he showed that not all the things he shows will go to plan.