Parts of the film were utterly enthralling and it certainly seems like an innovative film in its time, but despite the fact that I can see why it is often regarded as one of the greatest films ever, I don't love it. I liked it a lot, but I didn't love it.
Maybe it's a young person's bias against older films, or something else I didn't quite get. I still think the film is a masterpiece and the final scene truly breathtaking. The narrative structure Orson Wells uses is innovative for the time and especially compared to other old films I've seen such as Casablanca.
In the 'Old film' stakes I'd say it ranks behind Casablanca and a long way ahead of Heaven Can Wait, but it is undoubtedly more ambitious than either of those too and despite the fact I couldn't quite love it, I found it a tremendously intriguing and brilliant film.
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