content: In college, my best friend talked me into watching the movie and doing a report on it for him. I could barely stand to watch it all. And several months ago when I saw that the AFI had selected it the number 1 American film of all time, I was stunned. Who are these people? I know Citizen Kane is partly based on a real person's life, but the plot totally sucked. The acting wasn't great either. Everyone talks about the cinematography, well I wasn't even impressed with that, though I suppose back when it was release it was something.