After watching the movie Citizen Kane, there was basically one main theme that I couldn't stop thinking about; Rosebud. I was bothered by the fact that throughout the whole movie, the reporter is trying to figure out who or what Rosebud is. However, the reporter or anyone else in my opinion shouldn't even be trying to figure this out since no one actually heard Kane say this.
Going along with this, I also understand what the reporter says at the end of the movie; that Rosebud is just one piece of Kane's puzzle and that nobody can be described with only one word. However, I feel that the sled plays a more important role. If there can be a whole movie based on a word technically no one heard, then it must be important. I think that the sled represents the childhood he never had, and that childhood would haunt him the rest of his life. Throughout the movies there are camera angles and eerie music that would support this. I thought that in the beginning of the movie when the nurse comes in after Kane dies, the camera shows the nurse coming in through the snow globe that he dropped on the floor. This to me gave it a much "creepier" feel. Also, when the reporter interviews Kane's second wife, the camera moves in from the model roof. Of course it is also raining outside, which gives it an even more haunting feel.
By the end of the movie when you finally find out that Rosebud is the sled which you see burning, I feel that nothing was accomplished. I thought that by the end of the movie there would be some closure to Kane's haunting childhood, and life. However, there was nothing. I felt it was one big circle that brought me right back to where we started. I didn't entirely hate the movie, and was actually excited at the end when we find out what Rosebud is. After finding out though, I was disappointed that it ended the way it did. I was hoping for more closure to Kane's life, which never happened.
