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The Godfather films would be a prestige miniseries nowadays. They’re long and episodic enough that it’d be easy to slice up. And that can be our revenge for decades of overwrought crime dramas about man pain constantly being overrated in top 100 lists.

Citizen Kane

I actually watched the Godfather and Citizen Kane. They were exceptionally good films. Citizen Kane in particular was genuinely fascinating.

They aren't boring. While I am going to be honest and say that Citizen Kane isn't something I would put on regularly (even when it comes to movies from the period) anyone telling they are dumb is dumb themselves.

I've tried to watch it several times but always shut it off.

It's a movie that's constantly aware of itself and tries to push that onto the audience through self-conscious directing—which explains all the nepotism in casting too—and hat makes for disengaging storytelling and characters. And then there's the cinematography that tries too hard, so it's more a technical exercise than an effective one, but was successful in its era for that uniqueness.

Not to nrglect it's an awful portrayal of organised crime, much like The Hurt Locker is at war. And Luca Brasi, ugh. It's just awful.

In the modern day, I've understood the trilogy to be a go-to for "movie buffs" that are vulnerable to ad populum.

How can it be 'gut wrenching' and 'boring' at the same time?

Heh, I loved most of the movies mentioned in the comments and I love old movies. I was expecting a lot more obscure cinema, not Godfather.
More controversially, I did find Lynch to be a boring film maker. I thought his more mainstream titles like The Straight Story (which I loved) or Elephant Man were the better of his work.
Also thought Yasujiro Ozu was pretty boring. I get his point, and I get how he plays with movement with smoke and wind and every scene is well thought out, but I couldn't get behind the stories he was trying to tell.