Best Stanley Kubrick movie

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i don't think it was underrated, was it? it's highly rated by critics. i just guess punters who haven't seen it think they might not like it (...costume drama BORING) so it's kind of ignored.

― jed_, Friday, 6 April 2007 02:46 (seventeen years ago) link

I think it was underrated at the time. I remember reading a Spielberg quote that was something like "yeah, I liked BL, but it was a bit like taking a walk through the Prado wasn't it?"

― Dominique, Friday, 6 April 2007 03:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, but Spielberg's a bit of a 'tard.

― milo z, Friday, 6 April 2007 03:01 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah, but in '76....? Anyway, BL is awesome, maybe the SK movie I've seen the most times.

― Dominique, Friday, 6 April 2007 03:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Spielberg was much more a tard back in the '70s than he is now.

― Eric H., Friday, 6 April 2007 06:30 (seventeen years ago) link

i.e. throwing a fit on live TV when the Academy nominated Fellini instead of him

― Eric H., Friday, 6 April 2007 06:30 (seventeen years ago) link

barry lyndon was a critical hit but a box office miss.

― That one guy that quit, Friday, 6 April 2007 07:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Yes, but not as unianimously as his others--as mentioned by Dominique, a lot of ppl apparently found the pace unbearably slow and boring.

― Stevie D, Friday, 6 April 2007 09:21 (seventeen years ago) link

none of his films were unanimous critical hits, though, not by a long shot. the new york critics hated '2001'.

― That one guy that quit, Friday, 6 April 2007 09:27 (seventeen years ago) link

i wasn't even aware of his "fear and desire" movie. :-(

― nathalie, Friday, 6 April 2007 09:43 (seventeen years ago) link

he disowned that and 'killer's kiss'. i almost didn't put them in the list.

― That one guy that quit, Friday, 6 April 2007 09:49 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't like Kubrick really. But Barry Lyndon is my favorite movie of his, and one I don't really mind seeing over and over.

― mercurialblonde, Friday, 6 April 2007 10:08 (seventeen years ago) link

A Clockwork Orange is in the top three worst films ever IMO (American Gigolo and The Talented Mr Ripley being the others).

FMJ FTW

― Mark C, Friday, 6 April 2007 11:25 (seventeen years ago) link

I voted Spartacus cos I like it the best, but I feel like it's not tremendously Kubrick-y and I love Kubrick a hell of a lot. He's one of those artists were I feel like people who don't get his work are from a strange and frightening planet that I'm glad I don't live on.

― Noodle Vague, Friday, 6 April 2007 11:29 (seventeen years ago) link

Is Stevie D Tuomas in disguise?

― Noodle Vague, Friday, 6 April 2007 12:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Fear and Desire! Has anyone actually seen this in the last decade? Ever?

Yes. (I snagged it off of the old secret-cinema site)

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 6 April 2007 15:28 (seventeen years ago) link

A.I.????? WHERE IS IT?

― Abbott, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:08 (seventeen years ago) link

speaking of spielberg being a 'tard.....

― gershy, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:26 (seventeen years ago) link

That movie is fucking great. Spielberg's tarditude only weirdened it more.

― Abbott, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Spielberg is terrible at science fiction.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:29 (seventeen years ago) link

Spielberg is terrible ~~at science fiction~~.

― milo z, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:30 (seventeen years ago) link

Do you guys really dislike AI??? Plz to explicate?

― Abbott, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:31 (seventeen years ago) link

there's a thread on it somewhere, I'm sure.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:31 (seventeen years ago) link

is Close Encounters sci-fi? cuz that's his best movie

― gershy, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:38 (seventeen years ago) link

This is weird coz I open this thread and then two different people AT THE SAME TIME come to check out Barry Lyndon and Spartacus respectively at work.

― Stevie D, Friday, 6 April 2007 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link

The influence of ILE knows no bounds.

― milo z, Friday, 6 April 2007 20:10 (seventeen years ago) link

I voted for eyes wide shut. Someone had to. ask me about my favorite Altman too.

― gabbneb, Friday, 6 April 2007 21:01 (seventeen years ago) link

strangelove, then lolita, then everything else.

his later films way suffer from that tic where every shot lasts about 15 seconds longer than it needs to (though it's put to good use in the shining).

― J.D., Saturday, 7 April 2007 19:51 (seventeen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

well well well

― That one guy that quit, Friday, 27 April 2007 09:14 (sixteen years ago) link

Quite a surprise. Glad at the lack of love for Eyes Wide Shit (d'ya see what I did... yeah yeah)

― ledge, Friday, 27 April 2007 09:46 (sixteen years ago) link

I think Eyes Wide Shut is great, the only problem being Tom Cruise... And it's not as if he's actually bad in it... It's just that he's... Tom Cruise and I can't help but react badly to it.

I think Barry Lyndon is rubbish. It's like a feature length episode of Upstairs, Downstairs.

I think I voted for 2001, as you can't beat monkeys and spaceships.

Dr. Strangelove is rubbish, because it's in black and white, and that's not what I pay my license fee for.

― Keith, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:43 (sixteen years ago) link

nice to see some love for EYES WIDE SHUT. years after the fact people are geting some perspective. it roxx.

― pisces, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:48 (sixteen years ago) link

Whoa! I can't fathom the love for 2001. Is it cuz you all like video games?

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 27 April 2007 12:47 (sixteen years ago) link

Is there a fake Alfred now?

― Dr Morbius, Friday, 27 April 2007 13:22 (sixteen years ago) link

hahaha

― sleep, Friday, 27 April 2007 13:35 (sixteen years ago) link

Pseudo-Alfred will also appreciately note every vote for Paths of Glory and Spartacus.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 27 April 2007 13:51 (sixteen years ago) link

I know I voted for either Eyes Wide Shut, Barry Lyndon or The Shining, but can't remember which now.

― Eric H., Friday, 27 April 2007 13:58 (sixteen years ago) link

Spartacus a Kubrick movie, hahaha.

Eric, have you seen 2001, or are you just waiting for the Dario Argento remake?

― Dr Morbius, Friday, 27 April 2007 14:00 (sixteen years ago) link

Not only have I seen 2001, I've seen it on 70mm.

It's in fourth or fifth place on my Kubrick list.

― Eric H., Friday, 27 April 2007 14:15 (sixteen years ago) link

or in 70mm

― Eric H., Friday, 27 April 2007 14:16 (sixteen years ago) link

How does that compare with Betamax?

― Keith, Friday, 27 April 2007 14:21 (sixteen years ago) link

The Killing only got two votes. Youse is chump-asses.

― the table is the table, Friday, 27 April 2007 14:21 (sixteen years ago) link

It definitely deserves top three.

― the table is the table, Friday, 27 April 2007 14:22 (sixteen years ago) link

"I think Barry Lyndon is rubbish. It's like a feature length episode of Upstairs, Downstairs.

I think I voted for 2001, as you can't beat monkeys and spaceships.

Dr. Strangelove is rubbish, because it's in black and white, and that's not what I pay my license fee for."

Sam....Wollaston??

― Frogman Henry, Friday, 27 April 2007 15:26 (sixteen years ago) link

Not only have I seen 2001, I've seen it on 70mm.

but have you seen it in cinerama?

― Edward III, Friday, 27 April 2007 15:30 (sixteen years ago) link

Is there such a thing as true 70mm projection anymore? I thought after the early '70s, all the prints are 35 blown up to 70. (plus 2001 was shot on 65mm)

The Killing is a good B movie, and a kindergarten painting for Kubrick.

― Dr Morbius, Friday, 27 April 2007 15:36 (sixteen years ago) link

iirc warners struck actual 70mm prints for the 2001/2002 re-release.

I saw it in NYC, it was beautiful, only problem being that there was some blurring at the far ends of the image due to the lack of a curved screen.

― Edward III, Friday, 27 April 2007 15:41 (sixteen years ago) link

yes, me too (Loews State before it closed). I guess the one I saw in '74 was 70mm also.

― Dr Morbius, Friday, 27 April 2007 15:48 (sixteen years ago) link

Is there such a thing as true 70mm projection anymore? I thought after the early '70s, all the prints are 35 blown up to 70. (plus 2001 was shot on 65mm)

Yeah, that must be why I didn't immediately decide The Shining is a piece of shit.

― Eric H., Friday, 27 April 2007 16:42 (sixteen years ago) link

? I don't think that was ever hyped as a 70mm film. Apocalypse Now was, tho.

― Dr Morbius, Friday, 27 April 2007 18:02 (sixteen years ago) link

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This is overdue for a repoll:

Stanley Kubrick RE-poll

― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Monday, 21 August 2023 16:47 (seven months ago) link

Great article James!

“If the Labourites ever get in,” he vowed, “I’ll leave the country.” He feared being ruined by tax-the-rich policies – though he never did quit Britain, doubtless because New Labour, finally elected in 1997, no longer bore much resemblance to a socialist party.

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 21 August 2023 18:15 (seven months ago) link

It's funny because Emilio's memoir goes to great pains to dispel the myth of SK as the eccentric recluse (but just as much a demanding pain in the ass) maybe the truth of it is somewhere in the middle.

― MaresNest, Monday, 21 August 2023 18:34 (seven months ago) link

Seems like there is a documentary as well, S Is for Stanley.

― Ansible Dave’s Killer Breadboard (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 21 August 2023 18:41 (seven months ago) link

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