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Best Stanley Kubrick Film

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Man I love so many of his movies, but Dr. Strangelove is such a brilliant *AND* entertaining film. It is one of the best films EVER.

A lot of the material in FMJ was covered in other movies. I like it, but Dr. Strangelove is the best IMHO.
 
Originally posted by: element
Eyes Wide Shut, because morons don't get it. It seperates the idiots from people whose eyes really are open. The mind's eye that is.
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:thumbsup: though I voted for strangelove because I just love it and Peter Sellers to death. Seriously, EWS haters just don't get it. It's a movie about sexual frustration and obsession, told with vignettes that end in a dissatisfying fassion, which leads to more built up tension. I have seen very few films that I could compare it with.
 
Eyes Wide Shut - lame
Full Metal Jacket - lame
The Shining - lame
Barry Lyndon - haven't seen
A Clockwork Orange - awesome
2001: A Space Odyssey - ok
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - lame
Lolita - haven't seen
Spartacus - haven't seenn
Paths of Glory - haven't seen
The Killing - haven't seen
Killer's Kiss - haven't seen
The Seafarers - haven't seen
Fear and Desire - haven't seen
Flying Padre - haven't seen
Day of the Fight - haven't seen
 
Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Eyes Wide Shut - lame
Full Metal Jacket - lame
The Shining - lame
Barry Lyndon - haven't seen
A Clockwork Orange - awesome
2001: A Space Odyssey - ok
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - lame
Lolita - haven't seen
Spartacus - haven't seenn
Paths of Glory - haven't seen
The Killing - haven't seen
Killer's Kiss - haven't seen
The Seafarers - haven't seen
Fear and Desire - haven't seen
Flying Padre - haven't seen
Day of the Fight - haven't seen
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I thought you were banned from posting in movie opinion threads?



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A Clockwork Orange is his best, hands down.
 
Originally posted by: conjur
A Clockwork Orange is his best, hands down.
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he did some amazing things with that book.
all of his movies are pretty great.
i have to say that each one fits into a unique area of greatness.

fmj is, to me, his most important film.
but dr. strangelove is the funniest (followed by lolita)
and 2001 and clockwork are both fascinating stuff.
i could sit and watch any of his stuff anytime, anywhere.
 
Originally posted by: Taggart
Originally posted by: Electric Amish

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - lame
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DEATH TO JOO!!!

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Actually, everybody here was creaming their panties over this movie, so one day I saw it on my satellite so I sat down and watched it (against my better judgement).

Other than about 10 minutes of Peter Sellers, the movie is completely unfunny and, even worse, boring as freaking hell.
 
Originally posted by: element
Eyes Wide Shut, because morons don't get it. It seperates the idiots from people whose eyes really are open. The mind's eye that is.
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Hahaha! That's what everyone says about Kubrick. "Oh you don't like that movie because you don't 'get it.' You must be stupid."

In fact, I think a lot of sycophantism surrounding Kubrick is because people don't get the movies (because a number of them SUCK or are alternatively technically marvelous, but very hard for a watcher to follow and understand). It seems to have erupted into this mindset of "I don't understand Kubrick movies, but that must be because they are so intellectually elevated so I'll just swear he is an amazing filmmaker..."

That said, my vote goes for Dr. Strangelove for being one of his few home runs - entertaining, thought-provoking, technically marvelous, AND you don't need a companion book or even a second screening to "get it."

2001 is probably his technical masterpiece, but the sheer number of people who cannot comprehend large portions of the movie after one viewing means he did something wrong IMO.
 
Originally posted by: Jzero
Originally posted by: element
Eyes Wide Shut, because morons don't get it. It seperates the idiots from people whose eyes really are open. The mind's eye that is.
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Hahaha! That's what everyone says about Kubrick. "Oh you don't like that movie because you don't 'get it.' You must be stupid."...{snip}
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Is that what everyone says to you? Maybe they're right. Funny, no one ever said that to me.
 
Originally posted by: conjur
Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Eyes Wide Shut - lame
Full Metal Jacket - lame
The Shining - lame
Barry Lyndon - haven't seen
A Clockwork Orange - awesome
2001: A Space Odyssey - ok
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - lame
Lolita - haven't seen
Spartacus - haven't seenn
Paths of Glory - haven't seen
The Killing - haven't seen
Killer's Kiss - haven't seen
The Seafarers - haven't seen
Fear and Desire - haven't seen
Flying Padre - haven't seen
Day of the Fight - haven't seen
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I thought you were banned from posting in movie opinion threads?



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Oughta be 😛

'Tank Girl' is one of your favorite movies, iirc, yes, Amish?
 
Definitely 2001. If you don't understand the first part with apes jumping up and down and screaming at a foreign object for an obscenely long period of time then well, you are not an intellectual. Or at least that is what everyone tells me when I tell them how much I hate 2001 from beginning to end.
 
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