And must wonder if Kubrick studied early Mormonism.

1. Not everything is Mormon. Your perception deems it so.

2. Scientologist Cruise is the bomb dot com when it comes to acting. There is not a man greater than Tom. He deserves every award and accolade for his incredible prowess.

All Hail Scientologist Tom!

3. Nicky Kidman is a terrible actress. Even when she is f=ing some dude and shows her titties yet again.

4. Kubrick got a lot wrong including The Shining.

5. Enjoy your filming through your Eyes Wide Shut.

The Shining is a good movie. Or maybe ot should be called the Whining since that is all King has ever done about the film. Yes, it does change details of the plot, but all adaptations do. King was allowed to helm an adaptation of "Maximum Overdrive". The results are there to see, and he's never been allowed to do it again AFAIK. If anything Kubrick improves the book.

I don't mind either Kidman or Cruise in this film. I believe it destroyed their marriage, so maybe some of what we see isn't just acting.

when "Outlander" went big, urging her to maintain "creative control" if anything came out of it, filmwise.

I think she had the proverbial ducks in a row, when Outlander turned into a series.

Outlander's big though? It has a big following on Amazon Prime. There is a lot of merch, and I expect it has helped the tourist industry in Scotland and elsewhere. She has done better out of it than a single film which could have bombed like His Dark Materials did.

I've watched one or two episodes of it. A lot of soft porn in it and Scots fighting English people.

This among all Kubrick movies has excellent light quality. He was a master at lighting.

Agreed. You can also see the masterful lighting in the first part of AI, before the jarring transition when Spielberg took over.

East Coast Exmo Wrote:
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> Agreed. You can also see the masterful lighting in
> the first part of AI, before the jarring
> transition when Spielberg took over.


.....so you are saying that SS isnt the greatest/ best director ever ???

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> This among all Kubrick movies has excellent light
> quality. He was a master at lighting.

Kubrick started out as a photographer, and I think that shows in his films. He concentrates a lot on the visual, more so than dialog. Shots from his films make excellent stills and I don't mean that in a bad way.

Until 'To Die For' I thought Nicole Kidman was just another pretty also-ran; she's genius in that film.

Never seen 'EWS' but heard it was a crapfest. If I want Kubrick I'll back to well of 'Dr. Strangelove'...a movie about mormons done in that style would be great. :-)

EWS is nowhere near being Kubrick's best film, but it's not his worst either. I find The Killing and Killer's Kiss to be fairly indifferent - watchable but disposable. It feels a bit wrong to summarize Kubrick, but I find Strangelove the funniest, 2001 the best visually, Barry Lyndon the most watchable (despite its length), A Clockwork Orange the most predictive etc. Spartacus is regrettably Communist propaganda, with multiple directors. Paths of Glory an underrated film with Kirk Douglas' finest performancr. Lolita - that's a hard one to pitch, I think as a comedy it is a failure and makes Humbert Humbert too sympathetic, also Quilty just doesn't work in this adaptation. Full Metal Jacket takes the liberty of moralizing from a distance but manages to recreate Vietnam in London - bizarre.

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> EWS is nowhere near being Kubrick's best film, but
> it's not his worst either...

Jordan, thank you, I enjoyed your film analyses here. It is always interesting to hear from knowledgeable people. Not a Kubrick fan but I enjoyed the scenery and costumes of Barry Lyndon. After this I may watch EWS.

Thanks!

Thank you. Just my opinion - I never mentioned the Shining - I'm a bit sick of it thanks to irritating Youtube analyses. I might come back to it at some point.

I love Barry Lyndon, but it's almost never shown on television due to its length. Kubrick wanted to make a film on Napoleon - I think BL gives an idea of how good that film could have been.

What else to say about EWS? I suggest watching it at least once. It is easily Kubrick's most sexual film - more so than Clockwork Orange. I wouldn't recommend watching it with your other half - a lot of it is about distrust and adultery fantasies within a marriage. If you do watch it a second time, I would leave a bit of time between viewings for it to sink in a bit.

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> ...Kubrick wanted to make a film on Napoleon - I think BL gives an idea of how good that film could have been.

Wow that could have been good. Napoleon’s life could have been the same type of cautionary tale as Barry Lyndon, rise so far, over-reach and lose everything. No one has gotten Napoleon right in any of the movies I’ve seen.

> I wouldn't recommend watching it with your other half - a lot of it is about distrust and adultery fantasies

Ha! I don’t currently have a better or worse or any kind of half, so at least I don’t have to worry about that!!!

Thanks for your informed commentaries it is always interesting to hear people with in-depth knowledge.
-Melanie

Melanie, I apologize for calling you Melissa!

So, while you were watching the movie you stopped to post on RfM that you're watching the movie?

Ok...

I am just curious how the Happy Valley film butchers would clean up any Kubrick's films for Mormon eyes. I'm referring to a Mormon minded company that scrubbed away nudity, foul language and drug use (possibly violence and gore) so members could watch a clean flick without the guilt of watching an "R" rated movie. This is similar to the desire to be part of the world without appearing to be of the world. The irrational "dirty sodas" comes to mind.

Eyes Wide Opened would make more sense than calling it Clockwork Orange would it not?

Kubric's career was one of high strangeness matched by few other film makers.

Dr Strangelove was scheduled to be released on Nov 22 1963 but was postponed until the following January.

Strange.

I’m glad Kubrick died. He was a sick and twisted “f”.

My favorite directors are Kubrick and Hitchcock. Geniuses.

I was hoping the LDS temple would be like Eyes Wide Shut. I was disappointed. I kind of had my hopes up when they told me to get naked and gave me a weird poncho to wear. I was disappointed nobody wore creepy masks.