Eyes Wide Shut was dreck. Scene after scene of self-important visuals that added nothing to the story, actors that sleep walked through the entire film. Movies should be about telling a story. Not just "look at me, I'm a fancy director".
A Clockwork Orange and The Shining were the best of his work, but I found them chaotic and boring, and not at all what I wanted after such great enjoyment of the books. Nichelson saved The Shining, but Malcolm McDowell would have been my last choice as Alex in A Clockwork Orange. The music was good. Guess he had enough sense to hire great composers. On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 1:23 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > Out of curiosity, is there something in particular about his films...a > commonality...that you don't like? > > I really dislike some of his films...Eyes Wide Shut...and the much praised > 2001. (other than the fantastic "dawn of man" opening sequence, i think > that snoozefest pretty much sucks) > > But when he's on.....Clockwork and The Shining.....i think he creates a > sense of dread and helplessness about as well as anyone. And no one uses > music, or silence, quite as well as he did. > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I love the book. I am not a fan of the movie, but I don't like any of > > Kubrick's f ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:344211 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
