Best Kubrick Flick?

I know what you're thinking ("Who the fuck is Stanley Kubrick?"), but respond anyway...or DIE! :violent2:

The Shinning (don't wanna get sued by King, ya know). I've never looked at Timberline, on Mount Hood here in Oregon, where the movie was filmed, the same since.

A Clockwork Orange and 2001 are absolutely unrivaled. But, I really do love Barry Lyndon. I think it's his most overlooked film.

a clockwork orange is the one got me into Kubrick..

I love 'em all (except Eyes Wide Shut), but Dr. Strangelove is just the best doomsday comedy ever, and watching it again last night reminded me of its awesomeness.

I know that "AI" was technically a Speilberg flick, but it had heavy doses of Kubrick in the middle section (no doubt seeing as it was his idea to do the film in the first place, but anyways). Anyone wonder how it might have turned out under the master's tutelage (Speilberg did an excellant job, but just imagine if you will.....)

I voted for Dr Strangelove, as its surely the definitive cold war film, but Paths of Glory was pretty good also.

2001 blew me away the first time I saw it, as a kid, having never heard of the film before, but whenever I've seen it since I've found it completely boring. Odd.

Originally posted by pete poorten I voted for Dr Strangelove, as its surely the definitive cold war film, but Paths of Glory was pretty good also.2001 blew me away the first time I saw it, as a kid, having never heard of the film before, but whenever I've seen it since I've found it completely boring. Odd.

I don't know, I always felt that Kubrick had an underlining message concerning space travel, that it would become as commonplace as driving cars and trains had by the 1960's. With any new technology, there's always an initial burst of excitement followed by lessening interest as people become more used to it. I think if you watch it with that in mind, you'll notice how the characters think nothing of traveling to Mars, whereas even today we would be blown away if it were actuallu acheived. I don't know if Kubrick was going for that, but it does seem to be an underlying truth of the film (that which fascinates us now will soon bore us).

Plus, Star Wars effectively sped up space travel and changed the rules, so that older movies like 2001 suffered by comparison. Damn George Lucas, damn his odd pompadour!

Originally posted by Taboo # 7 > Originally posted by pete poorten> I voted for Dr Strangelove, as its surely the definitive cold war film, but Paths of Glory was pretty good also.> > 2001 blew me away the first time I saw it, as a kid, having never heard of the film before, but whenever I've seen it since I've found it completely boring. Odd.

I don't know, I always felt that Kubrick had an underlining message concerning space travel, that it would become as commonplace as driving cars and trains had by the 1960's. With any new technology, there's always an initial burst of excitement followed by lessening interest as people become more used to it. I think if you watch it with that in mind, you'll notice how the characters think nothing of traveling to Mars, whereas even today we would be blown away if it were actuallu acheived. I don't know if Kubrick was going for that, but it does seem to be an underlying truth of the film (that which fascinates us now will soon bore us).

Plus, Star Wars effectively sped up space travel and changed the rules, so that older movies like 2001 suffered by comparison. Damn George Lucas, damn his odd pompadour!

Actually I saw it when I was a kid, when it was briefly re-released on the back of Star Wars. I'd seen star wars and really disliked it (never changed my mind since either). In my sniffy 'hard' sci-fi fan way I thought SW was childish. And as a anti-monarchist, over-aggresively atheistic kid I also found it kind of 'right wing' (and I still think that - its a fairy tale about mysticism and a natural aristocracy saving the masses, after all).

2001 seemed just infinitely superior in comparison, with a serious, naturalistic tone, way better monkey suits than planet of the apes ever had, a great soundtrack (better than SW), that great bone/spaceship cut and that cool acid trip bit (which has rather dated now).

But I can't sit through it anymore.

If it is, as you say, about the amazing becoming mundane, then I guess that's kind of appropriate.

That's just my theory, I should stress. I've never run across anything about Kubrick saying as much, but I'm sure he would've thought about it after years went by and ratings for space shuttle landings became nonexistant.

i haven't seen his first two, but out of the rest, dr. strangelove. i've seen it loads of times and i never get sick of it. plus, i've never been able to take george c. scott seriously after seeing this film!

i love the shining, as well. as i mentioned in another thread, stephen king wrote the book in the stanley hotel in my hometown of estes park, CO, so it scares the bejeezus out of me (i see where you're coming from, green!). but strangelove wins by a hair.

It's got to be The Shining for me!