Genius. Stanley Kubrick’s movies are like nothing you have ever seen before in terms of framing and style. His films remind me of the famous photographs or paintings you would find in a museum. The main characters in his films give great performances (Jack Nicholson, Malcolm McDowell, Ryan O’Neil just to name a few). Also, when watching his films for the first time, you don’t really know how the film is going to end. It’s not like an action film where you see a guy holding a gun and by the end of the movie you know he is going to kill somebody. The Shining is one of the best horror films I have ever seen. I didn’t like A Clockwork Orange at first, but the film is slowly starting to grow on me and now I love it. Full Metal Jacket is great as well as Dr. Strangelove, and 2001. Eyes Wide Shut is good but is a very, very different film and it wasn’t what I expected the film to be (that’s not bad either. i thought the film would be some cheesy romance movie like the trailer suggested imo). The Killing and Lolita are both good, though not as popular or widely praised as his other films. I have yet to see Killer’s Kiss and Fear & Desire. Does anybody know if Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures is going to be on HBO anytime soon? He is my favorite director. If he were alive to make A.I. and his Napoleon project, I think those would be his crowning achivements because Steven Speilbergs A.I. didn’t do Kubrick’s vision justice.
