Stanley Kubrick, great or overrated?

[funyun]

plus there's the whole thing of guarding your heart too. I saw a Clockwork Orange and to be honest with you, I didn't think that it was that great of a film. Kubrick tends to focus his lens on the negative aspect of society and humanity, and people praise this and call this art. Why glorify something that we can live above? I don't consider Kubrick that strong of a director simply because all he shows is that there is nothing but hopelessness in his heart. Consider this, whenever a movie is made or a book written, or a painting painted, whenever any work of 'art' is done, the artist is always revealing to the audience his or her heart. It is an inevitablity. The artist can't help but do that because all they know is in their heart. And when I see these films and read these books and listen to that music, I am being shown the heart of the artist. And oftentimes, I don't like what I see. It is so much the world and not enough of the truth.

There's a lot more to art than just looking at the sunny side of life.

 

[ILTDude]

I think Stanley Kubrick is great, my personal fav's are Full Metal Jacket and Dr. Strangelove, the movie that I liked the least was 2001. I did see 2001 for the first time a few years ago so I am sure that it was much more impressive when it came out.

 

[Born Again Bob]

I get sad why doesn't he love Jesus?

Jesus is grrrrr9!



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[ChrisWins]

Dr. Strangelove and 2001 my favorites from Kubrick. 2001 has something like a mere 22 minutes of dialogue or something like that. It's genius. A Clockwork Orange i couldn't stand. Putrid piece of puke.

 

[funyun]

Dr. Strangelove and 2001 my favorites from Kubrick. 2001 has something like a mere 22 minutes of dialogue or something like that. It's genius. A Clockwork Orange i couldn't stand. Putrid piece of puke.

What was wrong with ACO?

 

[theFijian]

My vote is for Great. Eyes Wide Shut suffered from being over-hyped however.

 

[Cordelia]

He definitely had a unique vision. His films are unforgettable, whether you think them good or bad. A Clockwork Orange is one of my absolute, all time favourites.

 

[Switch Radic]

I wasn't saying that art was only about the sunny side of life. I was just saying that alot of films gravitate toward the negative aspects of people and society. They also put that stuff on a pedistal and glorify it. Believe me, I work on videos that only deal with sunny-side stuff, and even I get a bit bored with doing that.

 

[funyun]

I wasn't saying that art was only about the sunny side of life. I was just saying that alot of films gravitate toward the negative aspects of people and society. They also put that stuff on a pedistal and glorify it. Believe me, I work on videos that only deal with sunny-side stuff, and even I get a bit bored with doing that.

I really don't think that ACO glorifies that aspect of society at all. In fact, I think it does exatcly opposite, and that's a major part of the greatness and theme of the film.

 

[Selznak]

I've been a Stanley Kubrick fan for a long time and have enjoyed the majority of his films. My personal faves are Barry Lyndon, A Clockwork Orange, and The Shining. I loved the first half of Full Metal Jacket and thought that his final film, Eyes Wide Shut, was awful. Although I think he stumbled badly a couple of times, I think he could definitely be called a great director.

 

[Moros]

About half of his catalogue is brilliant, the rest poor and way over-rated.