Best/favorite kubrick film

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They're all there. I know this is a tough one for hardcore fans, but which is the best in your opinion, or your favorite?

Flying Padre (1951) 0
Day of the Fight (1951) 0
The Seafarers (1952) 0
Fear and Desire (1953) 0
Killer's Kiss (1955) 0
The Killing (1956) 0
Paths of Glory (1957) 1
Spartacus (1960) 1
Lolita (1962) 0
Dr.Strangelove or:How I Learned toStop Worrying andLove theBomb (1964) 4
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 4
A Clockwork Orange (1971) 11
Barry Lyndon (1975) 1
The Shining (1980) 7
Full Metal Jacket (1987) 6
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) 1
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  • Short4Words
    10 years ago

    Definitely a hard pick. I would have said 2001 but I've sorta grown distant from the film. And then I would've said FMJ but the latter half of the movie still isn't quite right. So I went with the one that was solidly amazing.

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    • [Old Memory]
      10 years ago

      2001: A Space Odyssey could be used to put people into comas, it's so boring that you can actually do a better re-write in your head before it ends.

      "Moon" shits all over it in EVERY way.

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      • Short4Words
        10 years ago

        I disagree. I mean it's all subjective. I found moon really lame first time I watched it. I was really disappointed by the climax, but I guess I was for 2001 as well.

        And I don't know how you found it boring, it's all in the anticipation and waiting. It leaves you in long uncomfortable near silences that I think really nailed what it MIGHT feel like in space, I couldn't imagine it too much differently.

        I was on edge, where I found Moon a little bit predictable.

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        • [Old Memory]
          10 years ago

          Subjective experience, true.

          Moon is much more emotional, something that really elevates it above 2001 for me. It's one of the saddest films I've ever seen. It had more "depth" to it's overall meaning.

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          • Short4Words
            10 years ago

            Hmm, you might be right. I really like when a movie speaks some human truth and I think for the most part yea, moon probably does more in that department but not enough for me. Wish I could like it like you and others do.

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    • handsignals
      10 years ago

      I agree with you about FMJ, what happened there?

      I went with The Shining.

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      • scumfuck
        10 years ago

        lol serious ? i've heard this before but i think the movie really kicks off after the first part (the first part is also amazing ofc) i really don't get why people say that ... and my vote would go to barry lyndon/fmj/clockwork orange cant decide i liked the shining alot but think it's not as good compared to his other movies ...

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      • Short4Words
        10 years ago

        I honestly wished I liked The Shining more just like Clockwork Orange but I can never get my head around why people think they're both so good. Could you enlighten me?

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        • handsignals
          10 years ago

          Clockwork was about how in the future they would use mind control to reduce crime, it also had some hilarious scenes even though they weren't supposed to funny.

          The Shining is intensely scary and has a very cool ending.

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          • Short4Words
            10 years ago

            I've seen then I just don't understand why they're so great.

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  • NotStrangeBird
    10 years ago

    Nobody's gonna pick "Eyes Wide Shut". That movie was kind of ridiculous and Tom Cruise is such an astronomical dildo it's baffling.

    The Shining was great and I agree that FMJ fell apart after the boot camp sequence was over.

    I enjoy the '70s vision of the future that A Clockwork Orange prophesized. Some was way off but some rang true. I got the DVD a few years ago and was disappointed to play the william tell sex scene in slow-mo & zoomed. Sometimes it's not good to learn the truth behind certain things.

    I haven't seen any others, but

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  • kingofcarrotflowers
    10 years ago

    2001 a space odyseey. I wasn't that keen on the shining, well i liked it just not anywhere near as much as everyone else seems to i think it's because it strayed a bit too far from the book for me

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    • kingofcarrotflowers
      10 years ago

      *odyssey*

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  • Faceless
    10 years ago

    TOYNBEE IDEA
    IN KUBRICK'S 2001
    RESURRECT DEAD
    ON PLANET JUPITER

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  • AppleMind
    10 years ago

    Sorry, can't pick just one. Its like asking, "what's the best Pink Floyd album?"

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    • [Old Memory]
      10 years ago

      That's easy.

      "A saucerful of secrets"

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