Your favourite Kubrick film?


Most of you will probably submit 2001 - if that is the case, what is your favourite after 2001?



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"2001 ASO" as you guessed is my #1.
After that?
Probably "Dr. Strangelove".

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Yep, Strangelove. Don't tell the guys on the other Kubrick boards but other than these 2 I'm not a fan.

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His last 4 are the ones I rewatch the most: the psycho-socio-sexual adventures of Bill, Barry, Joker and Jack!

"Eyes Wide Shut" has my favourite Kubrick set, though: Sharky's Coffee House. It's a nice, little, atmospheric alcove. Bill strolls in with the word COOL under his arm...

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...but the waiter's (next to a giant thermometer) immune to his charms. She sends him packing, and he then sits and has a giant existential meltdown.


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Good stuff, tieman. Every scene has something charming like that. The server also looks very much like the receptionist at the hospital.

I feel Lolita is pretty under rated, even by Kubrick fans. For mine, it has the most enjoyable atmosphere of all his films



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Sharky's is a cool joint. For an extra five bucks, they have the paintings behind you mysteriously change every few minutes.

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Must have been one of those Kubrick 'mistakes' like the chairs moving behind Jack in two different scenes...



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2001: ASO


The last time any of his other movies did something for me was rewatching the DVD (4:3) of Eyes Wide Shut. The first couple of times that I watched his final film I wondered what the big deal was. But it's when I decided to concentrate on the art of storytelling itself (rather than on the actual story or events) that I am able to look at it in a whole different way. Kubrick's movies are often appreciated more as time goes by.



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Probably 2001 but A Clockwork Orange would not be too far off, and Eyes Wide Shut has only gotten better in my mind since I first saw it.

His whole run from Dr Strangelove on is the greatest ever pretty much, with the exception of Full Metal Jacket which I'm not a fan of.





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What Kubrick films do you DISLIKE? I don't really like Spartacus, for example.



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The Shining and 2001 are about as close as could be for me. Next tier(Not far down though Like 1-A, 1-B) would be Dr Strangelove EWS, FMJ and Barry Lyndon. While I love Paths of Glory and Lolita, there was still too much Studio/Actor(Ego) interference back then. Spartacus is almost hard to even call it a Kubrick film(In a sense) however, he got to perfect his craft by learning on the trade with an epic. I actually love The Killing, It's really amazing for the era.

All said, The Shining and 2001 are what I watch most frequently.

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It's definitely "2001" for me. With "A Clockwork Orange" in a close second, and "Dr Strangelove" in a close third spot for me.

Last Films seen:
Finding Dory(2016)- 9/10
X-Men Apocalypse(2016)- 7/10

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2001 ASO hands down- then Eyes Wide Shut and Full Metal jacket on tie.

I don't like Shining and Clockwork Orange that much (maybe as I read the books before or just eventually outgrew the subject matter).
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