J-Roc what is Nerd-Wars?
He IS the most overated director. Clockwork Orange is only interesting for the first half-hour.
Full Metal Jacket is only good until they leave the training camp.
Eyes Wide Shut is just rubbish.
So is Barry Lyndon.
So is Lolita.
And 2001 is just pretentious crap. It's nice to look at but then so is Pearl Harbour.
I haven't seen The Shining but Spartacus and Dr Strangelove are good. That's it. He is sooo overated.
Most of his films now look outdated. He is popular because he made controversial films about Peadophiles, Nuclear War, bullying in the army, orgies, and gangs.
I mean, if someone asks you in the street about one of your favourite films what are you going to say? "Oh, I really like Shrek". No, it's much cooler to say, "I love A Clockwork Orange because ot the Singing in the Rain rape scene and the viloence. It rocks!"
I'm not saying he hasn't been influential but he is massivley overated.
actually you're right about one thing. he is popular just because of the contraversy i think. but that only for the people who have seen clockwork orange. considering thats his only really contraversal movie. the simple fact is he was the most creative and ahead of his time director to ever come along. his films the killing and paths of glory pretty much changed the way movies are made. he was the first directory to use the camera to give the feel that us as the viewer are there in the action instead of just watching it. and before jumping to conclusions you should see the shining and definately paths of glory which is his best work. and i disagree with you about all those movies except barry lyndon. full metal jacket is best during boot camp. but the rest of it is still great. eyes wide shut is probably his worst movie, but i was still interested when i first saw it, kept me watching. i dont care for barry lyndon. lolita was good. and as far as 2001 goes. you say its nice to look at. well you need to realize that its a visual film and nothing more. the whole point is to look at it. there is very little dialogue and not much story. it was pretty much made just to show off the special effects and to make you ponder what the hell was going on in the movie. Dr. Strangelove was teh first real dark comedy and by far still the best. sparticus is good. and shining is the scariest movie ever made. paths of glory is just a flat out masterpiece that changed the way movies were made forever. bottom line, kubrick deserves all the credit he gets and then some.
2001 is stunning and is way, WAY away from pretension. That would only be said by someone with no interest in understanding it- and if you do not want to, fine, but that is no reason to belittle how much it means to others by so simply dismissing it as pretension. It is a stunningly beautiful and intellectual film with a powerful message that could ONLY be created by someone like Kubrick, and it is for that sort of reason he gets the praise he is due. Plenty of people make controverisal films and it does not get them praise by default, find any critic who preferred the new Lolita, which was ACTUALLY about paedophilia in any direct way, to Kubrick's, which had to skirt around that main issue. And Peter Sellers was just to die for in that film...
Everyone knows Eyes Wide Shut was a misfire.
No, he has not been overrated one little bit.
And I will remind you that it was because people thought that was what Clockwork Orange was about that he banned it in the UK. It ISN'T about violent gangs and rape; anyone who says so has just let the point of the film fly over his head, so you can't let Kubrick's skill be bismirched just because of the bad attitude of some people that invoke a like of his films for faux intellectual reasons. It's not one of my favourite films of his but I still appreciate it for what it is and the skill involved in creating it.
wow ush, your writing skills sure to come out on this message board, well said my friend. but i do agree with king jedi about one thing, that many people like a clockwork orange simply because they think it makes them seem diferent or wierd. if you ask any goth what they're favorite movie is, there is a very good chance they will say clockwork orange, simply because it is different and they think it gives them some kinda credibility by liking a movie that has been so controversial. but that doesnt change the fact that it, along with all of his other movies is a masterpiece.