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SweetZombieJesus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 01:42 PM
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Poll question: Best Kubrick Film?
I swear, this is the last poll I'll post today.
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sujan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 01:44 PM
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1. definately 2001
The imagery is still unmatched IMO.
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 01:45 PM
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2. Lots of good ones, but I voted for
"Paths of Glory" because no one else has yet, and I think it deserves better.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 01:48 PM
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3. Interesting. I was tempted to do the same.
I haven't voted yet. I'm thinking about it.
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a_random_joel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 01:51 PM
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4. Wow
Tough Choices.
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 01:52 PM
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5. Gotta go with Paths of Glory
unflinching, magnificent
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Brotherjohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 01:57 PM
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8. Amazingly, I don't know that one.
What's it about? Who's in it?
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:18 PM
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18. Kirk Douglas
Set during WW1 Kirk Douglas is a French Battalion commander ordered to take his men over the top and charge the German line. He does so and the casualties are catastrophic.

Convinced that the attack failed not because of German machine gunnery or horrifically poor French soldiery, the General in charge of the battlefield picks three men (at random) from Douglas' battalion and charges them with high-treason for fleeing the battlefield.

What follows is a gripping court martial hearing hammering home the hipocrasy of war and the futility of WW1.

Great film. One of the best films ever made.
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Shrek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 01:53 PM
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6. Full Metal Jacket!
I loved the drill sergeant.
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St. Jarvitude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:25 PM
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19. Full Metal Jacket, for sure
The opening scene of the movie was one of the most incredible I've seen... and just watching how brainwashed and unhuman the Marines came was very powerful.

Rumor has it the Marines had to change the behavior of their DIs after this movie was released.
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 01:57 PM
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7. Extremely tough choices....
Dr Strangelove and Clockwork Orange are two of the finest movies ever made. Both are unparalleled in their individual genre.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:05 PM
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14. I liked Clockwork Orange, but
Edited on Thu Aug-21-03 02:07 PM by tridim
of all his movies, even 2001, I believe it looks the most dated. My vote is for Strangelove because it is pure genius, with 2001 a close second.
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 01:59 PM
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9. 2001
Tough call though. I rank Dr. Strangelove and Clockwork alongside them, and the Shining is my favorite contemporary horror film.

Still, Arthur C. Clarke's visionary future mythology stays with me.

Thank Belial you didn't even list Eyes Wide Shut.
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SweetZombieJesus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:04 PM
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12. As far as I'm concerned, Kubrick was already dead when he made that "film"
How else can you explain his willingness to make a movie with Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman? That's pure zombie thinkin'.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 01:59 PM
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10. No "Eyes Wide Shut"????!!!!!
Yeah, it was a suckie movie!
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:05 PM
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13. That was my thought, too
Not that I wanted to chose it as my favorite. Far from it. :D

It was really bad.
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Character Assassin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:02 PM
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11. Paths to Glory.
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Brotherjohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:06 PM
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15. The thing that amazes me about Kubrick's films...
Edited on Thu Aug-21-03 02:12 PM by Brotherjohn
...is that they are (for the most part) all in completely different genres. Yet an argument could be made for nearly every one as being among the best films ever in that genre (if not THE best).

Spartacus - Arguably the best Ancient Roman empire epic ever made
Dr. Strangelove - Probably the best political/military satire ever made
Lolita - One of the best movies about forbidden love / interpersonal relations
2001 - Arguably the most ground-breaking Sci-Fi flick ever (a little too obtuse to be the "best" IMHO)
Full Metal Jacket - One of the best Vietnam films ever
Clockwork orange - One of the best "cult" films ever
The Shining - The single best horror film ever, IMHO
The list goes on...
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:31 PM
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20. Eyes Wide Shut
One of the best movies to not feel guilty that you walked out in the middle of it.

I can't believe he made all these great movies and "Eyes Wide Shut"
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alonso_quijano Donating Member (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:13 PM
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16. Strangelove is my favorite...
But 2001 is I think the better film.
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:14 PM
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17. Full Metal Jacket
since that is the only film I seen of his.
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Career Prole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 02:32 PM
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21. Clockwork Orange was my choice...
When the droog libchik was strapped in the chair and forced to viddy loop after loop of "Fair Und Balanced" reportage it made my hair stand on end.
I'm sure if I could've forced myself to watch more war footage, eventually I would have heard "Singin' In The Rain" playing in the background. :puke:
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Zorro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 10:56 PM
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26. Mine too
Saw where someone thought it was "dated". For a 30 year old film, the only things that date it would be the music devices (record albums, mini-cassette tapes), but other than that, I find it quite a chilling tale of a society we seem to be on the verge of becoming.
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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 10:56 PM
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27. You must see Dr. Strangelove
(make sure you're up on the history of the Cold War)

also see Clockwork Orange

I voted for Full Metal Jacket. It is a stinging indictment of the absolute insanity that the world tries to accept as normal.
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 06:07 PM
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22. Dr. Strangelove!!!
General Turgettson: "MAN, I wish WE had one of them doomsday devices..."

Dr. Strangelove: "Mein Fuehrer-I MEAN Mister president..."
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 10:11 PM
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23. I've never seen a Kubrick film I liked.
I guess I just don't relate to his films. I will admit I haven't seen that many, because many are too gross/violent for me to deal with. The ones I have seen didn't impress me, and I often disliked them very much.

:shrug:
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Keithpotkin Donating Member (191 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 10:51 PM
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25. i ought to tolchock you right in the groober.
:evilgrin:
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chaska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 10:45 PM
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24. Oh man, I didn't realize he made "Paths of Glory".
That is a great, great film! Find it, and watch it.
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George_Bonanza Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 01:27 AM
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28. A Clockwork Orange, definitely
2001 is certainly more famous and more ingrained into our culture, and I loved and appreciated it. However, it lacked any kind of spirit or life (most likely intentionally). ACO had both. It was funny, gruesome, interesting, and memorable. ACO is a movie I'd think about after watching, love it, and watch it again and again. I wouldn't do that with 2001, I don't think.
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ButterflyBlood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 01:39 AM
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29. Just glad you didn't include Eyes Wide Shut
Anyone who would vote for that one has got some serious problems.
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Braden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 07:16 AM
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30. Paths of Glory
no question
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DemNoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 08:33 AM
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31. Hard to believe
That one person created all that. For my vote, I could watch Barry Lyndon everyday and never tire of it.
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