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Eyes Wide Shut is criminally underrated

In many ways, I think it's Kubrick's best film, at least pos...
Racy Nowag
  10/22/14
It has scholarly undertones
Lascivious center
  10/22/14
Uh, Dr. Strangelove is clearly his best movie and you didn't...
Azure Gaming Laptop
  10/22/14
I might be mistaken but I believe the poast states that Eyes...
Racy Nowag
  10/22/14
I'm not sure if I'd go that far, but it doesn't get nearly e...
multi-colored insecure locus
  10/22/14
Which of the post-2001 films do you think is better?
Racy Nowag
  10/22/14
Maybe The Shining?
multi-colored insecure locus
  10/22/14
Great movie but I think EWS gets at its themes better and ma...
Racy Nowag
  10/22/14
As a straightforward piece of narrative cinema--telling a st...
multi-colored insecure locus
  10/22/14
Sounds about right. Good call on Barry Lyndon too.
Racy Nowag
  10/22/14
The Shining was made in 1980 you fucking idiot. That's way b...
Useless coral dilemma
  10/22/14
...
multi-colored insecure locus
  10/22/14
Imagine for a moment that a movie title could also be a year...
tantric volcanic crater
  10/22/14
LOL. You seem real fucking dumb. Especially since Kubrick di...
Azure Gaming Laptop
  10/22/14
i sincerely hope you understand i was joking. hence the affi...
Useless coral dilemma
  10/22/14
Sure.
Azure Gaming Laptop
  10/22/14
what's ur problem, GUY
Useless coral dilemma
  10/22/14
(Jimmy Pop)
confused coldplay fan space
  10/22/14
That seems to be how it goes with all Kubrick films, underra...
ivory electric furnace
  10/22/14
Yeah that's true. And it's funny, film critics, fully aware...
Racy Nowag
  10/22/14
Advertising was based entirely around the "sex scene&qu...
appetizing shivering international law enforcement agency
  10/22/14
Wasnt the sex scene a bunch of world leaders, like Bill Gate...
Disgusting iridescent persian
  10/22/14
Have you not seen the film, bro.
Racy Nowag
  10/22/14
Long time ago. That's all I remember.
Disgusting iridescent persian
  10/22/14
Read up online about it
appetizing shivering international law enforcement agency
  10/22/14
barry lyndon was panned when it came out. critics came aroun...
Jet-lagged odious whorehouse
  10/22/14
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abusive excitant den queen of the night
  10/22/14
I saw EWS in the theater with about 15-20 ppl. It was the la...
up-to-no-good honey-headed national
  10/22/14
And it takes repeat watching to catch even a little of what'...
appetizing shivering international law enforcement agency
  10/22/14
No bro. It sucks. And I like Kubrick films. It was edited so...
Azure Gaming Laptop
  10/22/14
pls add some scholarship. why do you think it is great and w...
Talented ticket booth
  10/22/14
if you think EWS is so good then you should be equally incen...
confused coldplay fan space
  10/22/14
You know who is really good in that movie. His friend who ha...
Azure Gaming Laptop
  10/22/14
pretty sure you're thinking of Days of Thunder
confused coldplay fan space
  10/22/14
No bro. Sidney Pollack.
Azure Gaming Laptop
  10/22/14
Sidney Pollack? He was good. Unfortunately he went det a f...
Racy Nowag
  10/22/14
Yeah, that's him.
Azure Gaming Laptop
  10/22/14
Yeah Cruise was very good in it. I don't think the academy ...
Racy Nowag
  10/22/14
...
Stirring half-breed
  02/18/18


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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:14 AM
Author: Racy Nowag

In many ways, I think it's Kubrick's best film, at least post-2001. Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining and Full Metal Jacket are all great, but I don't think any of them reach the level of mastery on display in EWS.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564371)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:15 AM
Author: Lascivious center

It has scholarly undertones

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564377)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 11:40 AM
Author: Azure Gaming Laptop

Uh, Dr. Strangelove is clearly his best movie and you didn't mention it. You fucking millennial retard.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564849)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 12:02 PM
Author: Racy Nowag

I might be mistaken but I believe the poast states that Eyes Wide Shut may be the best film Kubrick made POST 2001, ie, 1968.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564961)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:15 AM
Author: multi-colored insecure locus

I'm not sure if I'd go that far, but it doesn't get nearly enough credit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564375)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:18 AM
Author: Racy Nowag

Which of the post-2001 films do you think is better?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564387)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:21 AM
Author: multi-colored insecure locus

Maybe The Shining?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564402)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:25 AM
Author: Racy Nowag

Great movie but I think EWS gets at its themes better and manages to tell a more complex story in a more fluid and interesting manner.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564421)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:26 AM
Author: multi-colored insecure locus

As a straightforward piece of narrative cinema--telling a story while also exploring themes--Eyes Wide Shut is better than the rest, I think.

I think that Barry Lyndon is in some sense the most refined version of Kubrick's sterile, inhuman/inhumane aesthetic, and I appreciate it as such.

From a purely "art" standpoint, I think the more impressionistic nature of The Shining is better than EWS.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564435)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:46 AM
Author: Racy Nowag

Sounds about right. Good call on Barry Lyndon too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564520)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:41 AM
Author: Useless coral dilemma

The Shining was made in 1980 you fucking idiot. That's way before 2001. (Deranged ape who becomes VP of Bank of America thanks to affirmative action)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564494)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:44 AM
Author: multi-colored insecure locus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564510)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 11:35 AM
Author: tantric volcanic crater

Imagine for a moment that a movie title could also be a year!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564826)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 11:41 AM
Author: Azure Gaming Laptop

LOL. You seem real fucking dumb. Especially since Kubrick died in 1999 you filthy ape.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564854)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 11:46 AM
Author: Useless coral dilemma

i sincerely hope you understand i was joking. hence the affirmative action joke

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564880)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 11:48 AM
Author: Azure Gaming Laptop

Sure.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564891)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 11:54 AM
Author: Useless coral dilemma

what's ur problem, GUY

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564915)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 11:44 AM
Author: confused coldplay fan space

(Jimmy Pop)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564864)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:16 AM
Author: ivory electric furnace

That seems to be how it goes with all Kubrick films, underrated as fuck until eventually people realize they are genious.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564379)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:20 AM
Author: Racy Nowag

Yeah that's true. And it's funny, film critics, fully aware of that still went and saw Eyes Wide Shut expecting some racy soft porn and came away disappointed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564393)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:27 AM
Author: appetizing shivering international law enforcement agency

Advertising was based entirely around the "sex scene" but was completely misleading as to why and how it occurred.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564440)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:48 AM
Author: Disgusting iridescent persian

Wasnt the sex scene a bunch of world leaders, like Bill Gates and Gorbachev, in an orgy?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564532)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:49 AM
Author: Racy Nowag

Have you not seen the film, bro.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564537)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:52 AM
Author: Disgusting iridescent persian

Long time ago. That's all I remember.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564555)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:51 AM
Author: appetizing shivering international law enforcement agency

Read up online about it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564551)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 11:59 AM
Author: Jet-lagged odious whorehouse

barry lyndon was panned when it came out. critics came around eventually. i think it's his best.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564939)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:32 AM
Author: abusive excitant den queen of the night



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564468)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:38 AM
Author: up-to-no-good honey-headed national

I saw EWS in the theater with about 15-20 ppl. It was the late show and I forgot my glasses so I had to sit way down front to see. When it ended I thought it was a bit boring but overall pretty interesting. when I got up and turned to go to the exits I was the only person in the theater.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564486)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:50 AM
Author: appetizing shivering international law enforcement agency

And it takes repeat watching to catch even a little of what's going on

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564546)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 11:31 AM
Author: Azure Gaming Laptop

No bro. It sucks. And I like Kubrick films. It was edited so badly (I think he was rushing because he knew he was dying) I wouldn't even call it his film.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564807)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 11:36 AM
Author: Talented ticket booth

pls add some scholarship. why do you think it is great and why do you think it is underrated

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564832)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 11:45 AM
Author: confused coldplay fan space

if you think EWS is so good then you should be equally incensed that Tom Cruise was unjustly denied critical recognition for his performance. because he's on the screen for 99% of the movie and it's basically just him going from point A to B until he goes full circle

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564876)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 11:51 AM
Author: Azure Gaming Laptop

You know who is really good in that movie. His friend who had the ODed chick. He was also the Harvard guy in A Civil Action who said Cornell is a damn fine school at the Harvard Club with Travolta.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564902)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 11:53 AM
Author: confused coldplay fan space

pretty sure you're thinking of Days of Thunder

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564912)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 12:09 PM
Author: Azure Gaming Laptop

No bro. Sidney Pollack.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26565008)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 12:04 PM
Author: Racy Nowag

Sidney Pollack? He was good. Unfortunately he went det a few years ago.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564974)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 12:09 PM
Author: Azure Gaming Laptop

Yeah, that's him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26565006)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 12:06 PM
Author: Racy Nowag

Yeah Cruise was very good in it. I don't think the academy knew what to do with Kubrick's movies or the acting in them. Pretty nuts that no one got oscars for anything for a kubrick movie other than 2001 getting one for visual effects.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#26564988)



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Date: February 18th, 2018 10:25 PM
Author: Stirring half-breed



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706558&forum_id=2#35434175)