Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Pepe Le Loco (A) on September 11, 2005 at 00:34:11

In Reply to: Re: Would like to add Kubrick's The Shining... posted by halfnote on September 1, 2005 at 20:22:14:

I only saw EWS once in the theaters but I liked it allot- much more than the Shining or Full Metal Jacket. The latter seemed kinda lost, but not in a good way, and the former always seems to me to be just a collection of strong and not so strong set pieces trapped inside a weak movie.

As far as EWS goes, I cant say Pollak really bothered me in it, I thought Kidman was great, and I liked the soundtrack.

To me one of the things that did hurt EWS was the masked orgey stuff.
Its the type of thing that I imagine looked good on paper, but it really struck an off note in its execution. Its a shame because I have a nagging feeling it could have been brilliant- as it stands it comes off as a little phoney.

I put it down to being a consequence of Kubrik's having lived in England for so long. Some of that weird "Avengers" and "Prisoner" vibe still lingering in the water there from the '60s leaked into his brain.