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In Reply to: Rewatched Kubrick's The Shining on bluray last night... posted by semuta on July 1, 2011 at 13:38:16:
sense of dread, the slow-motion madness of a character played by an actor previously known for his brave anti-heroism---- now become the worst imaginable monster. Kubrick was in fine form: perhaps our purest filmmaker since Griffith at the height of his form, expertly mixing music, image, editing, and framing to create a nerve-wracking vision of a man's singular descent into personal hell.
If the scenes with the bartender didn't creep you out, I'd hate to see what would.
Additionally, I found "Full Metal Jacket" an original war film: an almost impossible task considering the lengthy history of the genre. No, it didn't portray our soldiers as heroes, nor did it portray the enemy as monsters. But it did show the hideousness of war, its impact on the human psyche better than any other film I can recall. Yes, I'd have to say it's yet another Kubrick masterpiece.
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Follow Ups
- It's a horror classic because of the way it creates terror inside the viewer; the growing - tinear 16:29:59 07/02/11 (24)
- I have some massive problems with Full Metal Jacket - Doug Flynn 17:02:53 07/02/11 (23)
- I agree too... - eppis1 12:48:40 07/03/11 (1)
- RE: I agree too too - Daryl Zero 15:56:06 07/21/11 (0)
- FMJ was a flop IMO...it just didn't jell. * - Tony D. 11:59:51 07/03/11 (0)
- I agree - Des 11:45:23 07/03/11 (0)
- It was URBAN Vietnam, and a bombed out, rubble-laden city. There were - tinear 11:31:42 07/03/11 (4)
- "Kubrick's characters seldom, if ever, speak brilliantly." That would likely make Anthony Burgess sad...N/T - musetap 22:01:15 07/03/11 (1)
- Kubrick lifted but disjointed pieces of the dialogue. nt - tinear 16:16:40 07/05/11 (0)
- You're jackin' with me, right? - Doug Flynn 15:46:24 07/03/11 (1)
- It was supposed to be the ancestral capitol of Hue . . . - mr grits 18:39:38 07/03/11 (0)
- You've captured beautifully what was... - mpathus 23:47:45 07/02/11 (0)
- It's all about crazy....one sane guy surrounded by the hopelessly..... - mr grits 22:36:03 07/02/11 (6)
- Good points, but Apocalypse Now did those things much better (nt) - Doug Flynn 23:36:48 07/02/11 (5)
- The grave problem with AN is that, over 3 hours, it conveyed NO - tinear 11:44:25 07/03/11 (3)
- AN is a great war movie, FMJ is not. Get over it girlfriend (nt) - Doug Flynn 15:51:42 07/03/11 (0)
- AN did an excellent job of portraying the insanity and immorality of that war. - Tony D. 11:56:39 07/03/11 (1)
- There's not a vet alive who couldn't just smell the veracity of J D Spradling . . . - mr grits 18:46:08 07/03/11 (0)
- AP is the champ of the VN experience. * - mr grits 11:28:50 07/03/11 (0)
- I must agree with you... - semuta 21:13:11 07/02/11 (5)
- Despite its long first act, there is no character development in FMJ - Doug Flynn 23:35:49 07/02/11 (4)
- Boot Camp is not about a central character...it's about being a team.... - mr grits 18:47:44 07/03/11 (3)
- I didn't really learn anything about boot camp, except for humiliating fat people - Doug Flynn 03:38:56 07/04/11 (2)
- Shave heads, break'em down to worms....train up from there ..... - mr grits 15:22:15 07/05/11 (0)
- Uh, the "cheezy" lines were authentic. The actor is a retired Marine drill sergeant. nt - tinear 10:21:55 07/05/11 (0)
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