Jawbox the Furtive wrote:
Kubrick made some true classics, a few of which are on my own personal top 20 list.
Full Metal Jacket
The Shining
A Clockwork Orange
2001: A Space Odyssey
Then there's Barry Lindon, Dr. Strangeglove, Spartacus, etc.
But in the end, I think Francis Ford Coppola edges him out as a great movie maker. Speilberg too, maybe.
Yeah, Speilberg doesn't push the envolope enought to actually put him in the same league as Kubrick. Quentin Tarantino is good, but he hasn't done anything near 2001: A Space Odyssey, I mean in my opinion Kubrick could have put out a entire chick flick and I would have loved it.
Apocalypse Now and I've seen Apocolypse now, but I have not see The Godfather so I may look it up at my local block buster to check it out.
Eske wrote:
A clockwork orange was a peculiar movie, but I couldn't find much of Kubrick's influence within it that set it apart from the book. I don't give the director much credit for just transcribing a movie and keeping most of the novel's power intact.
Typical of Kubrick to over-sexualize the theme of the movie in that one, as usual. I didn't like it that much.
Books to Movies is further apart from than apple to oranges. Kinda like Locusts to Bannanas...
By the way, has anyone seen Lolita? I have never seen it nor have I ever seen a copy on shelves... anywhere...