it is. Maybe x1000. Damn, tbh it’s disrespect to the goat comparing him to Ari Asters mid ass.

The 1962 one, not the trash 97 one

Hitchcock.

So because i like one film that you disliked you take my words with a pinch of salt? lmao wth theres people i agree with a lot that also have a lot of different opinions on some films thats normal

Idk man, maybe stick to the superhero films ig bro

Dont twist my words

his most flawed out of his well known classics

2001 - Perfect film
A Clockwork Orange - Perfect film and his magnum opus imo
The Shining - One of the most consistent films in the horror genre

then you have FMJ & Eyes Wide Shut left

You could argue FMJ is the most flawed since the first half is 10/10 and the second half is not nearly as strong but i still like that first half more than most of EWS so

I still think Eyes Wide Shut is a great film but its def his most flawed. Weakest ending of a Kubrick film. The convo Cruise character had with dude (its been a while) was so anticlimatic. The only time i really felt a sense of danger was IN the mansion and during the ritual. There was sooooooooo much more to explore with these kind of themes.

I just felt like it was rushed for some reason. Like i said there's just so many directions this could have went and it ended up giving me the blue balls

Still a 8/10 and would be a lot of directors most interesting film. But putting it next to his other classics? Yes, i think its his most flawed film

Thanks for coming to my ted talk

FMJ his most flawed imo, although Kubrick films don’t really have flaws.

Read this, gives you way more insight into that convo among other things.

For me it’s his most thought provoking film.

visual-memory.co.uk/amk/doc/0096.html

Btw where tf is Dr. Strangelove that’s more classic than FMJ and is top 3 Kubrick

the birds was interesting.

Yea vro i didn't want to include Dr Strangelove since i havent got around to that myself and i want to play fair

but yeah you might be right in that FMJ is his most flawed, like i said it was either that or EWS for me. And FMJ first half is just one of my favorite things Kubrick has done.

A rewatch could change a whole lot, but for me EWS was just a very frustrating watch because he could have done so much more with the themes given imo

Ngl ive never ever seen a Hitchcock film not even Psycho

barry lyndon > 2001 > full metal jacket > dr strangelove > clockwork orange > paths of glory > eyes wide shut > the shining > spartacus > the killing > lolita > killers kiss

I see you, if I were you I’d watch dr strangelove asap, s*** is so good

If im gonna watch a Kubrick film it's gonna be a toss up between either Barry Lyndon, Dr Strangelove and Lolita

Those are the Kubrick ones i haven't seen yet

shinings replay value

as mid as killer's kiss is the camerawork is still so damn stunning

EWS wasnt his most satisfying but it seems like his most layered

my favs:

Scorsese
Spielberg
Eastwood
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Michael Mann

1. Ingmar Bergman
2. Jean-Luc Godard
3. Andrei Tarkovsky
4. Stanley Kubrick
5. Spike Lee

HM for Kurosawa

Doesnt clint eastwood love to make those "white savior" type of films

Thats what always put me off to try some of his films

theyre not white savior films at all. They tackle the idea of the white savior by deconstructing them, but none of the films are actually congratulatory of them. They moreso target the idealization of the "white savior" and how one is shaped through Christianity, the nuclear family, and the American Establishment and ultimately how they encourage such a narrow viewpoint, while also ultimately taking away everything that person has despite him being indebted to it.

I think the closest he’s ever gotten to a white savior film was Gran Torino but even that is a reductive take because the film is ultimately about how that character is also saved by a culture he thought he despised due to an American war that he fought in for the idea of “america” yet he ends up a scarred old isolated man with a family that only cares about what he owns.

Also, those types of movies were only really relevant to the last decade of his career. Before that, his films touched on everything from murder mysteries to westerns to the Japanese in World War 2 to romance.

I think his 2010s work can be divisive (personally love most of them ) besides Sully which was universally acclaimed but he has clear classics that are loved by pretty much anyone who have seen them, such as:

Unforgiven
Letters from Iwo Jima
Million Dollar Baby
Bridges of Madison County
The Outlaw Josey Wales
A Perfect World
High Plains Drifter

Btw I love these kinds of threads, always put me on to new great s***

yeah i might edit the post and put lolita last