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Originally Posted by jackhammer
I must be one of the few people around to not liking The Shining. I appreciate it's technical bravado (I am a film fan after all, would be ignorant of me not to notice how well it's made) but I just find it cold and unsatisfying but I find that with most of Kubrick's work. Full Metal Jacket and A Clockwork Orange don't do anything for me either. 2001 though is bloody brilliant and suits his style perfectly. Spartacus doesn't count as he didn't make all of the film even though it's a great film.
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Interesting that you dislike Kubrick's other films for their coldness, but like 2001. I find 2001 to be the most cold, technical and impersonal of his movies, but all of this is in a good way of course. It shows the insignificance of humans in the galaxy and our increasing reliance on tools (progressing to machines).
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2001 though is bloody brilliant and suits his style perfectly.
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Agreed. It is his masterpiece.