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  1. Michael Elliott

    Stanley Kubrick is overrated

    I'd buy that for $20.
  2. Michael Elliott

    Stanley Kubrick is overrated

    I personally think EWS is Kubrick's third best film behind A CLOCKWORK ORANGE and THE SHINING. Regarding the "cold" aspect, I'm sure many would call all three of these films very cold but I think if they look deeper then they'd find a certain kind of love running through all of these characters...
  3. Michael Elliott

    Stanley Kubrick is overrated

    Just because someone doesn't agree doesn't mean we can't see a point in the others argument. I understand why some hate 2001 with a passion but I've yet to read a review that's valid as to why this is a poorly made film.
  4. Michael Elliott

    Stanley Kubrick is overrated

    I'd say Spielberg is but I'm sure he'd think of himself higher than Kubrick. Any die-hard "fan" is going to think their artist is a God. This isn't just a problem with the fans of Kubrick, Dylan or The Beatles. Heck, I've known fans of Ed Wood who thought he could do no wrong. In the case of...
  5. Michael Elliott

    Stanley Kubrick is overrated

    Spielberg, Scorsese, Lynch and various others must be fanatics then. What I personally enjoy about Kubrick is that he never dumbed down for the mainstream. Kubrick didn't take films to his audience but he forced his audience to come to his films and take his films on his playing ground. Where...
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