Question:
Which Stanley Kubrick movie should I start with?
Zachary
2013-12-18 20:28:08 UTC
So I consider myself to be a pretty huge movie fan, but I trying to see more Stanley Kubrick movies. The only one I've seen is 2001 a space oddesy, and I loved it.
Which movie should I watch next if I'm new to his style?
Twelve answers:
LilyRT
2013-12-18 21:51:24 UTC
2010 is not a kubrick film.



I'd watch Dr. Strangelove next. a lot of people have a hard time getting the humor of the film the first time, but if you watched and enjoyed 2001, you should be up o it. the others in the order I'd pick are:



A Clockwork Orange

The Shining

Paths of Glory

Full Metal Jacket

Spartacus

Lolita

Eyes Wide Shute
caterpe36
2013-12-19 04:49:40 UTC
The Shining. A Clockwork Orange. Full Metal Jacket (this one scared me at the beginning because I was 8 when I saw it, but I never got to finish it). Eyes Wide Shut. Spartacus. Dr. Strangelove (which I heard is amazing)



And his style is OCD and perfection. Go read up on it, it's quite interesting how ridiculous he was about his films. Also, if you like the shining (which I LOVE even though he completely went against what the book was about and what happened in the book) watch Room 237. It's about all these theories and interpretations of that film.
samnitebc
2013-12-19 04:36:40 UTC
Go right to "A Clockwork Orange". Now that's a classic. A bit strange but definitely worth seeing. I also enjoyed the period piece called "Barry Lyndon". If you go far back and want to see a different sort of Kubrick, then check out "Killer's Kiss" from 1955 and, of course, "Spartacus". To finish off the modern Kubrick, I'd just see "Full Metal Jacket" and call it a day. "The Shining" is so boring I don't care if I never see it again. "Eyes Wide Shut" is incomplete because of his death so it doesn't really give us the full story.
Interpol
2013-12-19 12:53:25 UTC
You should go to the beginning and then move forward one at a time. Here is my overview of all his movies. I've seen them all, and have seen many of them multiple times. I grade out of four stars.



Kubrick considered his first two features, "Fear and Desire" (1953) **½ and "Killer's Kiss" (1955) *** to be warm-up acts. I'd start with those. You see the promise and the growth from one to the next. They each clock in at just over 60 minutes, so you can get both of these in just over 2 hours.



Kubrick considered "The Killing" (1956) ***½ to be his first real feature. It's a heist movie and a very good one.



Paths of Glory (1957) ***½ planted him quite firmly on the map of first-rate directors at the time, and that's where he stayed. This WWI drama starred Kirk Douglas, who 50 years ago said this was going to hold up through time and be viewed as his best film. I think he was right.



Spartacus (1960) *** marks the turning point in Kubrick's career away from tight and economical to huge and epic. He hadn't made a movie longer than 88 minutes until this one, which clocks in at 187 minutes. It's a long movie and it's dated in many ways, but it still works. Douglas is terrific again, but he was right about Paths.



Lolita (1962) **½ is the transgressive drama about a middle-aged man and his relationship with a 15 yr-old.



Dr. Strangelove (1964) **** was his first real hit, and it's some kind of odd masterpiece of black humor and social commentary of the time. George C. Scott and Peter Sellers give inspired performances.



2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) **** is consistently my favorite Kubrick movie. It's that project that you get to do when you've just made a big hit and now you have the freedom to do whatever you want. He made one of the best movies ever. I've seen this about 10-12 times now.



A Clockwork Orange (1971) **½ is not one of my favorites. I feel it's all style over substance. Many of his fans think this is among his best. I'm happy for them. I've seen it 4 times and it just doesn't work for me every time.



Barry Lyndon (1975) *** is also not entirely successful, but after seeing it again in recent years, I think it's good in the overall. It's over 3 hours, just like Spartacus, but feels longer.



The Shining (1980) ***½ is now a kind of classic creeper that gets handed down from one generation to the next. Try to find even a young teenager who hasn't seen it. Jack Nicholson is terrific as usual.



Full Metal Jacket (1987) **½ Among Vietnam movies, I don't think this one holds up. Apocalypse Now and The Deer Hunter were the two big epics, and Platoon and Born On the 4th of July were sandwiched around this one and were both much better. I especially like the first 45 minutes or so, but the second half is what it looks like when a director has lost his way and isn't sure about what he's trying to say.



Eyes Wide Shut (1999) **** is totally captivating from beginning to end for me. His last feature is among my favorites. It was the first of his movies that I ever saw on opening day, and it lived up to its event status that summer. It's one of Tom Cruise's best performances, and Nicole Kidman and Sydney Pollack are terrific. I love it.
The Black Hole
2013-12-19 05:59:36 UTC
It doesn't matter in what order you see them. They are all different and stand on their own stylistically.



Btw, 2010 is not a Kubrick film. Peter Hyams did that and it stunk.
lainle
2013-12-19 05:52:25 UTC
Dr. Strangelove. It's his only film that can be said to be funny, and it will turn you into a fan. It's also one of his most referenced....you'll start noticing scenes in dozens of other films, and TV shows, that are similar to a scene from Strangelove.
2013-12-19 06:03:10 UTC
Start with Paths of Glory(1957).
?
2013-12-19 04:32:45 UTC
I'd probably watch either Dr. Strangelove or The Shining, whichever floats your boat.
SSP Bowl Dude
2013-12-19 04:31:16 UTC
Go with 2010 next. My favorite is A Clockwork Orange.
2013-12-20 15:08:47 UTC
I watched them in order of interest, just look at each of his films and watch the ones you want one by one by how interested you are in seeing them.
cramming
2013-12-19 08:09:32 UTC
better try the movie "a clockwork orange"
?
2013-12-19 05:10:21 UTC
the killing.


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