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Poll - best and worst Stanley Kubrick movies

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All this Kubrick talk has elevated my heart rate and made my palms sweaty.

List your favourite and worst movie (one vote only for each) from the following list:

Killer's Kiss (1955)
The Killing (1956)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Spartacus (1960)
Lolita (1962)
Dr Strangelove (1964)
2001 (1968)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Shining (1980)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

I'll start the ball rolling (it should be obvious from my recent posts).

Favourite - The Shining
Worst - Full Metal Jacket

Follow Ups:

Haven't heard of most of them. - grantv 12:27:41 07/07/11 (3)
- Paths of Glory.... - Prisoners 14:14:03 07/07/11 (1)
  - Just saw it... - mpathus 12:50:59 07/12/11 (0)
- You owe it to yourself to see Strangelove; it's wonderful on so many levels...N/T - musetap 14:03:15 07/07/11 (0)
RE: Kubrick is the best loser, his film are decaying by the hour. Barry Lyndon. - patrickU 11:44:21 07/07/11 (17)
- "Barry Lyndon." I never get tired of that one. - Victor Khomenko 17:37:21 07/07/11 (14)
  - Ryan O'Neal was the weak point. - tinear 12:02:32 07/08/11 (10)
    - No, he was not - Victor Khomenko 15:32:35 07/08/11 (5)
      - Agreed; you can't polish a turd so Ryan O'Neal had solid moments... - mpathus 18:44:07 07/08/11 (1)
        
        Ryan O'Neal is also a great villain in Walter Hills - grinagog 19:29:41 07/08/11 (0)
      - No, Vic, Kubrick was great, and used his wooden leading man, perfectly. - tinear 17:36:40 07/08/11 (2)
        
        "... he could work with such an idiot." A warm-up for working with Tom Cruise...N/T - musetap 23:51:41 07/08/11 (0)
        
        How does that change what I said? - Victor Khomenko 18:45:05 07/08/11 (0)
    - Awful casting - Road Warrior 13:19:43 07/08/11 (3)
      - Kubrick worked with many very bad actors, i.e. Keir Dullea. - tinear 17:38:04 07/08/11 (2)
        
        But he ran out of his luck with Tom in EWS - Victor Khomenko 18:47:19 07/08/11 (0)
        
        Yep, Dullea came to mind when I was writing about O'Neal - Road Warrior 18:13:09 07/08/11 (0)
  - Barry Lyndon: such beautiful candle-lit scenes - grinagog 20:33:05 07/07/11 (2)
    - Thank you for reminding! - Victor Khomenko 05:56:04 07/08/11 (0)
    - RE: Tombstone Blues.. - patrickU 00:51:59 07/08/11 (0)
- Merde, monsieur. As long as men have eyes, he will be great. nt - tinear 12:27:28 07/07/11 (1)
  - RE: Men without brains. ( but with eyes )- - patrickU 00:41:30 07/08/11 (0)
Paths of Glory is told with such clarity it seems perfect but I miss the visuals - PhilJ 17:20:04 07/06/11 (0)
Lyndon; Paths; Strangelove; 2001; Clockwork (nt) - semuta 15:00:21 07/06/11 (0)
Best, Dr. Strangelove. Worst, Eyes Wide Shut, just the title makes me nauseous. - dancingseamonkey 08:21:56 07/06/11 (0)
Best: 'Barry Lyndon' Without a doubt the worst and a POS IMO 'Eyes Wide Shut' . * - Tony D. 07:02:41 07/06/11 (1)
- In this case IMO could easily signify In MOST Opinions... - musetap 10:54:28 07/06/11 (0)
RE: Poll - best and worst Stanley Kubrick movies - Rod H. 22:45:12 07/05/11 (0)
Best = Dr Strangelove (1964) / Worst = Eyes Wide Shut (1999)...N/T - musetap 21:47:46 07/05/11 (0)
Now you've exposed yourself. Eyes EASILY is his worst. Easily. - tinear 21:40:12 07/05/11 (6)
- C'mon, there must be one you like best. Tell us for the sake of this poll (nt) - Doug Flynn 00:34:32 07/06/11 (5)
  - Nope. It's like other Titans of art. I couldn't pick among Bach - tinear 08:50:52 07/06/11 (4)
    - RE: Nope. It's like other Titans of art. I couldn't pick among Bach - Rod H. 13:59:56 07/06/11 (1)
      - Me, too. nt - tinear 16:20:14 07/06/11 (0)
    - "Titans of art"... - mpathus 12:48:07 07/06/11 (1)
      - Mason and Sellers. That film was heaven. Shelley Winters was - tinear 16:24:05 07/06/11 (0)
Dr. Strangelove-Barry Lyndon - Road Warrior 20:19:24 07/05/11 (4)
- You mention pacing... - mpathus 12:41:39 07/06/11 (1)
  - Hmm, interesting, I didn't dislike BL, but to my tastes, - Road Warrior 14:48:54 07/06/11 (0)
- My Parents brought me to see Barry Lyndon - ArdRi 22:38:09 07/05/11 (1)
  - Now that's funny! I think we all remember similar situations....I remember - tinear 11:41:48 07/06/11 (0)
RE: Poll - best and worst Stanley Kubrick movies - Victor Khomenko 19:26:36 07/05/11 (0)
Barry Lyndon... Full Metal Jacket. ~t - mpathus 19:12:09 07/05/11 (0)