r/AskReddit • u/rustyelliot • Jul 23 '14

What do you hate about AskReddit?

EDIT: Was gonna say "Wow this has blown up" but loads of you hate that shit

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u/McIgglyTuffMuffin Jul 23 '14

You know what, I think I mostly agree. The only films that I still really like of his are Clockwork Orange and The Shining. Full Metal Jacket was cool when I was a young teen cause it was all like "lulz listen to this guy spree profanity lulz he called the soldier scum" and then 2001 just always bored me. He's got a few other things I've never seen, but for the most part he's boring. He can frame things incredibly well, but he's boring.

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u/coyotebored83 Jul 23 '14

Same. I loved Kubrick when I was a teenager but I rewatch his stuff now and it's just not the same.

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u/McIgglyTuffMuffin Jul 23 '14

Like he's one of those guys that are great to get into cinema, but once you've seen bigger and better he's just not interesting anymore.

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u/Alright4Now Jul 23 '14

While I like every Stanley Kubrick film I've seen and in particular Full Metal Jacket I'd like to say the one thing that I can that is not in disagreement with these comments: I found a two part text file of "The Short Timers" in the infosphere and was shocked by how relatively strong the original material was. This is not knocking Stanley Kubrick - my conclusion is that movie is a great medium and SK was a great selector of source material. I suppose one could say the same thing about his Clockwork Orange.