Kubrick

[James]

Your favorite Kubrick flick?

[Beorn]

I haven't seen all of them yet but I'll go with 2001. When I was younger, I would have said Clockwork.

[DavidW]

I have a weird obsession with the Shining.  I just watch it over and over and over again.

[TheGSMoeller]

Tough battle between Barry Lyndon and Clockwork Orange...with Lyndon taking the crown.

[Karl Henning]

Probably Dr Strangelove.

[7/4]

Dr. Strangelove, but 2001 I saw in the theater when I was a kid...it came out when I was 8! So 2001 is special.

[Bogey]

I have a weird obsession with the Shining.  I just watch it over and over and over again.

King never cared for it, correct David?

As for me, probably Spartacus.  After that, I did not care for any. 

[Beorn]

King never cared for it, correct David?

Right.

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

2001 in first place. I'm inclined to put Barry Lyndon (which I recently saw for the first time) in second place. Then Dr. Strangelove and The Shining to fill out my Top 4.

[modUltralaser]

Easily Barry Lyndon.

[springrite]

2001. But if I can vote for a second film, I'd go Full Metal Jacket.

[Mirror Image]

I voted for Full Metal Jacket and appear to be the only one who has so far. I don't watch this film very often, if ever, but have strong memories of it and it certainly stood out in my mind at the time in my life that I watched it. Quite an emotionally disturbing film to say the least. If I had to pick a second Kubrick film it would be The Shining. Here's Johnny!!!

[springrite]

Here's Johnny!!!

Now, if I had to pick one GMG'er to say that, it'd be you! Ha!

PS: Good pick. I almost picked it.

[mc ukrneal]

Dr. Love.

It's the only one that I have seen that does not irritiate or bore me. That's not as bad as it sounds - I admire his films (and Kubrick is a great film maker). But I don't really connect with them on any level. As polished as his films are, I don't really want to see any of them again. 2001 is the only other one I have seen multiple times (besides Strangelove). I've seen everything between Spartacus and Eyes Wide Shut with the exception of Barry Lyndon. 

[Octave]

I have a weird obsession with the Shining.  I just watch it over and over and over again.

Have you, or has anyone here, seen ROOM 237 (Rodney Ascher, 2012)?  Apparently sort of a speculative rumination quasi-documentary on THE SHINING.  I have avoided most details in case I decide to see it, but I've still run across a couple tidbits, including a trailer, that made me think it would annoy me.  I do like the idea, though. 
Chris Marker could have done a great film in this mode.

Stephen King said that Kubrick called him and said, "Don't you think that the existence of ghosts would be an optimistic thing?  I mean, it would mean that we don't die, that we live on..."  King's reply was that the living on would be what we mean when we talk about "hell", so no, it's not optimistic.  (Source: a TCM doc/interview thing with King.)

Just before seeing this thread, I'd read a couple little articles at the BFI site, one on Kubrick's "favorite" (?) movies throughout his adult life:
http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/polls-surveys/stanley-kubrick-cinephile

and the other an interview with Kubrick's friend Jan Harlan:
http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/interviews/right-hand-man-jan-harlan-stanley-kubrick

Not essential reading, but I found it interesting.

I am voting for 2001 because it remains such a powerful film for me, but really it's impossible for me to choose.  I think 2001, PATHS OF GLORY, and BARRY LYNDON would be my top three.  Ah but STRANGELOVE!  It's a losing battle, such a choice.

[Sergeant Rock]

My vote goes to





Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Dr. Love.

It's the only one that I have seen that does not irritiate or bore me. That's not as bad as it sounds - I admire his films (and Kubrick is a great film maker). But I don't really connect with them on any level. As polished as his films are, I don't really want to see any of them again. 2001 is the only other one I have seen multiple times (besides Strangelove). I've seen everything between Spartacus and Eyes Wide Shut with the exception of Barry Lyndon. 

My feelings/experience are fairly close in line here.

[DavidW]

King never cared for it, correct David?

As for me, probably Spartacus.  After that, I did not care for any.

Despite King's reservations it is a far better film than the miniseries adaptation (which was much more faithful).  Two different mediums, and King doesn't know anything about film.  I like both the novel and Kubrick's film in different ways.

That said, the sequel Dr. Sleep comes out in September.

[Karl Henning]

I should probably watch The Shining again . . . and I should not be surprised if it becomes a third Kubrick film which I enjoy re-visiting from time to time.  Concerns about its faithfulness to the literary source, do not much touch me, as (hardly any surprise) I am no King fan. (Although who could not like The Shawshank Redemption, eh?)

There are a few of Kubrick's films which I've not seen at all yet . . . should probably attend to those lacunae eventually . . . .

[Beorn]

What did people think of Eyes Wide Shut?