tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013087903546244515.post3547157491481849507..comments2024-01-14T05:49:16.980+00:00Comments on reel world matters: Busy busy busyMark Salisburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07552368976392500597noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013087903546244515.post-61272253349140857672009-06-04T19:53:59.195+01:002009-06-04T19:53:59.195+01:00Barry Lyndon is extraordinary. EWS was better than...Barry Lyndon is extraordinary. EWS was better than I'd remembered but not by much. All the issues I had with it initially were still present and correct — Kidman's embarrassing attempt at playing drunk and stoned; the amount of boobs which felt a tad gratuitous to me, particularly the scene in the doctor's office — but I have to admit found the film cast more of spell over me this time around, there are a few remarkable shots, the party scene at Pollack's house reminded me of parts of The Shining and... that's about it.Mark Salisburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07552368976392500597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013087903546244515.post-5842899715740168462009-06-04T18:52:53.545+01:002009-06-04T18:52:53.545+01:00ps: welcome back, as temporary as it may be.ps: welcome back, as temporary as it may be.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15950604080029396386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013087903546244515.post-39416928917791534642009-06-04T18:51:25.017+01:002009-06-04T18:51:25.017+01:00i have yet to see Barry Lyndon. it frustrates me t...i have yet to see Barry Lyndon. it frustrates me to no end. as for eyes wide shut? ugh. i don't know. i've watched it twice (with the same intent you had. re: maybe i just didn't GET it the first time) but it just doesn't FEEL like a Kubrick movie. maybe it's the sex. i've always felt that Kubrick films were about the tiny details and beautiful framing (and acting) - with eyes... i just don't SEE that. the "superstar" cast is OKAY. the shots, as you mentioned, change too quickly. the story barrels along and just boobs boobs boobs i'm a doctor here's half a hundred haunting piano what's the SECOND password. at no time was i WRAPPED up in it.<br /><br />in the end, i just didn't care what happened to the characters and that, to me, is NOT a Kubrick movie.<br /><br />in my humble opinion, of course.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15950604080029396386noreply@blogger.com