Barry Lyndon

and I'm a kubrik fan! /ashamed

this scene is phenomenal, imo 

La La Land - 7.5-8/10. Starts shakily, but then peaks very highly from the first song sequence with the two leads to 'City of Stars'. After that it settles into a nice rhythm but never really reaches the same peaks (or the same lows as the start). Made with considerable skill and with absolutely radiant performances, particularly Emma Stone. 

is his earlier stuff IMHO.

I never got the love for say Full Metal Jacket. The Shining I have more time for but it's still not as good as his earlier stuff. 

Barry Lyndon was filmed on one of my dream lenses. Seriously Kubrick used an ex NASA lens to film the candle lit interior scenes. Awesome shit. 

weren't only like 5 of those particular lenses made at the time? 

is his mid 60's to early 70's stuff, namely Dr. Strangelove, 2001 and A Clockwork Orange. His earlier stuff like Killer's Kiss already shows great technical and visual mastery, but it's just not as awesome as these 3.

Fun fact: I saw a picture of young Kubrick and couldn't help but notice his physical likeness to young George Harrison. 

but more stuff like The Killing and Paths of Glory (as well as Strangelove and 2001), those 4 are his best IMHO. 

Jackie - 8/10.

Unconventionally written and directed, this will not be everyone's cup of tea. For me, Chilean director Pablo Lorrain and writer Noah Oppenheim's approach was fascinating and very engaging, particularly in its ability to simultaneously convey conflicting emotions and tones. Natalie Portman was outstanding (as was most the supporting cast). 

Thanks for the heads-up. 

Yeah Full Metal Jacket I didn't think was that great. It had its moments of course.

Dr. Strangelove is easily my favourite Kubrick film, but I do think Eyes Wide Shut is very underated.

Barry Lyndon was difficult to get through without falling asleep. 

Always a good one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdVmnZ88ECM 

Moonlight - 7/10. Found it far too broad brushed to be really convincing but well acted and with some great moments, particularly in its sound design. 

"I tend to dislike it when they try to add romance elements to scifi but it seemed well done here."

"add romance elements" - oh boy, was there anything else ?? ;)
The whole scifi is there entirely to set up the romance, it being the entire point and hook of the movie. Its a cute light romance movie with a little original moral bend facilitated by the sci fi tech.

Good date movie for scifi guys to bring their not so scifi girlfriend to I guess ?

Its not close to harder sci-fi like Europa Report or Sunshine IMO.

That being said I thought it somehow ridiculous the prospect of progeny not being brought up, at least not explicitly - I mean what better way for them to pass the time than raising a tribe of future colonists on that ship ? :D Instead of growing stupid vegetation and raising chickens (which is cool too, sure) 

And mugwump is sorta right bu not really about the crawling back - at least we can give it tht the movie does a poor job of representing any internal struggle of "its either 90 years of solitude or suicide or forgive the fucker..." Only the guys struggle as to waking her is presented at the beginning. 

The whole romance is there entirely to set up the little original moral bend, it being the entire point and hook of the movie. Its a cute light sci-fi movie with a little romance facilitated by the plot.

There we go. Fixed that for you.

Forgot to post about this. I liked the film a lot more than I thought I would. Yes it's lightweight and yes it degenerates into action/disaster film cliches at the end, but romance aspect was essential to show the light/dark aspects of the situation, I actually found it (which was all happy and cutesy) to be quite uncomfortable watching know what underpinned it all, and the downfall came as a relief. It provoked a bit of discussion and pondering and the ship was done pretty nicely from the outside.

It is what is and they did a good job of it. 

There, Shambler is a better critic. Restart teamshambler reviews now. 

Split - probably the worst film I have seen in the last 5 years or so (not saying it's the worst film made in that period, just the worst that I have seen). The writing is horrible, the suspense non-existent and the final scene completes the insult.

2/10 

And the review fits each one of them?! 

My comments were about the Shymalan one. 

Silence - 6/10

Found it too austere and inert to be convincingly engaged with its ideas. Andrew Garfield's inconsistent central performance also did not help. There are however quite a handful of brilliant scenes scattered throughout. 

Trainspotting 2 - Never hits the same highs as the original (although admittedly how could it) and the narrative is a bit weak, but there are some very well earned character moments and the humour still (generally) hits the mark.

6.5-7/10 

Plenty of Kubrick fans here I see. If you see Barry Lyndon in a movie theater it's a much better experience. Not for everyone, but it's pretty amazing visually.

Just saw Manchester by the Sea - excellent nonlinear storytelling. I noticed a very Kubrickian influence, starts out slow and unwinds beautifully. A very powerful, simple story. I love how it respects the audience and doesn't hit you over the head with needless shit. See it, stick with it - it's worth it.