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Bridges of Madison County the book [gag me with a spoon emoticon], the movie, not worth $9 movie fee, but okay as a $4 rental. (but hell, clint eastwood standing there fully clothed, doing nothing for hour is worth $3!)

I have to say that I liked the film... [hang my head in shame emoticon] But then I'm strongly into photography and it inspired me to take good photos of bridges! Remember upstate NY, Helen?


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Or a director. Stanley Kubrick, a genius of our time, made movies that transcended the best of the books on which they were based. Can anyone think of an exception?

I take particular exception to his last film Eyes Wide Shut. Uttercrapİ And I agree that he is a genius of our time! The whole film can be summed up by its last uttered word.

Kubrick made classic masterpieces such as Barry Lyndon (my personal favourite), Spartacus (or is that Spardecus??), The Heist, The Shining and Full Metal Jacket. "This is my weapon. This is my gun. One is for killing, the other's for fun" Great stuff.

So why does his swansong show us a pathetic, badly-acted softporn film that has none of the punchiness of his previous excellence? Hard to imagine. I blame Tom Cruise myself. He couldn't act the maggot.


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Re:--I find that most movies adapted from Stephen King novels can't develop ALL the characters in detail like he does, so they wind up falling a bit short.

and here i was thinking "Dolores Clairborne" (is that the right last name?) the movie was so much better than the book.

i like Stephen King's could be possible books better than his "eerie, otherworldly" ones, with a few exceptions. i loved Firestarter.


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Just gave this thread another quick read-through. Don't think anyone's mentioned Ethan Frome...

Both the book and the movie are fantastic! Couldn't put one above the other. I read the book upon my niece's recommendation--just had missed it somehow over the years--and it knocked my socks off. So, I checked the movie out at Blockbuster, again upon my niece's recommendation, and that knocked my socks right up the chimney and I've been sockless every since.

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Stanley Kubrick

I can't let Kubrick's name go by without mentioning one of my all-time favorite films, Paths of Glory (1957 w Kirk Douglas), one of the most searing anti-war war movies ever made. If you ain't seen this one, make it a must! It's a WWI tale about 3 French soldiers chosen arbitrarily from a whole regiment cited for cowardice, facing possible execution if convicted by Court Marshall, just to set an example. A powerful, emotionally charged epic with fine performances all-around. (Not sure if it was adapted from a book, though [just to keep it relevant to the thread-e ]) Paths of Glory...see it! (note to those who know the movie well: the description is worded so as not to give the story away to those who haven't seen it)

Eyes Wide Shut??????????????????...agreed.


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Then of course there's oh Brother Where Art Thou?. Well, it's sure funnier than the Odyssey!


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Have to disagree with whoever above said that the movie A Clockwork Orange was better than the book. The book was different to the movie, but, IMHO, much more chilling. Guess it's subjective, huh!



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I've got to get it out of my system - IMHO, Stanley Kubrick was less the genius that everyone wants to give him credit for being, and more a totally f***ed up guy with loads of psychosexual baggage who just happened to pull together both the talent and the platform to air it. Granted, of the Kubrick canon, I've only seen A Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut, Dr. Strangelove, Lolita, 2001, and The Shining - but whoa. That's enough for me to be convinced he was one freaky dude.


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