Eyes Wide Shut- i like it!

who's up for a blumpkin · 10.17.2011, 10:37 PM

It's like a different movie every time I watch it. I know I know Cruise is an alien-shagging nutcase, but he's PERFECT as the oblivious Dr. Bill!

GeneticKiss · 10.17.2011, 11:16 PM

It's not my #1 favorite Kubrick film, but that man never made a 100% bad movie in my eyes (heh).

Count Mecha · 10.18.2011, 12:37 AM

Easily my least preferred Kubrick. I have a friend who gushes over this movie, calls it his favorite. I think he's insane. Even if I did think better of Eyes Wide Shut, no way is it even close to being in the same league as 2001, or Clockwork Orange, or FMJ, or Shining, or Paths of Glory.

Torn Curtain · 10.18.2011, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Count Mecha

Easily my least preferred Kubrick.

Seconded.

Derek · 10.18.2011, 09:31 AM

it's my favourite kubrick.

floatingslowly · 10.18.2011, 09:40 AM

other than featuring an Australian and supercult orgy, it's just "ok".

oddly, it's the only the only kubrick movie I own. I think I bought it so that I could masturbate to the above-mention Australian and supercult orgy.

ung

tesla69 · 10.18.2011, 10:32 AM

This is an interesting documentary of elite culture.

!@#$%! · 10.18.2011, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by who's up for a blumpkin

It's like a different movie every time I watch it. I know I know Cruise is an alien-shagging nutcase, but he's PERFECT as the oblivious Dr. Bill!

yes. i read somewhere that he'd often cast inept male actors in roles that required it-- e.g. ryan o'neal as barry lyndon (which is an extraordinary movie). so the idiot cruise fits perfectly here as a clueless man-boy.

i liked EWS as a horror movie-- the ultrarich are way scarier than zombies

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Originally Posted by GeneticKiss

It's not my #1 favorite Kubrick film, but that man never made a 100% bad movie in my eyes (heh).

there's the hammy and disgraceful spartacus, but he disowned it.

Gulasch Noir · 10.18.2011, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Nefeli

basically this and this and this.

yes, I liked that scene too

Diesel · 10.21.2011, 01:43 PM

I used to love it. Then i realised it was actually a film about nowt. YA.

Films

fucking hell...

Bertrand · 10.22.2011, 08:27 AM

It has moments I find very funny :

- Tom Cruise meeting his dead patient's daughter's boyfriend who looks a lot like him...
- The hotel clerk, who seemed like a regular clerk, his hairy hands, his bracelets...

I like the settings and the lights, the atmosphere of that town...

But that whole orgy thing... is a bit phoney.

louder · 10.22.2011, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Count Mecha

Easily my least preferred Kubrick. I have a friend who gushes over this movie, calls it his favorite. I think he's insane. Even if I did think better of Eyes Wide Shut, no way is it even close to being in the same league as 2001, or Clockwork Orange, or FMJ, or Shining, or Paths of Glory.

2001 - boring
Clockwork Orange & Shining - good, but too cartoonish characters
FMJ - half brilliant, half meh
haven't seen Paths of Glory

Eyes Wide Shut is easily my fav Kubrick film.

Count Mecha · 10.22.2011, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by louder

2001 - boring
Clockwork Orange & Shining - good, but too cartoonish characters
FMJ - half brilliant, half meh
haven't seen Paths of Glory

Eyes Wide Shut is easily my fav Kubrick film.

None of those movies were ruined by moronic performances from Cruise and Kidman either.

You really thought the Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite sequence was boring? Alright. No, honestly, I guess I can understand that opinion of 2001, it is a very sterile and slow movie. But there's something mesmerizing about it. The Monolith, the depiction of space, the cinematography, I dunno, it's just great.

!@#$%! · 10.25.2011, 12:05 AM

ebert & scorsese discuss eyes wide shut:

MARTIN: I think a lot of people were looking at "Eyes Wide Shut " from the wrong angle - it's not to be taken literally. It's Manhattan as you'd experience it in a dream, where everything feels familiar but very strange. And I think "Eyes Wide Shut" is a profound film about love, sex, and trust in a marriage, about learning to take things day by day, and either accepting or ignoring whatever unpleasant truths come along. It's also a film I cherish because it puts you in the authoritative hands of an old master, with a style that flies in the face of every modern convention.

ROGER: It does. And, you know, people put it up to this test of reality as if that means anything.

MARTIN: I know.

ROGER: I got e-mail from people saying, "Well, you could see that there was an English sign in the window of one of the stores," or "It wasn't really shot" or "There's no street in Manhattan that's that narrow or doesn't have any traffic." Of course there isn't. You know, I've got news for them, "Rear Window" wasn't shot in a real city either.

MARTIN: Exactly. Exactly.

ROGER: The whole point is that you elevate the material with your style into something special. Otherwise just go out and visit New York if that's what you want to see.

MARTIN: Exactly. Exactly. And there are all kinds of clues in the film as to that in a way, because you really take a journey inside Tom Cruise's mind in a way. And this wonderful sense of sexuality and guilt and unpleasant discoveries and the journey the marriage has to take, all building up to the last line, which is a beauty.

ROGER: Yes it is. Yeah, it's a great film.

more here:

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/.../41219001/1023

_slavo_ · 10.25.2011, 08:01 AM

thanks for your recommendation.
I watched this movie yesterday and it blew my mind.
Absolutely fantastic.

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floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	other than featuring an Australian and supercult orgy, it's just "ok". oddly, it's the only the only kubrick movie I own. I think I bought it so that I could masturbate to the above-mention Australian and supercult orgy. ung
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Diesel the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 595	I used to love it. Then i realised it was actually a film about nowt. YA. Films fucking hell...
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Bertrand expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rennes, France Posts: 1,267	It has moments I find very funny : - Tom Cruise meeting his dead patient's daughter's boyfriend who looks a lot like him... - The hotel clerk, who seemed like a regular clerk, his hairy hands, his bracelets... I like the settings and the lights, the atmosphere of that town... But that whole orgy thing... is a bit phoney.
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,558	ebert & scorsese discuss eyes wide shut: MARTIN: I think a lot of people were looking at "Eyes Wide Shut " from the wrong angle - it's not to be taken literally. It's Manhattan as you'd experience it in a dream, where everything feels familiar but very strange. And I think "Eyes Wide Shut" is a profound film about love, sex, and trust in a marriage, about learning to take things day by day, and either accepting or ignoring whatever unpleasant truths come along. It's also a film I cherish because it puts you in the authoritative hands of an old master, with a style that flies in the face of every modern convention. ROGER: It does. And, you know, people put it up to this test of reality as if that means anything. MARTIN: I know. ROGER: I got e-mail from people saying, "Well, you could see that there was an English sign in the window of one of the stores," or "It wasn't really shot" or "There's no street in Manhattan that's that narrow or doesn't have any traffic." Of course there isn't. You know, I've got news for them, "Rear Window" wasn't shot in a real city either. MARTIN: Exactly. Exactly. ROGER: The whole point is that you elevate the material with your style into something special. Otherwise just go out and visit New York if that's what you want to see. MARTIN: Exactly. Exactly. And there are all kinds of clues in the film as to that in a way, because you really take a journey inside Tom Cruise's mind in a way. And this wonderful sense of sexuality and guilt and unpleasant discoveries and the journey the marriage has to take, all building up to the last line, which is a beauty. ROGER: Yes it is. Yeah, it's a great film. more here: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/.../41219001/1023
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_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,904	thanks for your recommendation. I watched this movie yesterday and it blew my mind. Absolutely fantastic. __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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