one of the worst movies I've ever seen

Rating: 1/10 (31 July 2005)

I just didn't get it. Everyone had built it up so much in my mind that by the time I saw it, it could only be disappointing. I kept waiting for the "good part." There was none as far as I was concerned. But then, I've never really gotten any of Kubrick's films. Too sophisticated for my small mind perhaps. I admit that. I think when critics and casual viewers alike call a movie "important" or "must-see" or any such thing, I expect too much. Then, too, if I sit in a theater from 2 to 4 a.m. to watch one of these "classics," it had better be like watching the second coming of Christ. This movie was not. But I'm open-minded. Will one of this movie's or this director's loyal fans (who is patient and kind, not condescending) please tell me what I'm missing here?