Good actors,great cinematography ,just a really BAD SCRIPT!

Rating: 2/10 (4 February 2010)

Nobody could ever convince me Kubrick is a bad writer or has directorial issues.This film however after 3 hours of it I don't know what to think of it at first.Was he in a bad way at the time he made this?Personal problems?Or maybe he just convinced himself this was a good script.Someone on IMDb said the characters were wooden I agree but I would not blame the actors.The narrative to this movie is OK it's far from Clockwork Orange's level however .The dialogue is very weak stuff and makes the actors look as if they are not very good at all.It's an unexciting film even with the great cinematography it just bores the hell out of you.Honestly I had to break this movie into 4 parts as I was that bored in the first hour.Ryan Oneal while not my favorite actor is usually very good.In this movie he seems like a walking,talking automaton and not the title character lol.I laugh I know but it's so scarily true I am still in shock that a Stanley Kubrick movie came out this way.