my favorite movie, ever.

Rating: 10/10 (30 November 2003)

Maybe I'm biased for a number of reasons (for one thing Stanley Kubrick is my favorite director), but this is my favorite film since I first saw it in 1979 when I was 16. It is like a window to history, like a trip back in time. I know some people consider the story rather hollow, and I'm prepared to agree with this view, however, the exceedingly beautiful succession of images is like a Gainsborough exhibition and it makes up for the plot. Once you add the music, everything is in place.