did i miss something?perhaps i should watch it again?

Rating: Null/10 (24 October 2003)

I saw this on dvd having seen all the many comments on imdb praising this "masterpiece", i have to say this film does look impressive, even beautifull, but for me looks alone are not enough, the story itself is interesting enough but its execution is dull, Ryan O Neil is poor in the main role,deadpan emotionless and wooden, other actors around him give better performance, the film plods, in its action scenes it fails to raise an eyebrow it is so banal in its execution, in its romantic intrigue it fails to provide any ! i know its Kubrick and so many films he has done are brilliant, but this film is ordinary apart from its visual imagary just as for example, the matrix is today.Perhaps its biggest flaw is Ryan O Neil, just as Patton could never have been so great without George C Scott so this film needed a truly great performance from its lead character and O Neil has never given one in any film ive seen, the wrong choice for the film. I think ill watch it again soon, perhaps i missed something?