Mesmerizing, cinematography at its best

Rating: 10/10 (30 August 2015)

I will not get into reviewing the history of the movie, as there are plenty of analysis on IMDb which are great in doing so.
I personally think this is Kubrick's best movie by far, having seen them all, and seen again ( again recently, 2001, the Shining, A Clockwork Orange and Full Metal Jacket ).
As another reviewer perfectly said, Barry Lyndon is like a moving 3 hour long Caravaggio display, with a haunting soundtrack and every shot is just perfect.
I often enrage at seeing any movie on IMDb rated 10/10 over any pretext and I imagine most of these rating are made by teenagers without enough experience or maturity to make a decent critic about a movie.
As a moviegoer myself and son of a real movie frantic, being 43 now, I must have seen about 5 000 to 10 000 movies in my lifetime, of all genres and all countries. For 20 years now I have sticked to having only four 10/10 movies that immediately come to my mind : Barry Lyndon, Amadeus, Lawrence of Arabia and Elephant Man. They are perfect and more importantly, timeless.
Thank you Mr Kubrick for this magnificent oeuvre d'art !