Love it or hate it...

Rating: 10/10 (6 June 2005)

This film seems to polarize people as no other film does. In all instances when I have asked friends about it, they don't understand the film. I don't either. I never will. But it doesn't keep me from loving the film. As I do with "Barry Lyndon", I keep returning to this film finding new things to puzzle over. That, to me, is what makes a Kubrick film stand apart from others.
But to some, this lack of easy comprehension makes them a little angry. If they can't easily understand a story - i.e. - they can't explain it to themselves easily, they say "hate it." Kubrick, more than any other director, made films that told stories as only film can tell. His films can't be reduced to words. Once a person understands this point, Kubrick's films, and the films of many other talented directors, take on a new depth.
So if you are a person who has seen the film and hated it, try it again.