Very emotional and again something unexpected....

Rating: 10/10 (23 November 2007)

So I watched every movie Stanley Kubrick shot since Lolita and its very notable he always tried to invent himself again and again... I think he never worked except with Kirk Douglas with one actor two times, might that right? I'm not a great fan of Tom Cruise, he had really bad appearances and I don't like his unemotional style and also in this movie he had a little bit of it. But overall he played really well this time. And so did Nicole Kidman. The sequence shortly after Cruise arrived at home and Nicole tells him her bad nightmare was very true and real. Also the scenes in the house were really harmonious and I really felt with Cruise in these moments. Though the movie is a two and a half hour drama of epic dimensions it could even be longer because it was never, not even one second, boring... for example the party sequence: I remember a lot of party scenes like this in hundreds of movies, but I can't remember one, which was so near to the people. The dance sequence between Sky Du Mont and Nicole Kidman is so near to them you have to watch them because its so... its hard to describe... fascinating, although they just talk about complete nonsense. I think that's very notable for Stanley Kubrick, there is under no circumstances an actor who is just there and if he wouldn't it would be not important, If you remember the guy from the costume rental, or the guy at the reception of the hotel... both of them had maybe 30 seconds, maybe a minute in the movie but you remember them as a person because they had a distinct character. So all in all I just can say: If you like movies where the plot evolves very close you have to watch this movie but If you expect just a 90 minutes amatory drama, go and watch any Hollywood movie, because this is the real art of cinematography. ;-)