A absolutely cinematic masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (5 September 2018)

I have always absolutely loved this film. The cinematography is gorgeous, the score is amazing. This has one of my favourite scores of any movie. The acting in this film is stellar. Tom cruise and Nicole Kidman put on great performances.
The trailers to this film slightly confuses me because it makes it look like a straight up erotic thriller, however in my opinion, this is way more of a drama but has some dark and sinister moments. The sex scenes in this film are not meant to be stimulating. The sex scenes always have an eerie and creepy feel and look to them. There's also not too many sex scenes, of course apart from the mass orgy scene in the middle of the film but otherwise it's not too bad. But the whole film does have a main theme of sex throughout even tho ,apart from a few scenes, not a lot of sex scenes are shown.
I've heard a lot of people complaining that the ending isn't very climatic. That you don't find out who the association are and there's no climatic thrill moment at the end. However I appreciate this. It makes the group more sinister and mystifying. Another reason why I like that it doesn't delve too much into who they are because it would take away from the fact that the film is about Kidman's character and Cruises characters sexual desires and frustrations and it'll become something else.
Overall this is personally my favourite Kubrick film. I'm not saying it's the best but it's my personal favourite. I adore the films eeire and sinister feel throughout the whole film, even at a long time length, the movie doesn't drag and flows amazingly.