A slap on the face by the genius that is Kubrick

Rating: 9/10 (20 May 2015)

As a Kubrick fan, I had never seen this film until now, every time I'm about to see one of his masterpieces I get nervous that I'll miss something microscopic and yet extremely meaningful for the essence of the film, since every line, shot, or sound is important in a Stanley Kubrick film.
On this film in particular, I was wondering if I was missing something since in the jest half of the film I didn't feel it was as "deep" as most of his other films, yet I didn't know how much the second part was going to kick me in the head and move my soul.
Clearly an anti war film, this picture perfectly portraits the nowadays human mind, the idea that more war it's gonna bring eventually "peace", that self accomplishments is the important thing in life instead of the community well being. And then I realized that I wasn't "getting" the first portion of the film since my mind (our mind for that matter) is already so sadly used to this kind of behaviors, this kind o politics where war seems to be the only answer, that's were I realized Kubrick just made me open my eyes again, and basically slapped me on the face as the genius that he was once again.
With perfectly written script this film is definitely as everyone says, one of the best, if not the best, reflections on war, especially the very last scene, and the conversation between Kirk Douglas and his captain, where the very last phrase he says broke my soul, hearing a very realistic, and sad truth.