Excellent war film

Rating: 10/10 (29 September 2012)

Paths of Glory is a Stanley Kubrick film with all his trademark characteristics. Set in WW1 when a commander orders his artillery to fire on his own men to force them to attack enemy positions, the film follows the judgment of the three men (which were randomly chosen from the regiment) charged with cowardliness from not following the order to attack.
The film shows all of the classical Stanley Kubrick's tropes: a cynical view of the human condition, a highly negative view of war and of its dehumanizing effects over the men involved in it. This film, however, is not perfect and shows the limitations of making cinema in the 1950′s. Still, it is considered by many as Kubric's first great film, though I haven't yet watched his earlier films. I would say that all Kubric films that I have watched, which are Paths of Glory, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odissey, Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining and Full Metal Jacket, are all round excellent and all deserve praise.
One thing that I have noticed is that I like Kubrics films more than other old films (I consider a film old if it was made before Star Wars).