My soul is stunned and appalled

Rating: 10/10 (12 May 2003)

Yes, we live in a world where guiltless gargantuan killer whales, deftly and with agile grace do belly-flop in shallow surf to gulp down baby seals. We cogitating folks live in a more convoluted , subtle world wherein Generals of France ,in elegant splendour and impeccable grace,amid backdrops or Versaille opulence, do with grace and decorum bandy about the most recent or next upcoming carnage with a gelid cynicism of soul that gives evil a bad name. Colonel Dax is impelled to ameliorate the random executions of three soldiers from a unit that did not accomplish a known impossible mission.The darwinian ruthlessness of fate and injustice selects three souls for death {souls as inept, mystified by existence and perplexed as we all.} Perhaps the only humane moment occurs when one of the condemed squashes a cockroach to appease a fellow condemed who decried that the insect on the morrow would have a more robust connection with the deceased's wife than he. Kubrick merits kudos and Adolph Menjou and George MacCready are terror for our souls as the mannerred French Generals. This is an 11.