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Jonathan
Begging Naked
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:07 pm Posts: 14737 Location: The Present (Duh)
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Re: Eyes Wide Shut
My #3 Kubrick (Behind Dr. Strangelove and 2001, natch).
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Magic Mike
Wallflower
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:53 am Posts: 34876 Location: Minnesota
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Re: Eyes Wide Shut
This is one of my favorite movies. It's great! Very hypnotic. Nicole Kidman is terrific!
9/10 (A- or A, not sure)
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Mr. Lobotomy
Well I'm not stoned, I'm just fucked up - I got so high I can't stand up
Joined: Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:21 am Posts: 993
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Re: Eyes Wide Shut
Wow, lots of negativity in here. I loved it, Kubrick goes out with a bang. A-
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Heinrich Himmler
Cream of the Crop
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 5:17 pm Posts: 2716 Location: Berlin, Germania
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Re: Eyes Wide Shut
great tom cruise vehicle!
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Johnny Dollar
The Lubitsch Touch
Joined: Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:48 pm Posts: 11019
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Re: Eyes Wide Shut
Heinrich Himmler wrote: great tom cruise vehicle! so is this
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BK
Forum General
Joined: Sun May 13, 2007 8:30 am Posts: 7041
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Re: Eyes Wide Shut
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I can understand the wholly relatable topic of infidelity, temptation and so on, so forth, but it's rather heavy handed, and it could be my youth speaking but I can't really relate to the characters and I honestly wouldn't. To me, at least, the Hatford's are still immature children. The all too familiar argument is realistic, but her drowning her sorrows in booze and weed, is childish. Alice has a daughter but she's acting like a rich bitch, superior to the world, and of course, she doesn't even work. Until the point Alice saddled Bill with her ridiculous fantasies, he was clear from insecurities and, he was supposedly immune to other men's attempts at charming his wife. That is a redeeming quality but of course the script goes on to tear it apart, and maybe it's unfounded, but only because Alice is being, again a total bitch. She purposefully does all of this, in my eyes she's acting like a teenager. She doesn't grow as a character, she remains unhappy and shallow. So, my questioning here is, how is it relatable? It's painting out a picture of the unhappily married and why would I want to relate to it. It's probably accurate, and in that sense it is powerful, aside from the hammy orgy scene, but, it is also in a sense tragic because, it speaks of our society. The rich, the shallow, the immature and the typical, rooting humanity to repeating the same old mistake or rather simply regressing or stagnating at a point. These people represented is not the kind of people I would want the world to have. We are but human, but we can strive to be better, and it may be idealistic but I'd like to believe that there are people who can attain a love that is free from society's or humanity's insecurities, scars and expectations and similarly people out there who do more than sit around mansions engaging in selfish infantile activities.
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Bradley Witherberry
Extraordinary
Joined: Sat Oct 30, 2004 1:13 pm Posts: 15197 Location: Planet Xatar
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Re: Eyes Wide Shut
BK wrote: it could be my youth speaking This. BK wrote: We are but human, but we can strive to be better, and it may be idealistic but I'd like to believe that there are people who can attain a love that is free from society's or humanity's insecurities, scars and expectations...
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Caius
A very honest-hearted fellow
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:02 pm Posts: 4767
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Re: Eyes Wide Shut
I found the film somewhat frightening and much better than when I watched it as a horny 15 year old.
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67124
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Re: Eyes Wide Shut
This is A material. Rare for Kubrick to make such a great film.
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publicenemy#1
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:25 am Posts: 18929 Location: San Diego
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Re: Eyes Wide Shut
I've come to like this movie. Still not quite sure I fully grasp it but the mystique of it is enjoyable.
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Shack
Devil's Advocate
Joined: Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:30 am Posts: 38219
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Re: Eyes Wide Shut
Everything up through the sex party was great. I liked the opening scenes with Cruise and Kidman's relationship and the cracks in it, and her story about the naval officer and his reaction to it. Watching Cruise walk around at night in his various activities reminded me a bit of After Hours, and the costume owner was classic Kubrick comedy like the guy that shoots the the coke machine in Dr Strangelove. The sex cult scene itself was impressively directed. I feel the movie starts to slip a bit after he gets out, maybe in part because he gets away with his life too easy and he's not quite scared enough? And the scenes retracing his steps finding the hooker's friend, Nick's fate, the girl that OD'd, the costume guy taking a payoff, etc. just didn't quite land for me in terms of what it overall says about people and society. The scene with Sydney Pollack giving kind of a bad guy confession speech and laying out the whole plot felt beneath Kubrick to me. It was still a tense thriller but not as unique as the first half of the film. I wanted more from Kidman's character in the second half of the film but her last scene is excellent. Overall very solid Kubrick thriller and take on relationships where people have buried things, but not a masterpiece.
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Jack Sparrow
KJ's Leading Idiot
Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:15 pm Posts: 36923
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Re: Eyes Wide Shut
It opens really well and the conversation between Kidman and Cruise was SO GOOD it made the movie intriguing to follow through but then the sex party happens and nothing from that conversation follows. The whole part with sex cult was shot really nicely but everything after that does not intrigue. Very disappointed with the ending as well. There is no real closure given for the character. They should have expanded Kidman's character here to increase some tension. Intriguing but ended up missed opportunity.
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Dil
Forum General
Joined: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:48 pm Posts: 8942 Location: Houston, Texas
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Re: Eyes Wide Shut
I need to re-watch this one day, because I remember seeing it a very long time ago and not really caring for it honestly. I'm not a big Stanley Kubrick fan though outside of The Shinning and Full Metal Jacket which I do love, but I also love Cruise and Kidman, although Days of Thunder is more of my kind of movie. I also forget that this movie is almost 3 hours long which is probably the reason why I couldn't get into it back in the day.
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Jack Sparrow
KJ's Leading Idiot
Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:15 pm Posts: 36923
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Re: Eyes Wide Shut
I forgot to mention the score in the film is amazing. The score was sexy and haunting at the same time with the use of minimalistic tones which is a rare feet and it was really effective in bringing tension in parts where the movie couldn't otherwise achieve.
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Flava'd vs The World
The Kramer
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:36 am Posts: 23902 Location: Classified
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Re: Eyes Wide Shut
A great film if you don't mind following Tom Cruise around for an extra weird day in the life type of story. It works very well in the moment, but I don't think it leaves as strong of an impression as Kubrick's elites. Middle tier Kubrick still has a huge WAR though. I'd probably have this straddling the A-/B+ borderline.
I agree with Jack that they should have also showed Kidman's half of the night, even if it was just for an extra twenty minutes or so. Maybe she finds her way to the party too.
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