re: Least Favorite Kubrick Film

I feel like I've grown out of Kubrick. He's a wonderful visual stylist, and he makes some of the most beautiful movies ever put to film. That said, his movies are just so cold. He hasn't an ounce of humanity in him, it seems, and his characters rarely resemble anything approximating an actual human being. I've become much more humanist as I've grown older, and Kubrick, who really was the first director I truly loved, just doesn't appeal to me like he did when I was an Angry Young Man.

I'd say Barry Lyndon is my least favorite Kubrick, as it represents all of my problems with Kubrick. It is weighted down by a wooden performance by his lead actor, and his actions are just an excuse to shoot truly beautiful scenes. It's like the movie equivalent of Macbeth: full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

He's a technical master, but the man simply doesn't understand people. Nor does he even try. It's why he was the perfect director for AI. He cares more for the robots.