Eyes Wide Shut: Masterpiece; flawed, but intriguing; or overrated shite

I go back and and forth on this one...I'm a Kubrick-a-holic, but, to me, there are parts that are up there with Barry Lyndon and basically anything else he's ever done, and then there are parts that I think are meandering crap -- specifically the 20 minute bedroom scene that is so fricking ackward and boring and seemingly forced between a couple that, although were married at the time, have absolute no chemistry at all.

But, on the other hand, the dancing scene at the beginning with Kidman and the Hungarian, the hooker scene with Cruise, and obviously the mansion ritual shite...and basically every other scene when cruise is away from Kidman, are so compelling and beautifully shot, nothing else really exists like them.

Yes, the dreamlike lighting and vibe of the film is intentional, but so is every other little detail and bit of dialogue. In total, I think about an hour of the film is not good at all....but I think the remaining almost 2 hours are incredible. It just hypnotizes you.

I think it's also notable how cruise has chemistry with basically everyone else in the movie, both male and female, but not with Kidman at all. I think Kubrick really exposes his gayness or asexuallness, whatever, or he either made the scenes intentionally cringeworthy between the husband and wife on purpose. No idea, but isn't this movie that took like 3 yrs to make basically what ended their marriage?