Ever. A lot of people say Kubrick is the greatest director ever and he’s not and it’s not even close. Scorsese blows this guy out of the water. Scorsese’s virtually never made a bad movie except Boxcar Bertha. Scorsese has been dominant in every decade the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s. Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, and Raging Bull are better than anything Kubrick did. The list goes on.
shareMrMovie are you trolling?
shareKubrick is insanely overrated. His movies have horrible pacing and wooden acting due to excessive takes.
shareanyone who thinks kubrick is overrrated should go back to watching superhero movies, baby yoda, disney+ and stfu, thanks
shareKubrick is a visual poet, subtle, lyrical, richly textured & layered. All qualities that are seldom valued today, sadly.
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shareI would rank Scorsese above Kubrick, but Kubrick is still top 5 all time.
shareScorsese himself might disagree with you. Certainly his films are superb, and have for the most part been commercially successful, as well as critically successful. But Kubrick made brilliant films that are visual poetry, and other directors have always acknowledged that genius. If Kubrick had only made 2001, that alone would be enough for him to be one of the finest directors of film, bar none. And he did so much more, as well.
Now, if you're saying that you prefer Scorsese's films to Kubrick, that's definitely a valid opinion, and nothing in the least wrong with it. The two directors had different styles & approaches; some people can appreciate both equally, some prefer one to another. Again, perfectly valid for each person.
I agree completely.
A Clockwork Orange has interesting ideas and a great lead performance but also has scenes that amble on for way too long.
Barry Lyndon has great visuals sure but it’s a boring as f-ck film, the lead performance is terrible and I was never once invested in what happened to any character.
The Shining was atmospheric but a poor adaptation of a much superior novel, Jack Nicholson is totally miscast and Shelly Duvall is unbearable.
Full Metal Jacket is a fine film, the first hour is in my opinion the greatest stuff Kubrick ever did, it falters a little in the second half following the great first half but is still gripping, although Vietnam films such as Platoon and Apocalypse Now are far superior.
Eyes Wide Shut was little more than a vanity project for Cruise and Kidman, also the fact it’s meant to be New York when it clearly wasn’t filmed there is distracting as hell.