There's exactly one moment when R. Lee Eremey drops his facade and tries to defuse Vincent D'Onofrio, but when that doesn't work, he resorts to the drill sergant playbook and gets himself fragged for it.

I know exactly the moment you speak of, Frank. I can replay the scene in my head with ease. 'Tis burned into my brain.

Shining is not my favorite of Kubrick's either, but I have a fondness for it. I've never read the novel, so I have nothing to compare it to, save other Kubrick films.

Which, you know, works in its own way.

I heart Kubrick in general.

It's funny--my extreme love of A Clockwork Orange left me thinking I loved Kubrick, but on looking at his cv I am always reminded I'm untouched by most of the rest of what I've seen. I have not seen Spartacus, and consider doing so, but I'm not sure which way it will tip my affection.

It is about the murder of a race -- the race of Native Americans -- and the consequences of that murder.

Really? That needed to be a jillion times more obvious.

Was that a critic's opinion, or did Kubrick say that?

In general I find Kubrick tedious and boring but I liked Clockwork Orange and Spartacus. Barry Lyndon was only made worth it when I watched Love & Death a few days later. My hatred of Barry Lyndon made Love & Death so very funny.

In new release news- I screened A Plumm Summer yesterday and though I haven't seen the ending I think this is a good bet if you need to take a kid to the movies. Very evocative of an earlier era with a sweet relationship between a boy and his older brother & a blossoming first love set against the backdrop of a mysteriously kidnapped frog.

In general I find Kubrick tedious and boring

So you haven't seen The Killing? Because it's not that.

So you haven't seen The Killing?

I think I took it off the list after Barry Lyndon. Is it really worth it?

hatred of Barry Lyndon

I'm sure I know what each of these words mean individually, but in this order they make no sense.

ugh I found it tortuous. It was like Candide but without all the light-hearted funny bits.

Is it really worth it?

It would be difficult to think of a movie less like Barry Lyndon. The Killing is one of the all time great film noir, plus a classic heist movie. Sterling Hayden is great. Timothy Carey's most famous role.