On Monday, April 8, 2019 at 6:24:42 PM UTC-4, graham wrote:
> On 2019-04-08 3:17 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> > On Monday, April 8, 2019 at 10:45:33 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> >> I saw the film in 1970 in a London cinema and regretted the waste of
> >> admission to see it.
> >
> > Your reaction was not dissimilar to a lot of people's. I had mixed feelings about it when I saw it with my mom back in 68. What made the film memorable for me was that I saw it with my mom. My mom hardly ever took me to movies. I saw three movies with her. "Thunderball", "2001: A Space Odyssey", and "Bonnie and Clyde." Beats me why she took me to see those flicks. As far as I know, our family was not big on going to the movies. We actually kinda lived like monks.
> >
> Furthermore, his film "Eyes Wide Shut" was jejune at best and it only
> confirmed my already very low opinion of Cruise's acting abilities.

i really liked 'eyes wide shut'. kubrick was a pretty good director imho. FMJ, The Shining. just couldn't stand 2001.