I just saw AI this past weekend, and I had a very different experience from ks below. While I definitely agree that it could have been so much more had Kubrick...
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brad jordan
salmup66@...
Jul 17, 2001 9:17 pm
I know a lot of people didn't like the ending, well neither did I. For one thing, I think Spielberg pulled too many strings to give David what he wanted. Yes,...
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frederic lucas
lukeman7.geo@...
Jul 17, 2001 10:45 pm
i still want the ending with the bloody mary... please keep in mind, i'm very "bullheaded", sometimes, to the point of almost being a jerk. usually, i'm pretty...
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Chushin of Tora
chushin_of_tora@...
Jul 17, 2001 11:31 pm
Wow. Actual Discussion! This is cool! I did say "feel-good ending" in my previous post. That doesn't always mean "and they lived happily ever after," though...
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frederic lucas
lukeman7.geo@...
Jul 18, 2001 11:43 am
there was a post on the "kubrick" discussion list. someone said kubrick may have ended it with david mixing his mom a bloody mary. she would have been an...
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redhat113@...
Jul 18, 2001 6:07 pm
I broke out laughing in the middle of the first scene of A.I. I feel that the first scene was Kubrick's last laugh against his critics. When EWS was in...
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brad jordan
salmup66@...
Jul 18, 2001 7:17 pm
Yes, it is a "real" discussion isn't it? Anyway the bloody mary ending, go to: http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/faq/index2.html#slot14 Regards ...
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Chushin of Tora
chushin_of_tora@...
Jul 18, 2001 11:43 pm
Thank you for this. And to steve as well for providing the explanation....
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frederic lucas
lukeman7.geo@...
Jul 19, 2001 12:37 am
after reading the whole story about it, and like i said, knowing kubrick's propensity to change things a lot, i think i'm satisfied overall. it's not directed...
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Edward Wong
biiii@...
Jul 19, 2001 6:55 pm
Why is it that most commercially successful movies that are made in the past two decades are utterly incomprehensible in small parts? I am thinking of AI, The...
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frederic lucas
lukeman7.geo@...
Jul 19, 2001 8:46 pm
there were not any absurd scenes that i can remember in kubrick's other movies. some were a little boring (a large part of full metal jacket, towards the end...
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Chushin of Tora
chushin_of_tora@...
Jul 19, 2001 9:54 pm
I think another point that goes hand in hand with this idea is that humans tend to reject perfection. To use a scene from The Matrix to clarify, the agent ...
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frederic lucas
lukeman7.geo@...
Jul 20, 2001 1:16 pm
i'll try to keep that in mind when watching the spinach seen. but i still think spielberg got out of hand, in terms of trying to make a point. still, it's a...
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Chushin of Tora
chushin_of_tora@...
Jul 20, 2001 2:37 pm
Here's an excellent thought, probably the best yet! :) Chushin ... ===== Chushin of Tora Navigator, La Villa A Broka "Whenever you find that you are on the...
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William Harford
kubrickermine@...
Jul 22, 2001 3:38 pm
To take a detour from discussion of A.I. and other sci-fi movies, I'd just like to put in a good word for Memento. It's an amazing film -- and one that you'll...
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frederic lucas
lukeman7.geo@...
Jul 22, 2001 4:26 pm
last night, i saw a preview for "ghost? something" on the independent film channel. it looks interesting. steve buscemi is in it. his role looks funny. teri...
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Chushin of Tora
chushin_of_tora@...
Jul 23, 2001 12:50 am
I can not give enough praise to Memento! My god! it was an incredible film, one that I would highly recommend to anyone who enjoys non-linear films. I...
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frederic lucas
lukeman7.geo@...
Jul 23, 2001 4:52 pm
as long as you are not a head case or depressed in any way, a drug addict, alcoholic, suffering from "shell shock" from war or some other traumatic experience,...
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steve_lukeman_13@...
Aug 3, 2001 8:36 pm
A new list was just started (not by me), "MoviesAreArt". I figured Kubrick fans would be interested. Steve...
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Sean Delgado
seandelgado@...
Aug 3, 2001 10:13 pm
I sounds ikr a good name... Where does one sign on... ... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN...
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steve_lukeman_13@...
Aug 3, 2001 10:19 pm
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MoviesAreArt ...should have posted that to, huh? steve ... http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp...
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steve_lukeman_13@...
Aug 6, 2001 8:56 pm
check out this column. it puts things in perspective about our favorite director. also stephen king and his dislike of kubrick's the shining. ...
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steve_lukeman_13@...
Aug 7, 2001 6:59 pm
time for a new discussion... what do you guys think of the older flicks? pre spartacus, i mean. one review i read, said "paths of glory" deserves better...
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steve_lukeman_13@...
Aug 20, 2001 8:57 pm
i guess it's been scrapped...pretty depressing. i'm not sure how many people here read the other list too. steve...
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rhill003@...
Aug 22, 2001 10:11 pm
I agree insofar as <maybe> it's all David's fantasy. I find the whole ending to be quite ambiguous indeed. Even if we are to think that it really does...
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steve_lukeman_13@...
Aug 24, 2001 12:46 am
so far, i've only seen it once. i don't know...i'll try to keep an open mind about it. but, the way i see it, there are other films i'd like to see first. like...
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Sean Delgado
seandelgado@...
Sep 4, 2001 9:33 pm
Early Warning System, and I know some people here enjoy Dave Barry, who wrote an interview with a high ranking pentagon official: Q. What will President Bush's...
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steve_lukeman_13@...
Sep 11, 2001 8:08 pm
well, today was going to be a day where i gave a brief commentary and review of this. but, times are little difficult today. i'm a little more calm now than a...
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Sean Delgado
seandelgado@...
Sep 11, 2001 10:20 pm
the faceless face... these are the stories that set the character of the people we try to entertain and enlighten with our stories. these are the people and...
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Sean Delgado
seandelgado@...
Sep 14, 2001 1:23 am
They have given' the free world an image we'll never forget... Lets give them an equally powerful one... I'm not sure of the time zone, but if it could quickly...
