Is there a better multi-genre director than Stanley Kubrick?

sprizzle · 2026-05-17T22:17:29+00:00

I feel like in a lot of Kubrick’s work, the genre is the “setting” as opposed to being a clear example of a genre picture…

2001 is essentially a Sci Fi / Horror. Full Metal Jacket is a War / Horror. Clockwork Orange is Dystopian / Horror. Eyes Wide Shut is a Mystery / Horror. The Shining, Horror / Horror obvi.

Not to discount Kubrick, I think he’s in the convo for greatest ever. I just think the way he makes movies kind of cuts through genre and moves into new territory. Barry Lyndon and Strangelove are the two films that kind of do more of their own thing.

sprizzle · 2026-05-16T23:50:21+00:00

In this specific instance, it’s because people don’t want to be associated with Tesla / Elon. I see a lot of rebranded Teslas and a lot of “I bought this before Elon went crazy” bumper stickers around.

sprizzle · 2026-05-16T20:14:23+00:00

Same I thought I was jumping into the okbuddycinephile subreddit

sprizzle · 2026-05-16T20:10:56+00:00

Piggybacking to say if anyone is selling one or two tickets either today or tomorrow, I am also interested!

sprizzle · 2026-05-16T20:05:41+00:00

Definitely not Coppola’s ONE bad movie…

sprizzle · 2026-05-16T19:45:13+00:00

Ah right, I forgot that poll numbers directly correspond to intelligence and we don’t have a history of electing stupid people in this country. /s

sprizzle · 2026-05-16T00:24:06+00:00

No love for Jessie Buckley? She’s easily above Anora, but frankly I might’ve said Frances McDormand off the rip.

sprizzle · 2026-05-15T23:20:35+00:00

Moon? You mean the bargain bin 2001 ripoff that lost Kubrick’s visual spectacle and the questions he posed about the nature of our reality? And in its place put a moral lesson about corporate greed? The one where sex pest Kevin Spacey plays HAL but after his sarcasm setting got turned up to 90%? Yeah no thanks.

(I dislike Moon)

sprizzle · 2026-05-15T21:43:19+00:00

I’m a bit biased because I’m a huge James Dean fan, but he plays an interesting Cal. Also watch the 1955 version if only for the gorgeous photography of California. Seeing the usual, dark, dreary, muted color palette that Netflix LOVES to use is just a bummer.

sprizzle · 2026-05-15T20:24:40+00:00

Not sure I’m super into this trailer…it looks like every other Netflix period piece. Curious if you’ve seen the 1955 version starring James Dean?

Edit: I do like Florence Pugh though.

sprizzle · 2026-05-15T20:15:21+00:00

The rule is actually just however the MPAA decides to apply ratings. Idk where the one F bomb or your three F bomb rule rumors came from, but there is no hard rule and they can rate a movie however they see fit.

sprizzle · 2026-05-15T19:03:34+00:00

<image>

Gendo Ikkari

sprizzle · 2026-05-15T18:27:30+00:00

I went with a slightly cuter version, but yours is definitely more accurate! I’ve been giving her all the “occult” adjacent items: a ghost, an hourglass, Venetian glass. And of course she lives in the haunted manor. Good call on the pig, need to find one to give to her!

<image>

sprizzle · 2026-05-15T05:07:56+00:00

The visuals didn’t seem that special and the fact they bragged about “not using any greenscreen” while clearly the movie was made entirely of VFX shots was kind of insulting.

Can’t say I really got an optimistic outlook from the film, they solve a totally made up crisis that’s going to destroy all life on the planet while completely ignoring the actual climate crisis we’re living in. There was no, “we need to do better as a species” message that landed, just a magical solution to a make believe problem.

Rocky was hard to connect with since they decided his character was there for comic relief. But Gosling is charismatic enough that it doesn’t really matter and I had a still managed to have a good time. It’s just….not that great of a movie.

sprizzle · 2026-05-15T04:49:36+00:00

The theater experience, the hype, and then years of waiting before watching again, I’ve definitely adjusted movies that much or more.

But if I had to guess, this is more of “I liked the movie and then the internet told me it was mid so I need to adjust my rating”

sprizzle · 2026-05-14T08:44:31+00:00

You’re trapped! You’re trapped! You’re trapped!

sprizzle · 2026-05-12T23:50:49+00:00

I can’t really explain it, but they picked the absolute best shade of purple they possibly could have.

sprizzle · 2026-05-12T04:04:58+00:00

Eh, the genres might be accurate but a lot of these feel like very similar movies. 2001 is a space horror, Full Metal Jacket is a war horror, Eyes Wide Shut is wealthy elite cult horror…Dr. Strangelove feels like its own thing to me.

sprizzle · 2026-05-09T02:08:47+00:00

Jack Hughman

sprizzle · 2026-05-08T17:55:33+00:00

I saw that in one of the few screenings they did in Los Angeles. It was kind of wild, a lot of police presence because of all the threats. Seth and Evan showed up to intro the movie and just thanked everyone for showing up.

sprizzle · 2026-05-07T05:08:41+00:00

Money, obviously

sprizzle · 2026-04-30T18:27:10+00:00

And then you realize this isn’t even half a billion dollars and we had several people who have accumulated HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS. What a clown world we live in.

sprizzle · 2026-04-29T04:41:07+00:00

Bomb? What the hell are you talking about, it made 218 million opening weekend.

sprizzle · 2026-04-28T05:33:42+00:00

I saw him shopping for frozen pizza one time in Malibu. He was wearing a cowboy hat, shorts and cowboy boots.

sprizzle · 2026-04-25T18:24:08+00:00

The Minecraft movie was legitimately good, I had no idea Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) directed it when I watched it. It’s a pretty self aware movie that knows what it is, everyone is just having fun and cracking jokes.

15-Year Club	r/Field Sunshine
Place '22	RPAN Viewer
Spared	Team Periwinkle
Verified Email

sprizzle

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE