But Peter Sellers does appear in multiple roles in DR. STRANGELOVE so your response here doesn't make sense.Sepiatone wrote: ↑May 28th, 2023, 11:24 amI've never seen EYES WIDE SHUT but saw LOLITA many times and BARRY LYNDON only once. And I'd have to say both LOLITA and the later mentioned DR. STRANGELOVE tower over Kubrick's THE SHINING. And I wasn't also thrilled much by BARRY LYNDON. But even THAT snooze fest was better than The Shining.HoldenIsHere wrote: ↑May 27th, 2023, 12:41 pm
Best and worst are, of course a matter of opinion.
In my opinion THE SHINING is a better movie than EYES WIDE SHUT, LOLITA or BARRY LYNDON.
If one is not a fan of Peter Sellers (which I am not), DR. STRANGELOVE is also tiresome.
THE SHINING is actually the only Stanley Kubrick movie that I have watched multiple times.
I find it highly entertaining and very well executed.
I don't compare it to King's novel (which I have never read --- I'm not a fan of his writing), but I take the movie on its own merits.
I know that KIng was particularly unhappy with the way Kubrick altered the ending of the story, but that's what can happen when a writer sells the movie rights to one of their works.
And one needn't be a Peter Sellers fan to like DR. STRANGELOVE on it's own merits. It would have still been a brilliant satire without Sellers multi-roles.
Sepiatone
My comment was that, in my opinion, someone who finds Peter Sellers tiresome to the degree that I do (there are many of us) would not be able ignore his performances in DR. STRANGELOVE and not find the movie itself a chore to watch.