Comments on: Happy Birthday ‘Eyes Wide Shut’! Watch Vintage 20 Minute TV Special Featuring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman & More

By: shashibiya

shashibiya — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:03:42 +0000

I was stunned speechless when I saw "Eyes Wide Shut" on the day it opened, and then and there considered it to be Kubrick's greatest film. The opprobrium my opinion aroused scarcely abated over the next ten years, which is about how long it takes for most Kubrick movies to be fully appreciated. I'm glad to see that it's finally getting the recognition it deserves.

By: Chuck Anziulewicz

Chuck Anziulewicz — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:03:42 +0000

One thing you have to admit about Kubrick films: They only get better with time. When I first saw "Eyes Wide Shut," I left the movie theater scratching my head. Several years later, when I watched it again, in its entirety, on DVD, I thought it was absolutely brilliant. Kubrick films tend to be like that, partly because he never confined himself to a particular genre, and we never knew quite what to expect (other than yet another showcase for his singular artistic vision). His films were usually quite polarizing on initial release, but each film considered in retrospect is seen as a true work of art.

By: tristan eldritch

tristan eldritch — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:03:42 +0000

I remember I didn't see this in the theaters back in the day because I'd heard so much negativity about it. Then when I finally watched it on dvd a year or two later, couldn't believe it….mesmerized from the first shot. Definitely in Kubrick's top three or four, and probably the most thematically rich and subtle of all his films. Scorsese picked it as one of his top films of the 90s, saying that people never got Kubrick films when they first came out.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:03:42 +0000

Kidman was haunting in this film, she aced her role.

By: Derek Diercksmeier

Derek Diercksmeier — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:03:42 +0000

Easily my favorite Kubrick film.