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1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2020) (1001 movies items)" Notes: Honestly, I always had some rather mixed feelings about this one. First of all, I have to make myself clear : it is a really good movie but I don't think it is flawless though. Obviously, as usual with Kubrick, the directing was absolutely amazing and the acting was completely off the charts. However, the combining of the 2 parts (the training and the actual war) just didn't really work for me. I mean, the first part was just amazing, on the same level of some of the best work provided "
Watched in 2016
Miika's Movie Diary - 2016
20 Classic Films Not Nominated For Best Picture (20 movies items)"There is no quicker shortcut to questioning the entire edifice of the Academy Awards than taking a quick look through their track record in reference to Stanley Kubrick. As mentioned above (see "Spartacus" and "2001: A Space Odyssey") Kubrick was colossally unlucky to never have won Best Director, but that some of his greatest films never even got nominated seems even more egregious. By 1987, you could have imagined the Academy would be dying to recognize him, even if it were a kind of legacy no"
Watched in...2016