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He had great works, and I'm a huge fan.
I just find that some of it is overrated by modern cinema hipsters.

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I've liked most of what I've watched.

My favourite one has to be The Shining, which remains the only horror movie that has had any real effect on me, mainly because of the expert use of frightening and disturbing imagery.

The one that I don't love all that much is 2001. It might sound like I dislike it because it is "too smart" or something, but I felt like the purposely drawn-out pace of it does not hold up anymore. I'll be the first one to say that some of the things it did were awesome, like the running scene, which I think is one of my favourite scenes in movies, period.

I think that a large amount of the appeal comes not only from the philosophical parts of it, but also the set design, which simply doesn't have as much reason to be appreciated today.

I love clockwork orange and 2001.
It's on my top ten movies.

I'm sure it has its merits. I'm not so sure the people who like it do because of them.

Not a fan personally.

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I'd agree, movies and directors don't get popular because of their themes

I think Kubrick nowdays is popular for the wrong reasons, newage cinema hipsters think too high on him without actually taking a minute or two to try to get the meaning to analyze the work.
One of these days me and a friend had a great talk on the tricks used on the 2001 set and on how it was directed, some scenes are amazing just because they leave you thinking "how the fuarrrk did he do this".