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A gentlemanly rogue travels the battlefields and parlors of 18th century Europe determined to make for himself the life of a nobleman through seducing, gambling and fighting his way up the social ladd...( read more 
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MCT:October 7, 2008exceelleeentee, i like this movie , again Stanley Kubrick is the biggest scrupulous film maker that i have ever seeen
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MCT:September 26, 2008
One of the most beautiful films I've ever seen, every scene is like an old painting that came to life. Kubrick as expected, continues his psychological studies of human beings. A great film, but Ryan O'Neal's acting falls flat.
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MCT:September 23, 2008
The best film I've seen in a long time. Glorious cinematography and brilliant soundtrack make this one of Kubrick's greats.
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MCT:September 16, 2008
One of Kubrick's best. The photography is stunning, & it is one of those films that goes by rather quickly in my opinion. Amazing film.
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MCT:September 14, 2008
Definitely a forgotten Kubrick classic that shows his eye for detail and the painstaking amount of time he spent researching for his Napoleon movie he never got to make.This is one of those movies that takes multiple views to truely apprichate it's merits. I orginally did not care much for this film, but after watching it a second time I feel in love with the epic scale of the film. The costumes, the set design, the lighting, music and just about everything about this film is just beautiful. It's just amazing how Kubrick used mostly candles to light all the indoor scenes. I personally think this is Kubrick's best film.
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MCT:September 6, 2008
another kubrick 3 hour beast, looks absolutely amazing, particularly the lighting, but the storyline tends to meander so much that you lose interest. Ryan O'Neal is not great as a leading man and it suffers slightly because of that.
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MCT:September 4, 2008Although the set and atmosphere is impressive, well done and authentic, the story itself was somehow lurking around and felt like a slow soap opera for me. Usually I don't mind slow pace (2001 is far more demanding in that case), but here it didn't work that good for me.
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MCT:August 17, 2008
Wow, just wow. This is my third to last Kubrick to see (Fear and Desire and 2001 are left) and man is it good.
The photography is breathtaking, the performance perfect and the humor delightfully dry. -
MCT:August 14, 2008
extremely well done, and artistic on all levels. Ryan O'Neil is fabulous as the title character, however the film itself is just too long, and quite slow. I love Kubrick, but i think this one's only for die-hard fans or fans of period pieces.
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MCT:August 10, 2008
Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon, an adaptation of the 19th century novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon tells the story of Irishman Redmond Barry. The film is set in the mid-18th century in various parts of Europe. The title character is a seemingly ordinary person who, over the course of his life, doesn't do anything all that extraordinary. While he does serve in two different armies during the Seven Years War, marry, have a child, get in duels, etc. nothing in this film is really all that exciting. While parts of the film, namely the second half, were good, the fact that it's three hours of seemingly random actions made for a sub-par plot.
While the plot itself isn't all that great, everything else is pretty good. The film won four Oscars, all of which were for more artistic categories. The costumes in this film were outstanding and the film really felt like it was set in the 1760s. Special lenses were developed so that the film could be filmed using candlelight and natural (or simulated natural) lighting, and this was also well-done. The music, which samples a wide variety of 18th Century music, is also good.
Ryan O'Neal plays the title character and does a pretty good job. The other actors aren't bad either, but with only a few exceptions, they have smaller parts.
Overall, this film is a lesser-known Kubrick film and it isn't one of my favorites. While it's artistically brilliant, the sheer length and dull plot makes it a chore to sit through. The film also doesn't really feel like a Kubrick film as there's nothing all that bizarre in the film. Decent, but nothing special.
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MCT:August 7, 2008
Better than the fan-loved Spartacus and Shining,equally sublime such as a 2001 and a Clockwork Orange,a grandiose work of art,ironic in its righteousness and devilishly tempting like its protagonist.Top marks for sure,I've heard it surpasses Thackeray's novel.
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MCT:July 23, 2008''Gentlemen may talk of the age of chivalry, but remember the ploughmen, poachers and pickpockets whom they lead. It is with these sad instruments that your great warriors and kings have been doing their murderous work in the world. ''
An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's position in 18th Century aristocracy.
Ryan O'Neal: Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon is sometimes considered a slow and tedious film, it is indeed past three hours in length, but this due mainly to the fact of the artistic flow of a film that strays not only to tell a story about a man who is by no means neither hero nor villain, but also one in which is in no real rush, taking the time for every tiny intricacy to sink into the mind and heart of the viewer, we the audience are left to marvel at the storytelling.
Some of the scenic images in Barry Lyndon are in themselves works of splendid art, rendered with a passion for the landscapes and the man-made structures within them. Stanley Kubrick makes it clear his appreciation for the era through the use of paintings, costumes and all of the above in perfect harmonic glory.
The myth that came about that all scenes were done using no artificial lighting stems from the very realistic lights during indoor takes, and some of them truly did not feature artificial light. This is but one of the many details that so easily conveys a sense of a realistic portray of the era, the 18th century and the time after the seven-year war in the later half of the Lyndon.
The impressive atmosphere and the wonderfully picturesque scenarios along with the fact that the entire plot moves at a calm pace makes this film a very pleasant experience.
The music bordering on Kubrick genius in which it actually becomes memorable long after Barry Lyndon has finished. Especially the piece of music played throughout, which also features on the credits. Also liked the piece of music accompanying, where Barry first kisses Lady Lyndon.
Ryan O'Neal as Barry Lyndon does an excellent job of portraying the unlucky man, marvelous how this individual chooses some of the courses that run through his life. Firstly his infatuation for his female cousin's affection which results in him getting sent away to him signing up to the English army. Then a twist of fate of him becoming enlisted in the Prussian Army. All resulting in his eventual meeting of Lady Lyndon, where even more trouble and drama ensues.
Marisa Berenson as Lady Lyndon really flourishes her part with beauty and elegance and later on with emotionally charged desperation as the film progresses and her husband's wild ways become apparent.
Barry Lyndon may be long, but on DVD it shines perfectly. Afterall thats what the intermission is for half way. Kubrick knows if he's going to do a theatrical film of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel he's going to need a substantial amount of material. Material which is crammed full of flavor, of passionate drama and of period perfection.
Barry Lyndon is another grand accomplishment from the late Kubrick. A masterpiece and an interesting study. -
MCT:June 16, 2008
Generally don't like Kubrick's work, but this film is well made and entertaining. Really makes you feel as if Barry Lyndon was a real person. Epic movie with great scenery and costumes as well.
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MCT:May 29, 2008
Suspect this is 'how it really was'. No other film even pretends to catch the flavour of reality of the past.
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MCT:March 19, 2008
Picturesque and truly epic. A film unlike anything else. Kubrick pioneered new camera technology to create a look that feels completely authentic to its era. Ultimately, it's a tragic character study with brilliant set pieces.
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MCT:March 15, 2008This movie has brilliant style and visual effects (for it's time) from a fairly restrained Kubrick. Not nearly as eccentric as some of his more notable films. Unfortunately it wasn't as interesting as most of his others. The story was much like reading a very slow moving classic novel, and there wasn't a lot actually happening. I understand what that much of it was satirical and the underlying themes of the story, but it still just was mainly uninteresting. Barry Lyndon was extremely well shot though, and fairly well acted, so it wasn't bad. Just not that good either.
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MCT:March 5, 2008
The story of a cad and how far he makes it by being a scumbag. A beautiful film that Kubrick actually designed a lens (?) to film rooms lit by candlelight. I've heard this film called boring on multiple occasions, but I attribute this more to a lot of the audiences than the movie itself. People view films much like a spectator nowadays, rarely getting enveloped by the whole atmosphere. This is perhaps because film is such a common commodity and close to being disposable entertainment, audiences have the attitude of "thrill me" rather than "tell me a good story". I'm beginning to long for the days that a robot didn't have to turn into a car for a movie to be considered not boring.
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MCT:March 1, 2008
To me, Barry Lyndon is a lot of things. First and foremost, it is the ultimate, end-all-be-all of period pieces. Kubrick's 18th century epic is designed to look like an oil painting, flat and vivid with naturalistic lighting, and I've never seen a time piece as absolutely brilliant and realized as Barry Lyndon. But Barry Lyndon is also an intense character piece, relateable largely in my mind to 2007s wower There Will Be Blood. Plainview and Lyndon would find themselves hating each other for their intense similarities and feelings of competition if they were thrust into the same country and time period. Lyndon sprawls the midlife of Redmond Barry, in two parts, the first having to do with how he became Barry Lyndon and the second documenting the tragedy and downfall of his life. Kubrick isn't trying to deliver us the typical cinematic excitement we might expect from what we know about the film. There's little to no action, and the action that is there in the presence of light army skirmishes and fist fights are presented in a sort of way that aims not to excite us but bring out the full spectrum of emotions associated. The film is completely slow and completely calculated, every shot set up with expert precision and executed with a patience, using slow zooms, slow pans, slow character movement, and solid delivery. It really is one of the most remarkably beautiful films I've ever seen, and although it's quite an undertaking to absorb it all, it proves worthwhile in the end. Lyndon, played by Ryan O'Neal, is a warped protagonist, marked by greed, lust, delusion, and a sense of honor that is both skewed and out of place in the world he has gotten himself into. And lest I not mention, Barry Lyndon is hilarious, marked with a completely unusual sense of humor drier than a desert. My only major problem with the film is it's narration, which does contribute to the film's humor a bit, but in the end feels like a crutch, used cheaply to try to give a bridge between the film's sequences that really doesn't feel necessary. Save the narration, Barry Lyndon is a wondrously beautiful, completely witty, and totally involving film.
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MCT:February 20, 2008
I take back everything I previously said about this incredibly long, rather boring film.
It's a Kubrick. So I assume 'Ding - Dong! Must - see!'. What I did not add was, despite having to see it, I didn't say I had to enjoy it. And I didn't.
So Barry is a bit screwed up, right? Everything is duel, duel, duel. Now, the principle wonder of all of Kubrick's protagonists is that you'll hate 'em, and love 'em at the same time. Or so I thought. But Barry Lyndon kinda makes me want to yell.
It's too long for it's own good. I admire anyone who sits through this without suffering severe DVT clots. Not the best Kubrick by far! -
MCT:February 13, 2008
For me a huge dissapointment. The film failed to draw me in to any of the characters in any way. It seemed to me to be the dramatic equivalent of paint drying for three hours. Two and a half stars for the visual splendor of the film, which was rightfully rewarded with oscars for Cinematography, Costume design, etc.....
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MCT:February 11, 2008
O'Neal was fantastic as the despicable social climber & unfaithful man... Vitali was great as his nemesis step-son...
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kilroy345posted 414 days ago -
great, really makes u feel sad about a persont who is actually getting what he deserved, not the easiest thing to make by a director
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