I've just finished watching Barry Lyndon and feel like to jog down my thoughts on it while they are warm. I know there are quite a few Stanley Kubrick fans out there and I wonder what you guys think of it?

The movie is about the life of a 18th century Irish man who arose from humble beginnings and claw his way to nobility, only to fall in spetacular fashion. The way the movie is staged is really really spetacular, everything from cinematography, customs, sets and music are just . . . well, spetacular. Every frame in the movie can be freeze and turned into a beautiful poster.

After seeing it, I certainly agree with the greatness with which others have regarded it, but I don't think I will revisit it anytime soon. The experience of immersing oneself for three-hours into the life of Barry Lyndon is too draining. The view of human life offered by the movie is so chilly.

Allow me to gush a little about Kubrick. He wanted to make a SciFi movie and made a GREAT one. He wanted to make a horror movie and made a GREAT one. He wanted to make a three hour historical custom drama, and made a GREAT one. If Kubrick haven't convined me he was a god before, after this movie, he have. All hail Lord Stanley!