So what are the most misunderstood movies everdeservedly or not?
Im not saying youre wrong, just that there might be things you hadnt considered.
(Youre wrong if you buy thatShining/moon landing bit though.)
Thats the bit many viewers seem to have overlooked.
Where to stream:Hulu
The Shining(1980)
Where to start withThe Shining?
The biggest misunderstanding here is about what the movie is intended to be.
The film doesnt have nearly as much sympathy for Jack.
Seen from the outside, minus the characters internal monologue, hes a mere bully and an abuser.
The horror is faced by the ones who have to live with him.
Where to stream:Max,Digital rental
A.I.
Artificial Intelligence(2001)
Oh look, its another Stanley Kubrick project.
Theyre not aliens, but highly advanced robots.
Dark stuffand pure Kubrick, if filtered through the gauze of Spielberg.
In subsequent years, both Scorsese andwriter Paul Schraderhave spoken about the endings intended ambiguity.
Romero feels like suggesting that humanity, as it is, is all but unredeemable.
Zombies might not be the end of things, but a new (better?)
Its modern cult status confirms some audiences eventually caught on.
Ultimately, the fact that it doesnt matter is the point.
This, according to these sources, is a common trick used by Communists.
You’ve been warned.
Stanley Kubrick himself gave a pretty good, straightforward synopsis in a1969 interviewwith film journalist Joseph Gelmis.
Its not all pretty lights and trippy space walks; its rep as an inscrutable mishmash is fairly undeserved.
Who cant relate to the desire to escape?
The movie has nevertheless inspired many viewers tofollow in his footsteps, not all of them surviving.
Every scene has at least one extremely prominent bit of brand representationwhich was the joke!
Yet still many took issue with it.
That allows for some impressive body horror, but also ties in with the films queer subtext.
The then-closeted Patton wasnt always happy about it, and he explores his experiences in the documentaryScream, Queen!
No pearls were harmed in the making of the film, either; Stewartwas eating chocolate.
(Of course, the less spoken about Mickey Rooneys Mr. Yunioshi the better.)
