[andyfox]

The movie was indeed enigmatic. It was also beyond horrible. Poorly paced and amateurishly acted. Boring beyond toleration. The "music" was particularly annoying. Had . . . Nicole . . . .Kidman . . . . not . . . . spoken . . . . like . . . . this . . . . it . . . . could . . . . have . . . . . been . . . . a . . .. half . . . . . hour . . . . . shorter. Speaking slowly does not denote gravitas.

People booed in the theater when it ended. Had a less famous name than Kubrick made it, it would have been long forgotten. I'm a fan of movies that are not necessarily coherent and leave a lot up to the viewer; The Third Man, for example, has long been a favorite of mine. But this was just a piece of vulgar and insipid trash, fueled by the massive egos and off-kilter minds of Kubrick and Cruise. I remember the publicity stressed that Nicole Kidman has picked out books for their aprarmtent libary from her own books collection. Whoop-dee-do.