Barry Lyndon
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Movie Reviews of Barry Lyndon
Movie Review: The Music Makes This Movie
Summary: 4 Stars
I remember seeing this film for the first time and being blown away by the music and actually this film was responsisble for my initial interest in classical music in a lot of ways. I just watched it again recently and what struck me was Ryan O'Niel and he never really had another great part in his career.
But besides all that, this film is a total tour de force and probably the best film ever made on life and times in the 18th Century.
Movie Review: Its a question that might stump Einstein...
Summary: 4 Stars
They managed to 16x9 enhance 2 full frame films of Kubrick- yet 2 films shot 1:66 were not enhanced- and not included in a KUBRICK MASTERPIECE BOX!-LOLITA and BARRY LYNDON-LYNDON would have been given a little bit more rez, and lose that awful square TV shape. WHY didnt they put in just an iota worth of extra effort to be proud of?!
What are they smoking over there?
Movie Review: Powdewred Wigs and Knee Britches
Summary: 4 Stars
A great flick. Today this film would cost an unbelievable amount of money. the costumes are great and the military actions are well done.Movie Review: Much ado about little
Summary: 3 Stars
If you read movie reviews for the benefit of discovering the technical qualities of the movie, read some one else. I judge movies on a subjective level. If I like it, the story appeals to me, the photography is good, the acting is better than a high school performance, it rates at least three stars. To an extent this film meets those expectations.
Wm. Thackery is not one of my favorite authors. However, if you are able to read I strongly suggest the three hours could be better spent reading the novel than watching this movie, but that is true of most movies based on fine literature. The main character, Mr. Barry is a person of low class. I use this designation not in the sense of his position in society, rather his position in hte human race. Personally there is little to recomment this character to our sympathy or regard. Beieuvung he's killed a man in a duel, Barry joins the army to escape jail. He deserts from the British army, surpriseing as that may be, and is caprtures as a spy by the Prussians who force hism into the Prussian forces in the Seven Years War. In further service to the Prussians he is sent to spy on an Irish resident in the service of the French, posing as a French nobleman. These two men join forces and tour the continent as card sharks. Barry realizes this is not to last forever and marries a lady of wealth. He succeeds in wasting her fortune, is shot by his step=son in a duel, dies in poverty, etc.
Very gentle fun is poked at the civil society of Britain, and illustrated at how Barry moves up in society if not in goodness. Considering the length of the movie, I would say the action moves well. If you care to watch a movie where you care nothing what happens to the characters, where you demand a certain justice meted out to the wrong doers, you should enjoythis show.
Movie Review: Wait For The High-Def 16x9 Release
Summary: 3 Stars
In 1975, a European reviewer wrote: "One collapses in one's seat and is propelled in a state of drunken euphoria." That's just how I felt about it, going back to experience "Barry Lyndon" over and over again at LA's Cinerama Dome in '75-76. So I give the movie 5 stars. But for this disc, only 3 -- because it's not 16x9 and it's not High-Definition.
Having recently watched the 16x9 Hi-Def Blu-Ray discs of "Eyes Wide Shut" and "A Clockwork Orange" (and having watched the old DVDs a number of times), I can say that Hi-Def makes an important difference with Kubrick's movies -- not just because they are gorgeously photographed, but because the richness of the images conveys so much essential, visceral meaning that a degraded image (i.e., standard DVD) actually impairs the work's emotional fullness, clarity and expressiveness.
Short of a new 35mm print, a 16x9 Blu-Ray displayed on a big 1080 set in the dark, uninterrupted, is the way to watch all of Kubrick, and perhaps especially "Barry Lyndon." Tragically, Warners Brothers Home Video seems uninterested in a Blu-Ray release of this masterpiece. It has been more than 2 years since they remastered and released their other Kubrick films in High-Definition, and still no "Barry Lyndon," and no announced plans (as of January 2010). I have written to Criterion Collection suggesting they take this neglected classic under their wing. Their email address is on their website ("Contact us").