The Shining - Dick Hollerann's Death

Dick Hallorann is enjoying some R&R in Miami when he receives Danny’s mental S.O.S. When Dick learns the phone lines are down, fearing the worst, Dick books himself the first flight to Boulder Colorado to save the day. The guy then rents a Snow Cat and drives miles through a freaking blizzard to get to the Overlook. Our hero enters the Hotel and walks slowly through the lobby calling out for Danny. Jack suddenly emerges from behind a pillar and swings an axe into Hallorann's chest. Welcome to wonderful world of Stanley Kubrick.

Dr. Strangelove - A-Bomb Ride

I love how Kubrick could make one of the most angst-filled themes possible work so incredibly well as a comedy. The film has aged well through time, still relevant in my book. In easily the most memorable scene of the movie, Major T.J. "King" Kong rides the bomb down like Falkor the luckdragon in The NeverEnding Story and makes every human being watching immediately think to themselves "That is exactly how I want to go out!"

Full Metal Jacket - A World of Shit

What can be said about the film Full Metal Jacket that you haven't heard already? Great movie, Kubrick is a genius, R. Lee Ermey as Gunnery Sgt. Hartman was hilarious, Vincent D'Onofrio gives a haunting performance as Private Gomer Pyle, and "me so horny, me love you long time." From the moment the movie starts, the recruits are stripped and demoralized, then rebuilt into killing machines. In this scene, Private Pyle's downward spiral ends violently. It's a world of shit and we're living in it.movie, movies, film, dvd, netflix, dvds, cinema, theater