My relationship with Stanley Kubrick

I'll kick this off by saying this, Stanley Kubrick is a talented director with the wonderful ability to impart his style into everything he does. He is not, nor has ever been one of the forgettable cookie-cutter directors, nor has he ever been over-stylized. Much like the sound of your favorite band, his films have always had that great quality, when you watch them, you know who directed them.

Now that you know, I admire and respect Mr.Kubrick, I have a confession to make:

I have seen almost every movie Stanley Kubrick has made. Now, with the exception of Dr.Strangelove (my favorite), and the two I haven't seen, each and every one, even Full Metal Jacket, yes, EVEN A Clockwork Orange, has put me to sleep.

This is not to say I haven't seen the movies in full, I'd simply go back to the last point that I remember and watch from there, and usually in 2 or 3 sittings I'll get the whole movie. I love most all of them. I can't honestly tell you what it is. They don't bore me, they're just, to my mental faculties, cinematic lullabies.

I go through bouts of insomnia here and there, this blog was started through one of them, but once I give up on actually trying to sleep, if I put on 2001, I know I'll be asleep within an hour.

So, that's it really, just a bit of odd about me, for you. If by some random chance/occurrence Mr. Kubrick stumbles upon my humble blog, I'll end the post with this:

My apologies Sir, but thank you anyway.

Welcome!!

The quintessential first entry! I hope whoever you are that has stumbled onto this here blog enjoys reading whatever it is that I manage to post here. I'm going to try to keep it relatively/strictly related to my news/reviews about movies, past and upcoming, music, I listen to a LOT of varied stuff, comics, I loves me some comics, ect ect ect. But as it is a blog, as it is my opinion, you're bound to hear some complaints about things. I may even touch on the occasional political commentary. BUT...my intent, starting off, is to keep this blog light and fun.

So...here's to hoping I stick with it, and here's to hoping some folks will join me for the ride.

Yours truly,

Christopher Lee Mannix