User blog comment:HumboldtLycanthrope/The Shining: King or Kubrick?/@comment-26141044-20150224041528/@comment-26030957-20150224225943

Please feel free to go off topic anytime, Higurashi. You are obviously well read and I respect your opinion very much, though I have to disagree with you on some points. I loved Eyes Wide Shut, the mystery of the strange cult, their lavish costumes and baroque manner, and, yes, all the sex was definitely the cherry on the cake for me (even though I hate Tom Cruise). One could only wonder what the film would have looked like if Kubrick had lived long enough to finish the editing himself. As for Lolita, Nabakov's novel is quite long and it is hard to put everything into a 90 minute film, also, Nabakov's playful wording is hard to put onto a screen. As for 2001, I felt Kubrick did with it what he did with the Shining and made it into something else. I like the Clarke novel, so for me it's kind of an apple and oranges thing.

I love your passion and fire and hope to hear more from you!! Thanks so much for responding.