![]() No plans have been announced for more Muppet movies, which "will likely be boxed up and stored in the attic for the foreseeable future," says Jeff Bock, senior box-office analyst for Exhibitor Relations. That puts the puppet crew on the back burner for now." "In regards to the box office, the Muppets just don't stack up to Pixar or Marvel or even Winnie the Pooh. The Mouse House will take another crack at rebooting the franchise with a new Muppets series premiering next year on its forthcoming Disney+ streaming service. Aside from all of this, A Clockwork Orange has one of the best closing lines in modern cinema, a perfect end to a disturbing, unforgettable experience.Although there's no official word on whether the show will be more family-friendly, it is reportedly co-created by Josh Gad ("Frozen") and follows the characters after the events of 1984 film "The Muppets Take Manhattan."Īs for whether the show can bring the Muppets back to their soaring '70s heights, Hassenger says it's unlikely, but we shouldn't ring the death knell just yet. Conveying with the tone of the film, the score beautifully combines with the dystopian insanity. The music is powerful and hypnotic as well. We follow Alex on his journey to understand his craving for ultra-violence- his droogs become his adversaries, his family becomes estranged, the government becomes invasive, and his world turns upside down. The character study has gathered a cult following because of its extreme nature of the subject, and its innovative combination of sci-fi, comedy, horror, and bonkers art film. It is completely wild and violent, but for legitimate reasons the film is about violence itself, as told through the perspective of Alex, brilliantly played by Malcolm McDowell. With grand set pieces, practical effects, and a powerfully haunting ending sequence featuring the theme to The Mickey Mouse Club, this is one of the best war movies ever made.Ī character-driven psychological thriller and a masterpiece that will forever reside as one of the best films ever made, A Clockwork Orange is perhaps Kubrick’s most ambitious film. We are on the front lines and the film’s scale explodes, following each of these recruits as they mature from training into battle. However, we start to see a downward spiral of the psyche, and after the infamous bathroom scene, we are thrown onto the battlefield itself, where Kubrick turns the film into a total war drama. Every scene is beautifully constructed and brutally real in its depiction of average military life and the process of being broken by commanding officers in order to become natural killers. Lee Ermey as Sergeant Hartman, who maintains such control over the recruits, and both his acting and Kubrick's direction detail the horrors of boot camp. The first half of Full Metal Jacket is perhaps one the most famous training sequences ever put to film. This bifurcated movie is essentially two films in one. From science fiction to historical fiction, Kubrick allowed just about anyone to find one motion picture that could potentially speak to them. However, since Kubrick’s films are so complex and distinctly unique that numerous books have been written about them (and him), there is at least one film for everyone. Since they are all vastly different in subject, they can nearly all stand on their own pedestal of perfection. Stanley Kubrick’s array of prestigious motion pictures are nearly impossible to pin up against one another. Mike Flanagan achieved this and more by paying homage to Kubrick and his style while being honorable to the source material in his 2019 film Doctor Sleep. The Kubrick style is one that many film students have and will be taught, and has inspired many filmmakers of today. He was a perfectionist who had a unique ability to pick an intriguing story and completely transform it to fit his own vision. Though it is a rather small filmography over the course of nearly half a century, and his time with us is unfortunately no more, Kubrick showed perhaps one of the widest ranges of storytelling a director can have. What Kubrick has done throughout his entire filmography will stand the test of time, creating a diverse catalog of masterpieces that hold up to this day. Striving for greatness is a dream all directors (and most artists) aspire to achieve, but Stanley Kubrick is one of a few filmmakers who has reached a level of immortality in cinema history. ![]()
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