Re: Why I Hate Stanley Kubrick

>No, absolutely not.  I actually prefer dark movies to feel-good ones. 
>However, Stanley Kubrick movies aren't simply dark movies.  Whenever I
>watch Kubrick's films, I always get this feeling that the director
>detests his audience.  And his distaste for them (us!) shows in his
>work.

Partly right. He had many friends and enjoyed life, so he wasn't a misanthrope,
but it's clear that he viewed humans as evolved apes rather than fallen angels.
Given the history of the century into which he was born, it's hard to argue
otherwise.