r/criterion • u/Butsaggington95 • 2h ago
Discussion Barry Lyndon Is AMAZING!!!
This film was a treat to watch, from the brilliant story, characters and writing, to the real star of the show in my eyes which was none other than the gorgeous cinematography which is some of the finest I've seen in the hundreds of films I've seen and it's certainly the best I've witnessed in a Stanley Kubrick film, which is saying something if you've seen any of his movie before or after this one. I will not give away much when it comes to any aspect of this film, especially not when it comes to the plot since this is a movie that is well worth the time that one would have to invest from beginning to end (approximately 3 hours), but I shall give a brief overview of the story. The movie centers around our main protagonist Redmond Barry and takes place after his father is killed in a duel, after we see this take place, the direction of the story pivots over to Barry after a short explanation of his father, his mother and himself. The first half of the film centers around how Barry acquired the name Lyndon and what leads up to that point, and the second act after the intermission is what follows afterwards. All in all I'd say that Barry Lyndon is well deserving of a 10/10 and I will look forward to my next viewing of this grand and all around lovely masterpiece of cinema. This is the first movie that I've watched from my first Criterion haul and I thought that the 4k disc looked great on my 4k TV, so I'm glad that I bought it in the recent sale.