Paths of Glory

This film is often slow and plodding, with the most memorable aspect being the total lack of sound damping in one of the most echo-ey marble rooms in movie history (making it very difficult to make out what is being said.) Douglas may have thought this film would be eternal, but I'd rather forget I watched it. Kubrick did some great stuff and he made some genuine duds. This is not one of the good ones.

What does "ratio" of movie mean Mburgh? Audience and Reviewers - Please explain terms and rational . I haven't seen movie yet but know its highly rated. Rated it 4 Stars because of its known being a Classic of all time. Yet can't rate it higher due to not watching it yet or lower than 4 Stars.

Stating this film as "anti-war" I think is saying little of it. Actually it shows to how low-level human being can come, under such an extreme pressure as war. Vanity, hypocrisy, lie, selfishness, despair. Kubrick displayed all these with an analytical eye that only a master could do - and such a great and sad ending!

A very powerful film that illuminates the absurdities and cruelties of war. Outstanding performances by Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, George MacCready, and Adolphe Menjou. Excellent film. 🇫🇷

First saw this movie in 1957 as an 8 year old boy. Was awe struck and traumatized. Different times. Movies were not rated. Saturday matinee. Next saw it in 1972 as a young man. Again, I was deeply moved. Now, as an old man, I am just as impressed as I was almost 60 years ago. Consider it one of the best war films ever made. If the German girl's rendition of 'The Faithful Hussar' at the end of the movie does not move you, then your heart is made of stone.

It may not be his best film (2001 and Dr. Strangelove are better films for my taste), but Paths of Glory isn't one that jumps to people's minds when they first think of Stanley Kubrick. Quite possibly the best WWI film ever made.

This is one of the best anti-war films ever made. That is all that needs to be said. Wait one more thing, this is a Stanley Kubrick film.

Kubrick went to great lengths to preserve the integrity of his films, and this one, his first true masterpiece, deserves to seen in it's original ratio. Blech. I wasted ten dollars.

There are only a few films or movies that capture the insanity that was the First World War and the brutality that was caused by a European aristocratic military command. Apart from this movie I would recommend the fourth season of Black Adder, which gives an emotionally charged satirical depiction of the war. One of the few things, possibly the only, positive about the general antipathy that the general staff toward the common soldier is that the line officers who were with there with the soldiers became determined to behave more like actual soldiers if they ever became field commanders. Some of these men were Gens. Patton, Montgomery, DeGaul, and Bradley.

Great movie! I can't wait to replace it with the HD Version for my Apple TV. As soon as it's for sale in HD, I'm getting all the Kubrick films again! (click yes if you want to see in HD)