lolita

So I watched Stanley Kubrick's Lolita from 1962, well is it a classic, sadly I say ehhh. This is a good movie make no doubt about it, I like the use of sexual innuendo throughout the movie, I liked Peter Sellers role as Quilty, the acting was good, the movie very funny at times, but it was too long, the use of an epilogue was pointless, and the opening scene should be at the end in my opinion. I have not read the book by Nabakov so I cannot comment on how closely it follows the original story, nor have I seen the remake with Jeremy Irons to see if that has a little more graphic nature, so I can only comment on this film. I love Kubrick he gave us several great films including one of my personal faves a clockwork orange, but here I don't think he had all the elements in place to make a truly great movie that stands the test of time. I hate to say it (without sounding like a perv) but I think if the original age of the girl (I believe 12) and the eroticism was more direct, it could have been a disturbing yet classic film. However if you are a fan of either movies from this time, Peter Sellers, or Kubrick it is worth watching and I did enjoy this movie overall, just wasn't blown away by it.