I've seen so many of these Kubrick films and it was interesting to rewatch this one knowing all these links to the elites and conspiracy theories.
My first watch I found the masked sex cult thing a joke and I thought it was Kubrick being playful and experimental.
I had no idea that perhaps he was trying to say something deeper about the way things are.
People say that 20 minutes were cut out from the final version he showed literally days before his death, which adds to the mystery that perhaps his ultimate message has not been revealed. Even so, we get plenty of hints here.
One thing I thought watching this was how enjoyable it was to see Tom Cruise in a dramatic role rather than as an action hero. It does seem this movie made him never want to act for anyone else ever again, which is understandable since it is reported he had to do around 100 takes of things like walking through a door.
I would like to see Cruise working with the last remaining auteur filmmakers in his old age because I think he has a lot to offer in these sorts of roles.