There was a lot of speculation regarding the drop in sales, such as being forced to compete with EA's heavy hitting military shooters, Battlefield 1 and Titanfall 2, in the same release window; as well as
general lukewarm reception to the aesthetic choice of the latest entry.
Misguided notions about the work of Stanley Kubrick in
general and his eighteenth - century costume drama Barry Lyndon persist, despite the film's growing reputation since its initial
lukewarm reception, and the work of conscientious scholars and critics.