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It was a movie that Kubrick and Spielberg both thought the other guy would be able to make it work. So they passed it back and forth. The scenes you think Kubrick came up with, were actually things Spielberg came up with and vice versa. "Here's a scene you'd be the perfect director to make, you should direct this movie!" So it's a mix between what Spielberg thought Kubrick should do and what Kubrick thought Spielberg should do.
Neither of them could make it work. But Kubrick died and Spielberg felt he had to finish it. It's an interesting movie to see what each director wanted the other director to do, but it's not a great movie to just sit and enjoy as a movie.