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elleng

(130,834 posts) Sat Nov 21, 2020, 08:33 PM Nov 2020

*8:00 PM -- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

2h 40m | Adaptation | TV-PG
Classic sci-fi epic about a mysterious monolith that seems to play a key role in human evolution.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester

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*8:00 PM -- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) (Original Post) elleng Nov 2020 OP

One of the best science-fiction movies ever, IMHO. Jeebo Nov 2020 #1

I used to think this was the greatest movie ever made. El Supremo Nov 2020 #2

Jeebo

(2,023 posts)

1. One of the best science-fiction movies ever, IMHO.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sat Nov 21, 2020, 08:43 PM

Nov 2020

A deep, profound, intelligent sci-fi flick. I have heard complaints about the incomprehensible stuff that happens at the end of the movie. I even heard a guy complain once that it's the worst movie he's ever seen. I always answer these complaints like this: I think the incomprehensibility of those events is a big part of the point of the movie. If we humans ever do encounter an extraterrestrial civilization that is that far ahead of us, wouldn't they be incomprehensible to us? Would we be able to understand them even as well as our pet dogs and cats understand us? Think about it.

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El Supremo

(20,365 posts)

2. I used to think this was the greatest movie ever made.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sat Nov 21, 2020, 08:47 PM

Nov 2020

But now I don't. There is hardly any dialog or acting. It's mostly special effects. Yes, they hold up after all these years, but that's not enough. Early psychedelic scenes but the "Star Child" ending left a lot to the imagination.

BTW, my favorite film is now Vertigo. It has weaknesses in the plot, but is certainly Hitchcock's best.

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