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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
No Edward P***hands?
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
I'm hardly alone in my opinion of 2001: A Space Odyssey-
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...Today it is nearly universally recognized by critics, film-makers, and audiences as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made. The 2002 Sight & Sound poll of critics ranked it among the top ten films of all time,[10] placing it #6 behind Tokyo Story. The film retained sixth place on the critics' list in 2012, and was named the second greatest film ever made by the directors' poll of the same magazine.[11] Two years before that, it was ranked the greatest film of all time by The Moving Arts Film Journal.[12] It was nominated for four Academy Awards, and received one for its visual effects. In 1991, it was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film) |
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
2001 is brilliant film making, and IMHO one of the greatest films of all time.
BUT: one of the themes of the film is that the human race is bored and in need of a change--another evolutionary step, if you will. Kubrick wanted to portray this boredom. Which raises an interesting question: if you want to portray anger, or sexual arousal, or hunger, then everyone "gets" it. But how do you portray boredom? Kubrick portrayed it, and many find the portrayal boring. Of course they do. Art doesn't always thrill. 2001 is a work of art. That's its real deficiency. And its virtue. |
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TonyB2009 Inner circle 5006 Posts |
The critics may well be right, Bob. The opening was stunning, as I said. For me it just failed to ignite after that. And the weird psychedelic sequence at the end, just like a similar sequence in Easy Rider, struck me as a director just showing off. And some critics agree with me.
Having said that, Kubrikc's Barry Lyndon was a work of genius. In fact, it was the only movie of his I liked.
Check out Tony's new thriller Dead or Alive http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alive-Varrick-Bo......n+carson
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
I suppose it depends on the level one is viewing something at. As art 2001 may have been successful. As a piece from an entertainment medium it sounds like it missed for at least a few people.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
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GlenD Inner circle LosAngeles, Ca 1293 Posts |
The only one I can ever remember (they got to be really bad for me to actually leave the theater) was "The Stupids". Ok, I know what you might be thinking... why would I pay to be their watching that in the first place?? Well it was the number two movie of a double feature, back when they always showed two movies, even in theaters (not just drive-ins, where you sometimes got 3).
Glen
"A miracle is something that seems impossible but happens anyway" - Griffin
"Any future where you succeed, is one where you tell the truth." - Griffin (Griffin rocks!) |
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
One of my flexible rules of entertainment is to ignore the critics. Generally frustrated individuals angry at their inability to create actual art, they tend to pan entertainment in favor of pretention.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
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NYCTwister Loyal user 267 Posts |
The Passion of the Christ.
If you need fear to enforce your beliefs, then your beliefs are worthless.
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
I've sat through Andy Warhol's "Dracula" (now THAT was a bad film) and his "Frankenstein." (equally bad.)
"Wing Commander" was the most boring piece of tripe I've ever finished. (It and "Red Sonja" cemented the fact that -I- am no longer allowed to choose what movie we go see.) GlenD's comment about the "number two film" reminds me that there WAS one film I walked out on. "Teen Wolf." I was on 42nd St. back when that ment row after row of cheesy theaters each running a more questionable film from B-grade schlock to actual porno. And they were running "Night of the Comet" and "Teen Wolf" back to back. Harlan Ellison had run a film column where he tore apart "Greystoke," an attempt to do "Tarzan" as a "art film" and at the end of the column he wrote; "...and those of you who think I don't like ANYTHING, go see "Night of the Comet." So there I was and it was starting in a few moments so I went in. "Night of the Comet" is a very nice social commentary hidden in a horror film candy coating. Title comet passes by, those who watch it, disolve. Those who are hidden away behind steel, survive. Those who are exposed a little bit, are in the process of "disolving" and are trying to counteract the process by eating the survivors. (There's also a subplot about scientists trying to study the phenomenon, that doesn't end well.) I got such a rush out of the film, when "Teen Wolf" started I said; "There is no way I'm letting this silly comedy kill my buzz." And just left.
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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slowkneenuh Regular user After 5,278+ posts, only credited with 133 Posts |
Add "Noah" to the list for me. Although I didn't walk out, I coulda, shoulda, woulda if I wasn't with company. As soon as I saw the "rock transformers" in the first ten minutes I knew my interest level was in trouble.
John
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