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intjonathanOk, so I've seen 2001 now. In its original 70mm format. In the year of its namesake. For the first time. I RULE! :)
What did I think of it? I enjoyed it. It holds up well for being the most parodied, pretentious movie ever released. It's kind of like snowboarding. You don't go to reach the bottom. You go because getting there is so much fun. In the same way, you don't watch 2001 because you fell fulfilled at the end, you watch it because it's an experience, like visiting another world. It has the air of reality about it because of the time factor. Kubrick films the signifigant events in the same amount of time they would actually take. For example, (spoiler?) when Frank is out in space and Dave must go get him, instead of giving you enough so that you know Dave is getting in the pod and travelling all the way out to get Frank, he shows Dave getting in the pod, shows the pod going out the door, Dave piloting the pod all the way out to Frank. He simply does not cut, until he is there. Filming nearly every scene this way gives the movie that taste of actuality. And that is why it holds up. Nobody else does this in any other movie that I can think of. I don't believe Kubrick ever duplicated it.
So there you go. Cliff, have at thee! My movie reviewing prowess can stand up to yours! En garde!
What did I think of it? I enjoyed it. It holds up well for being the most parodied, pretentious movie ever released. It's kind of like snowboarding. You don't go to reach the bottom. You go because getting there is so much fun. In the same way, you don't watch 2001 because you fell fulfilled at the end, you watch it because it's an experience, like visiting another world. It has the air of reality about it because of the time factor. Kubrick films the signifigant events in the same amount of time they would actually take. For example, (spoiler?) when Frank is out in space and Dave must go get him, instead of giving you enough so that you know Dave is getting in the pod and travelling all the way out to get Frank, he shows Dave getting in the pod, shows the pod going out the door, Dave piloting the pod all the way out to Frank. He simply does not cut, until he is there. Filming nearly every scene this way gives the movie that taste of actuality. And that is why it holds up. Nobody else does this in any other movie that I can think of. I don't believe Kubrick ever duplicated it.
So there you go. Cliff, have at thee! My movie reviewing prowess can stand up to yours! En garde!
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First Time?
Damn, I didn't know you had never seen it before. I'm glad you liked it, I would have reccomended it to you if I had thought you had never seen it before. It seems like your type. It is such a haunting movie, don't you think? I think that the part where he goes into the monolith is overlong, (i've fallen asleep bunches of times, I don't know if that is because it's boring, or because I was tired) but other than that, it is amazing. Anyhow, talk to you later!
Cliff
Re: First Time?
Date: 2001-10-11 12:19 am (UTC)yes, as i have mentioned to other people before, I am hardly the popular type of movie critic, but as cool as the non-scene-cutting thing is I found it very monotonous.
Re: First Time?
Date: 2001-10-11 08:37 am (UTC)sort of off the subject
Date: 2001-10-10 12:02 pm (UTC)Re: sort of off the subject
Date: 2001-10-12 07:13 pm (UTC)