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In Reply to: I saw 2001 last night in 70mm at the Aero in Santa Monica. posted by Analog Scott on August 8, 2005 at 14:22:30:
I can handle a movie that takes its time to get going, but my lord this movie is sooo boring. I've had root canals that were less painful.
Rob CThe world was made for people not cursed with self-awareness
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You may recall her comments in "Trash, Art, and the Movies" (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, 1969) that there was more life and vitality, more sense of what death in space could really be like, in the opening ten minutes of "You Only Live Twice" than in all of "2001". She wrote that after being given all those toys up on the screen, Kubrick didn't know what to do with them.I'll admit I disagree with her on this one, but back in the late 60s, critics were much more divided over "2001"'s merits than they seem to be today.
Many critics initially disliked the film but later changed their minds. "Time" magazine re-published a set of reviews over a three year period which deliniated this change over time.
Allen said he disliked 2001 when he first saw it - just couldn't get into it. After a year, he watched it again and realised how brilliant it was. Allen said it was THE classic case of a film being so far ahead of its time and the audience having to catch up.
Cheers,
John K
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"Where are we going? And what am I doing in this hand basket?"
..this could snowball?
Even the people who feel obliged to say it's a masterpiece can now say, with tears in their eyes, "well, frankly, it bored me."
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