I thought 2001 was one of the more uneven movies I have ever seen, with some great sequences and some ultra-tedious ones.
I felt similarly about Full Metal Jacket and Barry Lyndon. But I was completely left in the dark by Eyes Wide Shut. Give me the Kubrick that made * The Killing<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049406/> *, * Paths of Glory <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050825/>*, * Lolita<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056193/> *, and * Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/>* I consider them all absolute masterpieces. Sometimes achieving great success allows a director too much control over their movies, and that can be a bad thing. Bruce On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 6:18 AM, Phil Edwards <p...@cinemarts.com> wrote: > Yes, but you READ SF. > Over the years it has struck me that most people who dislike this film do > so because they don't "get it." > > There's actually nothing to "get" but plenty to read into it, just like SF > literature, if one has a mind to. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Ari Richards <ariricha...@yahoo.com.au> > *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > *Sent:* Saturday, March 05, 2011 9:49 PM > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] My Friend Say 2001 is a "snorefest" > > I have a good friend, whose taste I *usually* agree with, and he also > HATES 2001. > > Actually its a shame more people don't hate it, cos then I could afford a > nice poser for this WONDERFUL film. > > Ari > > ------------------------------ > *From:* bqjansen <w...@bqjansen.demon.nl> > *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > *Sent:* Sat, 5 March, 2011 9:17:17 PM > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] My Friend Say 2001 is a "snorefest" > > Let me chip in to say that 2001 not only is a snorefest and that you either > have to be very lazy to not stand up and leave the cinema/room or too old > and creaky, but also that you have to be visually challenged to enjoy the > ludicrous posters of ET-embryo's or boring spaceships. > > Wim > Op 5 mrt 2011, om 11:08 heeft Richard Halegua Comic Art het volgende > geschreven: > > Freeman.. email me privately and I'll tell you who he is > > At 01:46 AM 3/5/2011, Sean Linkenback wrote: > > Don't keep us in suspense Rich - tell us who it is so Freeman can call him > a "slime-ball, scum sucking, poop sniffing, warp minded, yeast infected, > snot-nosed, yellow bellied, cold-blooded bullying jack-ass" > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Richard Halegua Comic Art <sa...@comic-art.com> > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 4:38 AM > Subject: [MOPO] My Friend Say 2001 is a "snorefest" > > yeah so I'm doing my usual thing (working on posters) when I get an email > from one of my very best friends in the world and this email is titles > "snorefest" and his email proceeds to tell me "just watched one of the > boringest movies ever - 2001" > > of course I told him he makes me sick and that he isn't worthy of breathing > air above ground if he doesn't think 2001 isn't one of the best movies of > all time (because it is) > > well we banter back and forth and he points to these reviews by other > obvious idiots > http://movie2s.com/movie/18364968/2001:_a_space_odyssey.html > > I once again tell him how retarded he is and he says "it needs more lasers > and explosions. if the spaceships could transform into robots it would be > much cooler" > > Now I don't want to embarrass my buddy, especially because he is a member > of MoPo, so I don't want to mention my buddy's name (Sean), because I don't > want my buddy (Sean) to get nasty emails from people telling him what a > lowbrow movie viewer he must be. It's too bad my buddy (Sean) can't see how > intellectually stimulating 2001 is (as are the rest of Kubrick's films - > each one is a gem). > > But to each his own, so I'm not going to mention my buddy's name (it's > Sean), but I just wanted you folks to know there actually is someone in our > group that doesn't get this film. > > Hey Sean.. 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