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by **PDH** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:44 pm

One of my absolute favourite movies.

by **eltopo** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:48 pm

damn it not on netflix

by **Space Otter** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:47 pm

One of the great achievements in cinema. I remember when Olderama had a big poll for best movies, and 2001 finished in the 90s behind garbage like Scream 2 and 300. When I expressed my shock, the response was that 2001 was "too intellectual" for most people and many "didn't get it." :smt011

Any wonder why I've mostly lost faith in humanity?

by **b.lumpkin** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:01 pm

Fantastic film. I went out of my way to see this piece in a special screening at a theatre a year or two ago.

by **eltopo** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:18 pm

Space Otter wrote:One of the great achievements in cinema. I remember when Olderama had a big poll for best movies, and 2001 finished in the 90s behind garbage like Scream 2 and 300. When I expressed my shock, the response was that 2001 was "too intellectual" for most people and many "didn't get it." Any wonder why I've mostly lost faith in humanity?

yeah I hear that

by **Benderbrau** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:23 pm

Space Otter wrote:One of the great achievements in cinema. I remember when Olderama had a big poll for best movies, and 2001 finished in the 90s behind garbage like Scream 2 and 300. When I expressed my shock, the response was that 2001 was "too intellectual" for most people and many "didn't get it." Any wonder why I've mostly lost faith in humanity?

You shouldn't have been surprise by the response it got. IIRC wasn't it an epic failure back when it was originally released for the same reasons?

by **eltopo** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:24 pm

Benderbrau wrote:You shouldn't have been surprise by the response it got. IIRC wasn't it an epic failure back when it was originally released for the same reasons?

basically

by **ReturnoftheMack** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:36 pm

I hated it. Boring ass movie.

Kubrick was overrated.

by **eltopo** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:41 pm

The President wrote:I hated it. Boring ass movie.

Kubrick was overrated.

I agree

by **Victorian Squid** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:47 pm

eltopo wrote:the part when Hal says he's afraid is so haunting to me

I can feel it.

I can feel it.

eltopo wrote:damn it not on netflix

Target has had the Blu Ray for $15, I'm thinking of upgrading from my DVDs for a couple movies like this, The Shining, and Alien.

by **Cat-Scratch** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:01 pm

Joking

Not really

Joking

Really

by **ThirtyFiveMinutesAgo** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:53 am

Benderbrau wrote:You shouldn't have been surprise by the response it got. IIRC wasn't it an epic failure back when it was originally released for the same reasons?

2001: A Space Odyssey was one of the biggest box office hits of the 1960s.

Roger Ebert has bragged about being on the "right side" of critical opinion when the movie opened. So at least a few critics must have disliked the movie when it was released. What percentage, I have no idea.