Is this one of those movies no one likes but pretends to like so they can seem cultured or a true sci-fi fan of some kind? I don't think there ever was or will ever be a movie more boring than this one. The package should have a warning like you see on some medications, "may cause drowsiness, do not operate heavy machinery!" with the sleepy eye guy right on the sticker.
I watched most of the movie at 1.4 speed and still almost everything took forever to happen. Wow, guys are walking to a ship! Wow, a ship is flying to the moon! Wow people are going to a meeting on the moon! Wow, some dude is going to replace the parts on a dish! Wow, some dude is putting out in a little shuttle to get his dead buddy! Wow, its a GDBF Black Obelisk!
Next you have no idea what is going on, dude is all going hyper warp to land in a white well illuminated room with Victorian style. He's old, older, even older... next he's some kind a GD Space Baby! Next to top it off, that's the end of the movie! What kind of sick joke is this?
If anyone can honestly tell me they enjoy this movie they are a LIAR! No one likes it, they can't. It's impossible. You just have something to prove is my guess. Why pretend to like it, do you think it's going to help you score with the ladies? The only person you're going to score with is that guy who works at the comic book shop and lives in his mother's basement.
I rate this movie F minus minus.
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Originally posted by PhlabibitI think the real question is how bored do you have to be to bother to watch this film at 1.4 speed?
Is this one of those movies no one likes but pretends to like so they can seem cultured or a true sci-fi fan of some kind? I don't think there ever was or will ever be a movie more boring than this one. The package should have a warning like you see on some medications, "may cause drowsiness, do not operate heavy machinery!" with the sleepy eye guy right ...[text shortened]... ok shop and lives in his mother's basement.
I rate this movie F minus minus.
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1st, it might help to know that a lot of the explanatory stuff that Arthur C. Clark had in the screenplay was taken out because of the length of the movie and I suppose the costs. you can read some good explanations online (i bet wikipedia probably does a good job explaining it - without even looking to see)
2nd, the movie was groundbreaking at the time. you can't compare the technology of the original king kong or godzilla movies, or even worse ones, with todays technical cinema achievements. that's like comparing a 1920 Model T Ford to a modern car and saying how stupid they were back then to make such a lousy slow and inefficient automobile.
3rd, the movie was quite a revelation when it first came out. that's because it was well done and by cutting out a lot of the explanations left more to the imagination. Today, HAL is an idiot robot. The space station is real. What is far more interesting is how far off the predictions for space travel are. We're 10 years past 2001 and nowhere near leaving earth's gravity for the other planets. what the heck? Jupiter? right.
Originally posted by PhlabibitIt's not just that I don't like it; I don't get it, either. I rate it "three Calvin pissing" symbols.
Is this one of those movies no one likes but pretends to like so they can seem cultured or a true sci-fi fan of some kind? I don't think there ever was or will ever be a movie more boring than this one. The package should have a warning like you see on some medications, "may cause drowsiness, do not operate heavy machinery!" with the sleepy eye guy right ...[text shortened]... ok shop and lives in his mother's basement.
I rate this movie F minus minus.
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Originally posted by PhlabibitI like this movie a great deal, and the book is better. The first time I saw it, it blew me away. There is nothing like this film even today. It's an iconic example of classic sci-fi.
If anyone can honestly tell me they enjoy this movie they are a LIAR! No one likes it, they can't. It's impossible. You just have something to prove is my guess. Why pretend to like it, do you think it's going to help you score with the ladies? The only person you're going to score with is that guy who works at the comic book shop and lives in his mother's basement.
I rate this movie F minus minus.
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"Oh my god, it's full of stars!"
Perhaps the problem is that Arthur C. Clarke is a little too good for some of us. Same with Ray Bradbury.
I saw the movie when it first came out in about 1968. During the scene early in the movie where HAL-9000 plays chess with one of the astronauts, HAL beats him and then describes where his opponent went wrong, verbally using algebraic notation. HAL screws up the notation and I caught that immediately. To me, this had to be a deliberate act by the producer, so after that, I knew that the computer would screw up the whole space flight, and therefore the rest of the movie was a total bore for me. It still is.
Originally posted by billyrayThe Jetson's view of the future was even worse. The show takes place In The Future circa 1999.
1st, it might help to know that a lot of the explanatory stuff that Arthur C. Clark had in the screenplay was taken out because of the length of the movie and I suppose the costs. you can read some good explanations online (i bet wikipedia probably does a good job explaining it - without even looking to see)
2nd, the movie was groundbreaking at the time. ...[text shortened]... nowhere near leaving earth's gravity for the other planets. what the heck? Jupiter? right.
I can't think of any movie or TV show names off hand right now, but when they show 'The Future' they now make it 2224 or 2190 to avoid this.
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Originally posted by wormwoodProbably would agree. This is a movie where pretty much every detail is intentional and you need to give it some thought.
the best scifi movie ever made. FACT!
On a chess note, it is interesting that Hal was incorrect in calling out forced mate in X moves. Probably it was intentional....