2001: a Space Odissey is a cult. Artistically and as a scifi movie, it’s absolutely impressive, philosophically is quite complex. Narratively I find it a little tedious.
Worth seeing on the big screen whenever possible. I love everything about it honestly. It’s incredible that not a single scene looks dated despite being made in the 60s and set in space. Incredible movie.
I don’t usually go for sci-fi, but 2001 is something else.
Clarke dropped the ball on this one, I don’t know how (and I’ve been a huge Clarke fan since about 1980).
In 2001 Clarke acts as if the philosophical ideas he proposes are all new, when they were tropes by the time he wrote 2001.
Its a visually stunning movie that gets space travel right. I’ve seen it, I’ve read the book (multiple times as I wrote a paper on its’ Emperor’s New Clothes phenomenon).
Walk-outs during the screenings were common, because there’s nothing there.
I don’t recommend it to anyone without massive caveats.
2001: a Space Odissey is a cult. Artistically and as a scifi movie, it’s absolutely impressive, philosophically is quite complex. Narratively I find it a little tedious.
Worth seeing on the big screen whenever possible. I love everything about it honestly. It’s incredible that not a single scene looks dated despite being made in the 60s and set in space. Incredible movie.
I don’t usually go for sci-fi, but 2001 is something else.
Philosophically it’s bereft.
Clarke dropped the ball on this one, I don’t know how (and I’ve been a huge Clarke fan since about 1980).
In 2001 Clarke acts as if the philosophical ideas he proposes are all new, when they were tropes by the time he wrote 2001.
Its a visually stunning movie that gets space travel right. I’ve seen it, I’ve read the book (multiple times as I wrote a paper on its’ Emperor’s New Clothes phenomenon).
Walk-outs during the screenings were common, because there’s nothing there.
I don’t recommend it to anyone without massive caveats.