I'm in complete agreement. Kubrick was not only a master craftsman to the point of perfectionism, as well as possessing a ferocious intelligence, he also had the soul of a truly visionary artist -- and he brought all of those qualities to this masterpiece in full measure.
Meanwhile, the current cultural POV has all too often diminished considerably to fanboy geek literalism, without any real sense of the lyrical & the poetic. While 2001 certainly has plenty of dazzling surface, enough to match & even outdo much of today's filmmaking, it has an astonishing depth & substance that so many contemporary films lack.
I appreciate all of these things. Kubrick was a brilliant film maker, and I usually enjoyed his films, especially
Dr Strangelove. Paths of Glory was another film that I thought was well-done as was
Full Metal Jacket. And I agree that the technical aspects of 2001: ASO are spectacular.
The problem was that after watching it for two and a half mind-numbing hours, I was left with the question of what I just watched. Like I said on another thread, I kept watching, and expecting it to get better or at least to get to the point, only to find out to my great disappointment, that it had no real point that I could see.
Sorry, but for me, this film was a huge disappointment, as was
The Shining. Although to be fair, part of it was that I just did not care that much for Jack Nicholson of that time. He has 'grown' on me since.
reply
share
Barbed_Wire_Strawberry
7 years ago
Mind numbing lol.
You take drugs, Danny?
Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride
reply
share
gary_overman
7 years ago
Mind numbing lol.
You take drugs, Danny?
Do small-minded people engage in personal insults because it is easier than making other arguments?
There are films that I really enjoyed and at the same time, were hated by others. Rather than attacking these people I engaged them in conversation about the film. We don't always end up agreeing but we at least have a polite discussion. It appears from the quoted post, that you lack this capability. It's sad.
reply
share
aaahmemories
7 years ago
You do realize that attacking the poster rather than presenting a well-reasoned response is what's truly sad, never mind exhibits your own lack of capacity, yes?
The Dumpster gives a whole new meaning to "red" states.
reply
share
raincoatriver
7 years ago
The point of this film is if you ignore your ancestors, you will live a zombified life of long tortured flight, only to wind up as dead fetal tissue floating through the dark cosmic night.
"gonna throw, my raincoat in the river...gonna toss, my umbrella in the sea"...Sammy Turner.
reply
share
aaahmemories
7 years ago
it had no real point that I could see
Is that the best you can do? I'm serious. Your comment seems to me like you're just saying, "Duhhhh!" Put another way, it's as if you expended no mental energy in connecting with what remains after almost half a century one of (if not THE) greatest works of cinema.
How is it so many of us not only grasp this film's point but find it one of the most important in the history of human culture while you see "no point?"
The Dumpster gives a whole new meaning to "red" states.
reply
share
Owlwise
7 years ago
gary, it sounds to me as if you at least gave it a fair chance, with an open mind, and it just didn't resonate with you. Maybe a future viewing will change your mind, maybe it won't. I wish you could have seen it on a huge screen, in some classic movie palace, as I did in 1968 -- that does make a real difference in this case, in that it deeply immerses the viewer in the film. In some ways, the experience of the film is the point, I think.
But one viewer's experience is going to be very different from another's, after all. :)
reply
share