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 monkey  Sittingbourne,Kent 30 Sep 23 6.44pm |
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Originally posted by YT
Fair dinkum. I guess I've chosen the right film for the thread then! I first saw '2001' at the Dominion, Tottenham Court Road. It was some kind of re-run after it had been restored or something like that. Maybe having seen it on such a massive screen formed my opinion, although I admit it must now appear very dated and low-tech in comparison to more recent sci-fi. You could’ve hit the nail on the head there, I was only a young kid so didn’t see it when it originally came out when it obviously had its biggest impact. I can’t remember when I first watched it, probably the 80’s, but I remember expecting so much more and was disappointed with the ending. I’ve watched it again a couple of times, but obviously it’s the sort of film that needs the intrigue of not having seen it before, so it still didn’t do it for me
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Midlands Eagle  30 Sep 23 7.08pm |
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Originally posted by silvertop
O Brother Where Art Thou. If i hear another comment like disappointing for the Coens or great music crap film I will run amok in portishead with a claw hammer. When the credits rolled i could have happily sat through it again. It's a great film that I've seen loads of times and back in the day we even went to a fancy dress party as the Soggy Bottom Boys
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| Midlands Eagle 30 Sep 23 7.11pm |
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Not quite what you asked but having spent a small fortune on expensive speakers in the walls and ceiling plus a giant American subwoofer I now don't like to watch any film over 90 minutes as I can't stay awake any longer than that
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| YT Oxford 30 Sep 23 7.17pm |
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Originally posted by monkey
You could’ve hit the nail on the head there, I was only a young kid so didn’t see it when it originally came out when it obviously had its biggest impact. I can’t remember when I first watched it, probably the 80’s, but I remember expecting so much more and was disappointed with the ending. I’ve watched it again a couple of times, but obviously it’s the sort of film that needs the intrigue of not having seen it before, so it still didn’t do it for me Actually the ending makes more sense in the original short story and again in the novel that Arthur C. Clarke wrote based on the film. **Plot Spoiler** effectively Bowman returns as a kind-of super-being (God??) to protect the Earth from the human race's inevitable destruction of it. The short story was called 'The Sentinel' ie whoever educated the apes and sparked the ascent of man, put in place on the moon a beacon (the sentinel) that would send a warning across the universe when Man became clever enough to unearth it,,,,and thus clever enough to destroy the planet.
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Deacon Blues  Whangarei/Kerikeri 30 Sep 23 10.46pm |
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Originally posted by Teddy Eagle
"I'm not sure that really is him" There's a feller in there that'll pay you $10 if you sing into his can.
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Teddy Eagle Online  30 Sep 23 11.07pm |
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Originally posted by Deacon Blues
There's a feller in there that'll pay you if you sing into his can. Mrs. Hogwallop done R-U-N-N-O-F-T.
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PalazioVecchio  south pole 01 Oct 23 2.07pm |
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Films no one else likes :
Les Visiteurs
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| Hrolf The Ganger 01 Oct 23 3.00pm |
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Originally posted by YT
I love '2001: A Space Odyssey' which I consider to be Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, based on a short story by Arthur C. Clarke. However, I've shown it to Mrs YT and the two Miss YTs but I may as well have shown them a blank screen. My son and I have agreed that it is hugely overrated. Boring, fragmented, dated and with a confusing ending. Give me Alien, Aliens, Forbidden Planet, Planet of The Apes or The Thing any day. High concept cerebral sci fi is better in books. A two hour movie just doesn't have the time to do it justice. Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (01 Oct 2023 3.01pm)
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| monkey Sittingbourne,Kent 01 Oct 23 3.06pm |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
My son and I have agreed that it is hugely overrated. Boring, fragmented, dated and with a confusing ending. Give me Alien, Aliens, Forbidden Planet, Planet of The Apes or The Thing any day. High concept cerebral sci fi is better in books. A two hour movie just doesn't have the time to do it justice. Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (01 Oct 2023 3.01pm) Now you’re talking, that’s one of my all time favourite films, the Kurt Russell version I mean
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| YT Oxford 01 Oct 23 3.41pm |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
My son and I have agreed that it is hugely overrated. Give me Alien, Aliens, Forbidden Planet, Planet of The Apes or The Thing any day. High concept cerebral sci fi is better in books. A two hour movie just doesn't have the time to do it justice. Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (01 Oct 2023 3.01pm) Well thanks for clarifying that.
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| silvertop Portishead 01 Oct 23 3.59pm |
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Originally posted by PalazioVecchio
Films no one else likes :
Les Visiteurs Too long a list PV. One for its own thread. Jour de fete off the top of my head. Ask in 5 minutes it will be a different one...
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| Hrolf The Ganger 01 Oct 23 6.15pm |
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Originally posted by YT
Well thanks for clarifying that. You're welcome.
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