2001: A Space Odyssey

[raz]

I saw it at a drive in double feature with 5 million years to earth. The latter scared the crap out of my 8 year old self.

But, other than Barry Lyndon, I'm hard pressed to think of a Kubrick film I don't like.

[freeradical]

Lizabeth wrote:
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This is one of those movies that you've got to see in a movie theater.

I saw it when it first came out, back in the day before the multiplex cinema, at a restored vintage cinema in Washington D.C. that only had one huge screen, and a killer sound system.

Which theater? MacArthur Blvd or Connecticut Ave?

I don't remember. I was a young kid at the time.

[Grateful11]

I'm a huge Sci-Fi fan but for some reason 2001 just doesn't click with me. I've tried to watch it several
times but it just can't hold my attention for some strange reason. The Forbidden Planet, Stargate,
The Fifth Element, Star Trek, Star Wars, The Martian, The Day the Earth Stood Still(the original),
Planet Of The Apes(the original), Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Enemy Mine, Looper etc.

I could watch them over and over.

[davester]

I remember getting chills watching it on its first release. Everything about it was amazing, from the apes, to the americans and russians together on a space station (unbelievable at the time), to the moon landing, to the idea of a sentient computer, to the epic "Open the pod bay doors, Hal" scene, to the psychedelic light show and birth of the star baby at the end. Special-effects-wise it was literally light years ahead of every other scifi movie ever made. It paved the way for just about everything since. Prior to that, most movie sci fi flicks (excepting a few gems like Metropolis) were frivolous westerns in space. This was an attempt to bring serious sci fi to the big screen.

I imagine that a lot of younger folks don't see the big deal since everything since then has built on Kubrick's pioneering film and has benefited from the march of moviemaking technology.

[SteveG]

A wonderful film. Did you notice that in every major segment except the light show, the characters always took time out to eat a meal?
You could even argue that in the very end, the space child 'consumes Earth'.






Space station standoff-just drinks, thanks.









See you for lunch tomorrow!






and for the only intentional humor in the film, Kubrick reverses the joke:

[rexs]

Drew wrote:
[quote=The first movie I ever went to as a kid. Cinerama Theatre, downtown (5th Avenue?) Seattle.]

That is where I saw it the first time

[Uncle Wig]

I love this movie!! Although I admit to skipping the "light show" sequence more often than not. I'll often just watch the first 45 minutes or so, if only to see the mind-blowingly brilliant cut from the bone soaring into the sky to the spaceship - and the entire docking sequence set to The Blue Danube.

[NewtonMP2100]

raz wrote:
But, other than Barry Lyndon, I'm hard pressed to think of a Kubrick film I don't like.

.....I think 'Eyes Wide Shut'.......is probably the worst......by far.......

[wave rider]

The HD stream showed the attention to detail on every set. The lit floor and overall lighting in the mansion scene was stunning. Rotating sets. Davester did a good job of explaining just how groundbreaking the movie was.

Hal's unblinking red eye still creeps me out...

[August West]

Saw a newly struck print with live score once, incredible. Regarding Barry Lydon, f/0.7 lens was developed for it. Love Kubrick.