2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Stanley Kubrick's seminal sci-fi film is an interesting throwback to the sixties. At times beautiful yet mostly pointlessly dull. The prologue involving apes is absorbing and the transformation from bone to spaceship stunning but what follows is a twenty minute gorgeously stylized promo video for Johan Strauss's classic waltz The Blue Danube then ninety minutes of pretentious boredom which i'm sure even devotees of the film will struggle to counter balance what it all means.
The end result is a piece of science fiction photography which is sumptuous to the eye, crystalline beauty to the ear, hypnotic to the mind, yet utterly boring.
This was the first time i've ever managed to sit through the film which in itself feels like some sort of achievement. Sorry, i simply don't like this film. Shit happens!
Last edited by Demdike@Cult Labs; 21st November 2019 at 10:31 PM.
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