I've tried to watch 2001 several times but I keep falling asleep.
I'm just waiting to see if I pass out. Long story.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
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askye - Dec 07, 2006 7:48:11 am PST #6243 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
Kathy A - Dec 07, 2006 7:51:12 am PST #6244 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I think a big problem with 2001 for me (and my brother, who was equally mystified) was that we were watching a full-screen version on a 24-inch tv screen. It sounds like it's definitely one of those "you must see this in the theater" films.
Fred Pete - Dec 07, 2006 7:54:01 am PST #6245 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
What Kathy said about 2001 -- gotta see it on the big screen. Ditto Lawrence of Arabia -- you can't get the enormity of the desert on a TV screen.
Glamcookie - Dec 07, 2006 7:55:17 am PST #6246 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Other classics I'm meh on:
Gone With The Wind
Psycho
Grand Hotel (except that Joan looks HOTT)
Arsenic and Old Lace
It's a Wonderful Life
GF doesn't understand how anyone could be meh on Grand Hotel or Arsenic and Old Lace. I'm not that big on Greta Garbo. Yes, she is beautiful but her acting style and accent leave me cold a lot of the time. I did enjoy Ninotchka and one other one that I can't remember offhand (I think it had Basil Rathbone as her dicky husband).
Jessica - Dec 07, 2006 7:56:16 am PST #6247 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It sounds like it's definitely one of those "you must see this in the theater" films.
Oh, absolutely. Seeing it in a theatre is no guarantee that you'll love it, but seeing it on a TV is a near-sure bet that you won't. So much of what I love about it is the visuals and sound design, and there's too much that just doesn't come across unless you're practically surrounded by it.
(There's also the problem of it really being 4 movies of varying quality rolled into 1 big one. Dawn of Man = good. Space station = meh* HAL = great! Acid trip = um?)
*Well, meh on the bits that involve people talking to each other. The balletic spaceship sequences are some of the most beautiful things ever filmed, including the Best Match Cut Of All Time. So maybe it's more like 5 movies in 1.
Aims - Dec 07, 2006 7:56:41 am PST #6248 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I was TOTALLY meh on Arsenic and Old Lace.
Glamcookie - Dec 07, 2006 7:57:38 am PST #6249 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Okay, HAL was pretty great. I do find myself saying, "What are you doing, Dave?" on occasion.
Kathy A - Dec 07, 2006 7:57:52 am PST #6250 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I have Gone with the Wind issues, as well. My big problems with the film are the racial stereotyping, which I understand was part and parcel of that era of films, but that doesn't mean I don't wince while watching them, and even worse IMO is that I cannot stand Scarlett! I just want to smack her so hard every time I see her.
Polter-Cow - Dec 07, 2006 7:58:09 am PST #6251 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
but it's one of my wife's favorites (along with The Fifth Element, a movie that makes me want to claw out my eyes)
I love The Fifth Element ! It's Die Hard in space!
I was perplexed by 2001 as well.
And I like all of GC's meh classics except for Grand Hotel, which I've never even heard of.
Glamcookie - Dec 07, 2006 7:58:12 am PST #6252 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Another classic that I'm totally meh on (this one drives GF absolutely insane as she loves it): The Maltese Falcon