2001: A Space Odyssey..

[Stouffer]

I think the pen was stuck to a piece of glass in front of the lens. As for the jogging scene the set is rotated and the actor always remains at the bottom.

[silverlining]

HAL was the basis of Anthony Hopkins perfomance for the Hannibal Lector role. Little bit of information for all you fact-fans out there.

 

That is genuinely interesting. If a little strange.

 

So I wasn't a million miles away with my MOMO comparison either.

[Josef Svejk]

Opening section boring. Final section annoying. Middle section brilliant. So, self-indulgent but impressive overall.

[Thants]

I think the pen was stuck to a piece of glass in front of the lens. As for the jogging scene the set is rotated and the actor always remains at the bottom.

 

I do believe thats true, the pen that is. The joggers a little obvious JB you giant thickie.

[Shitty Arse]

Just watched this earlier for the first time as it was on BBC 2 and it’s ya know a classic so thought I’d give it a go. I’ve seen a few Kubrick films this is just one I’d never got around to. It is shot beautifully and I enjoyed the bit with HAL murdering everyone, the designs of the space ships etc set to classical music. The whole monolith thing and what we choose to interpret as was a bit far out maybe trying too hard to be artsy. The ending was fucking bizarre although I think if you watched this film on acid back in the 60s when it came out it would’ve been mind blowing.

All in all I can appreciate some aspects of it but quite intellectually challenging. Some may even say pretentious. As so many critics have included at as one of the best films ever I was hoping I would enjoy it more. I think it might even demand more than one viewing to fully get on board with the rest of the fanboys.

[Mike D]

Love it.

 

I shit myself the first time I saw the star child at the end.

[Red Shift]

Great film, great sequel (a sexy Helen Mirren) 

 

‘something wonderful is going to happen’

[stringvest]

On 01/04/2008 at 22:36, Stouffer said:

 

From wiki.

 

Of course it was IBM - the US even then was a massively litigious country, and there was no way a film maker would put themselves at risk of a massive lawsuit and damages.

[johnsusername]

On 28/04/2019 at 02:48, Soft Joe said:

Just watched this earlier for the first time as it was on BBC 2 and it’s ya know a classic so thought I’d give it a go. I’ve seen a few Kubrick films this is just one I’d never got around to. It is shot beautifully and I enjoyed the bit with HAL murdering everyone, the designs of the space ships etc set to classical music. The whole monolith thing and what we choose to interpret as was a bit far out maybe trying too hard to be artsy. The ending was fucking bizarre although I think if you watched this film on acid back in the 60s when it came out it would’ve been mind blowing.

All in all I can appreciate some aspects of it but quite intellectually challenging. Some may even say pretentious. As so many critics have included at as one of the best films ever I was hoping I would enjoy it more. I think it might even demand more than one viewing to fully get on board with the rest of the fanboys.

The book "explains" the ending better.