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veen  ·  3965 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 2001: A Space Odyssey - Discussion Thread.

Just watched it for the first time, and to be honest, I don't really know what to think of it. Pretty much every aspect of filming has been done perfectly (how is this movie 46 years old?) but I didn't really see all the philosophical ideas in the movie that most of you here talk about. Sure, there are lessons to take about humanity, but that's about it.

Maybe I think this because I haven't yet understood the implications of the ending completely, but I get the feeling people are reading too much into this.





user-inactivated  ·  3964 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The book is way more descriptive than the movie about the meaning of different symbols and acts shown in both. I don't remember even having to "interpret" the book for a message it was all spelled out.

thundara  ·  3965 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    but I get the feeling people are reading too much into this.

Art critics don't know the meaning of those words.

As an aside, I forgot about movieclub and instead watched Prometheus.