My God, it's full of stars. (Off-Topic)

by cheapLEY , Thursday, July 23, 2015, 22:30 (3414 days ago)

So, I watched 2001: A Space Odyssey for the very first time a few days ago.

Just have to say, holy shit. What a fantastic film. It holds up fantastically; the fact that they could accomplish such a good looking film in the 60s is incredible to me.

I wish there were more films like this today. The slow burn nature of it is amazing, and I loved it. Most films now pander to low attention spans, and it bothers me (sometimes; Mad Max: Fury Road is an incredible film, and it's definitely not a slow burn!). Even Interstellar, which is a pretty slow film by modern standards, is much, much faster paced than 2001.

Speaking of which, you can definitely see a lot of 2001 in Interstellar. A lot of very similar shots. And the two best AIs ever created, I think, in both films. I love TARS (and wish Ghost was more like him!), and I've never seen anything more menacing than HAL. Those long shots of the red "eye" are horrifying.

Anyway, just needed to mention it; how I've gone 27 years without seeing this movie is beyond me, but I'm glad I finally watched it.

I've heard some not very good things about it's follow up, but I'm going to give it a go anyway.