2001 space odyssey
it was a revolutionary film
you either love it or hate it
I love it


the symbolism and plot are so beautiful and well thought out
I thought the HAL thing was too contrived and was a plot weakness but I was wrong. HAL was conflicted as he was to save the mission at all costs and always tell truth but was not to tell the truth about the mission. That contradiction causes HAL to malfunction: he reports a nonexistent fault in the AE-35 unit. So the crew decides to unplug him but his orders are to save mission at all costs
No one knew even ground control just HAL. When he began to suspect the crew might take him offline he had to kill them the original designers assumed HAL would use human logic and not kill the crew in such a scenario but they were wrong as HAL is a computer
Like have some mercy on first time viewers how are gonna figure that out?
The monolith is the same rectangular shape as a movie screen so we are falling into the monolith as we watch
Brilliant movie
Pulp Fiction Taratino is brilliant at creating hooks that make you watch from beginning to end never a dull moment but it is escapism
Films that teach you about real life while making art such as The Remains of the Day
but there are other wonderful films that immerse you in the real life we all go through
they show you and teach you but they just never become famous