I don't know whether to blame Kubrick's directing / screenwtiting or Clarke's original story but the whole thing is just so goddamn dull. I mean I am a product of the 2000s so maybe my attention span is just too stunted, but it bores me to tears every time I try to watch it.
Right! I honestly have no gripe with any of that stuff. I think it's wonderfully shot and I find it conceptually compelling. It's definitely ambitious, maybe to a fault. You're right though, I find it pretty dull. Every time I try it loses my attention and then I can't get back into it. But I really think if I was in the right mood, like a really attentive mood, it might click?
The only time I genuinely enjoyed Space Odyssey is when I watched it high and on a hit and a half of acid. And even them I had to take breaks in the middle of it just to clear my head.
Haha I was honestly thinking about how that would be the way to do it. It seems like the kind of movie that would really engage me on acid. One time I watched Birdman on like half a hit, and I liked the movie beforehand, but after that experience I thought it was the best movie of all time for like a week.
The parts with humans are ok but jesus does the monke scene take forever. First time I attempted to watch it I just gave up and didn't bother with it for several years
Agreed. There is entirely too much monke. Like I get what Clarke is going for; evolution isn't over and humans are still dumb chimps compared to the space bbys, but my god.
I don't know whether to blame Kubrick's directing / screenwtiting or Clarke's original story but the whole thing is just so goddamn dull. I mean I am a product of the 2000s so maybe my attention span is just too stunted, but it bores me to tears every time I try to watch it.
I enjoyed the books a lot but it was a while ago...
Right! I honestly have no gripe with any of that stuff. I think it's wonderfully shot and I find it conceptually compelling. It's definitely ambitious, maybe to a fault. You're right though, I find it pretty dull. Every time I try it loses my attention and then I can't get back into it. But I really think if I was in the right mood, like a really attentive mood, it might click?
The only time I genuinely enjoyed Space Odyssey is when I watched it high and on a hit and a half of acid. And even them I had to take breaks in the middle of it just to clear my head.
Haha I was honestly thinking about how that would be the way to do it. It seems like the kind of movie that would really engage me on acid. One time I watched Birdman on like half a hit, and I liked the movie beforehand, but after that experience I thought it was the best movie of all time for like a week.
The parts with humans are ok but jesus does the monke scene take forever. First time I attempted to watch it I just gave up and didn't bother with it for several years
Agreed. There is entirely too much monke. Like I get what Clarke is going for; evolution isn't over and humans are still dumb chimps compared to the space bbys, but my god.