2001: A Space Odysee (USA. 1968)

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People sometimes ask me (in a 'parent scolding a naughty child' tone of voice):

“Why don’t you review films I’ve HEARD about? I don’t want to read a review for something that I’ll NEVER see.”

I do critique films that get released in cinemas every now and then, but most of the time my write-ups are a helter skelter mix of foreign oddities and bargain bin stinkers. I rarely (sometimes on a blue moon) review something that everyone's heard of. There's a very specific reason why I do that...

I have absolutely nothing to say that hasn’t been ten million before.

I saw 2001: A Space Odyssey for the first time today. I could tell you that the pace is glacial, the visuals breathtaking and the last act confounding on a narrative level, yet, enveloping on a purely artistic one. Even though I had never seen the film before, it’s so engrained in our pop-culture that I knew exactly what was coming before it popped on screen. I liked it.

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Look Ma! It never stops! This one is made them fancy picture things!

They're all ten times more precise and thought provoking anything I could ever sling together. It's out out there. I don't need to add my poorly phrased praise onto the pile.

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Coming up next: My Review of Star Wars IV: A New Hope!