It's overrated

Fighting words there, Rangdogg.

It's a very influential movie with some amazing imagery, but it can be a chore to sit through, and a lot of it is silly. It's definitely in love with itself at times. I like it though. Watch it at home with a finger on the fast forward button.

I must have bad eyesight or something, because I get nothing out of all this high def stuff. I saw it on Imax. It was fine. Whatever.

I've always loved the movie. But I think "watch at home with a finger on the fast forward button" is the exact wrong way to watch the movie. I can understand why people think it can be a chore, especially if they've only seen it at home. The movie is so much better in the big dark room.

It's just such an exquisite mastery of craft and it changed/influenced cinema forever. Even if you don't like the "story" I feel like you have to appreciate what it achieved and what it inspired.

I will say in terms of quality, the IMAX version is nothing special. The projector is only 2K, so you’re pretty much just watching a Blu-ray blown up onto a massive screen.

Also, for the record, I never find the movie to be a chore at all. I think it’s totally absorbing and entertaining. That 2.5 hours just flies by.

For the fast forwarding, I was mostly referring to the parts where some alarm sounds for what seems like an eternity. Plus some of the take off/landing shots remind me of all the terrible scenes in the Star Wars prequels of ships landing and taking off. I'm sure it was impressive back in the day but...

I hadn't seen this in years. I was always under the impression that HAL was influenced by the obelisk thing, but I guess that wasn't the case. It kinda annoys me now that it's basically two separate plots jammed together. Oh well.

The ship landings are by far my favorite sections of the movie. I wept pretty intensely during that first one after the Dawn of Man jump cut.

Confessions, I've never seen 2001 either.

aw huh

Watch it. It lives up to its reputation.

I never noticed before this viewing how direct of an influence it had on Aliens.

I've always planned to. I'm familiar with a lot of the iconic shots.

Should I wait for the 4k release?

If you’re gonna watch it at home, yes.

That's where all movies are consumed these days for me. I'll check it out this fall.

Agree

The Zoo Keeper's Wife - this was pretty good

I've never even heard of this movie.

It was a Cameron Crowe-produced spinoff of We Bought A Zoo; it was directed by McG. It was mostly about Matt Damon's character's wife.

I don't believe this for one second.