Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
First of all, “2001: A Space Odyssey”” was incredibly shot and directed, to the extent that I found it difficult to believe it was a movie from 1968. The cinematography, the score, etc. create an incredibly realistic atmosphere in the various realms the film takes place in, and upon reflection, are central to the meaning derived from each portion of the film. Prior to watching I had heard many people describe the movie as "pretentious" or "self-important", and I was…
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The film very much meets the expectations set by the general public; a visually stunning piece of film that explores a vivid and captivating alien universe in which the viewer is immersed for the (extensive) duration of the movie. Simply put, it's cool and engaging, but not much more. It continues the same trite allegories of colonialism, environmentalism, and a thinly-veiled critique of capitalism and its' insatiable need to extract more raw materials regardless of environmental impact, which amounted to…