Movies you just didn't "get".

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There was a time that the movie and book, 2001 were very interesting to me. I think I have read the book about five times, and have seen the movie maybe a dozen times. So fanatical was I that I would sit in the living room as a kid, mentally "tripping" over the soundtrack. To this day, I still own a special edition soundtrack for old times' sake....

I'm not sure I could watch that movie over and over again.. I tend to be a patient guy but this film was almost overboard, and honestly, there's not much of a soundtrack to speak of. It's mostly blazing silences. Add to that a 3 minute video 'silence' in the middle of the film. I thought there was something wrong with my copy of the film
That aside, whatever soundtrack was there I enjoyed.

In the context of the time of its release, 2001 was a fairly influential movie that really set a new standard for sci-fi fare. In my blog, I wrote about the influence of the movie Alien, which I thought was seminal in introducing audiences to a realistic depiction of the "could be". It was released concurrently with the movie Apocalypse Now, which gave audiences a very brutal picture of man's descent into the Darkness. 2001 is much more cerebral and mysterious, which fits the era in which it was made.

Alien, now we're talking. Definitely in my top 10 films.

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[QUOTE=audio amateur]I'm not sure I could watch that movie over and over again/QUOTE]

Just remember that this flick is 40 years old. Even when I watch it now, it seems somewhat dated. In 1968 it was a masterpiece.