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For roundabout reasons I rewatched 2001: A Space Odyssey today and...
I don't get how people can call this the ''best'' sci-fi movie of all time. Influential, certainly. Ground-breaking, without doubt. But ''good''?
I know this might be an unpopular opinion, but the pacing is just excruciating. The first and last acts are incomprehensible, even if you've just read the book. HAL 9000 is truly the only good thing about the film.
#personal#2001: A Space Odyssey#I was rewatching The Expanse to stave off depression#and needed to resist re-reading the books#(because I'm starting polytech soon & don't need the distraction)#and wanted something with a similar vibe cos I wasn't sinking into anything else#so I pulled up 2001 on my kindle#and finished the book just in time to have Sunday afternoon to myself#I refuse to rewatch the sequel film even though I'm reading the book#not least because they cast a white guy as Dr Chandra
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