Just watched 2001.

Disappointed with the picture quality after the raving and drooling on various sites. It's definitely the best version yet and while there are moments of astonishing detail, particularly in the close ups, it's not that great overall. The overall level of detail in many shots is average; dirt is visible in a number of scenes and colour banding is visible in many scenes, particularly the stargate sequence.

I enjoyed the film this time around - each time I see it I get closer to fully understanding it. But my main emotional response to the film is still one of boredom. You get the feeling that Kubrick was showing off and every sequence is painfully drawn out just so we can be sure to see how very clever he is. Sometimes it works beautifully but other times you kind of wish he'd just get on with it!

Still, Kubrick manages to pack more iconic moments into one film than most directors do in their life time.

Daniel, I give you 2 1/2 out of 3 - it's the best I can offer laugh

Mark


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