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I don't think 2001 is either boring or sucky.
The poorly stated point of my brief post was that if I've already disliked one masterpiece after having seen it the first time on the small screen, I don't want to screw with another, similarly-recommended, one the same way.
There's always that far more disturbing Peter Jackson movie, for puppet sex aficionados.
The poorly stated point of my brief post was that if I've already disliked one masterpiece after having seen it the first time on the small screen, I don't want to screw with another, similarly-recommended, one the same way.
Gotcha. Go revival houses!
I have never been able to stay awake for 2001 on the small screen. I think I might add Barry Lyndon to the list of movies that will be big screen only.
Somehow, I made it through Solaris on DVD, though.
How much puppet sex do you have to compare it to?
Between Farscape and Meet the Feebles? Um...more than you'd think.
Objectively, I think I'd have to say that Barry Lyndon is a better film than 2001. Or, well...I keep wanting to say that it's less experimental, but that's not quite true. The risks it takes are subtler, and because all of them pay off, they're harder to see. 2001 is more overtly daring, and so large parts of it don't work as well as they should. But it grabs me harder on an emotional level. Maybe.
(It's really hard for me to compare them, because I love and admire them both so much on such completely different levels.)
(It's really hard for me to compare them, because I love and admire them both so much on such completely different levels.)
I guess that's probably more true for me than my statement about preferring 2001. It's an ask-me-tomorrow-get-a-different-answer situation.
Between Farscape and Meet the Feebles? Um...more than you'd think.
Jessica is me.
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I like 2001.
Because the music is pretty.
Hate the story. Hate the book. Like the monkeys.
Mad Hot Ballroom is SO FREAKING ADORABLE and everyone must go and see it RIGHT NOW. So cute. OMG.
(And definitely stay through the credits, because there are some extra bits of interviews, one of which is going to have me laughing for the rest of my life.)