![]() With Halloween just around the corner, it's the perfect time to frame Kubrick's classic film for what it really is. It feels wrong to even think that it would need this, but this situation puts 2001 in the perfect position for a reexamination, a new light in hopes that more modern audiences might come to enjoy it more. This take is, begrudgingly, somewhat understandable, as it honestly is not necessarily the most accessible movie ever made. Many find the film to be overly long, boring, and pretentious. There is a decent segment of the movie-going public that simply offer Space Odyssey a middling, sleepy thumbs up out of respect and call it a day. The film is one that transcends conventional, linear storytelling, opting for an experience almost primarily conveyed through sight and sound. A film that should go without question as one of the most flawless pictures ever put to screen is Stanley Kubrick's 1968 sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey. ![]() These are films that are timeless to their core and without any need for defense - The Godfather, Citizen Kane, The Shawshank Redemption, just to name a few. There are few movies that are so good, they speak entirely for themselves.
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