Yeah, couldn't get into 2001 either... I thought the part on the space ship was cool, but that was only, like... a quarter of the movie. The rest was like a drug trip. But a really boring one.

Apparently it's mindblowingly awesome if you're a genius or a super artist or something. Honestly I don't care enough to figure it out.

Sorcerer's Apprentice has Cage in it so I won't be seeing it.

2001: A Space Odyssey is great! It's about higher powers in the universe and their influence on man's evolution. The music is so stunning and really takes center stage in its use to tell the story. I'm sorry you couldn't appreciate it.

Yeah, I watched 2001 and was pretty much bored out of my mind. I think you might have to watch it the right way.

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2001: A Space Odyssey is great! It's about higher powers in the universe and their influence on man's evolution. The music is so stunning and really takes center stage in its use to tell the story. I'm sorry you couldn't appreciate it.

They certainly didn't make that clear.

At all.

After reading a couple things about it I get what it was trying to do more, still doesn't mean I liked it. It seemed more like a drug trip than anything else... Especially the end, which I still cannot comprehend. I guess I'm just too stupid to appreciate "real cinema" and "art", as Smeag said. And I'm totally okay with that. I'd rather watch something that makes sense.

I'm not going to be a pretentious "2001: ASO is the best movie ever you suck for not liking it blah blah blah" snob. I did not either enjoy or understand the movie the first time I watched it. After some thoughts and half an hour contemplating the film, I came to realize what it was all about, how much relies on art and music in the film, how cerebral a movie it is, and, most importantly, what the ending actually means. While the drug-trip color sequence doesn't make much sense, and certainly could've been shorter, the sequence where he sees future versions of himself before becoming one represents that he's seeing infinity. The star fetus-god thing doesn't really make much sense, but is still very dramatic.

Also: Never try to understand the sequels. While Stanley Kubrick is a great director, 2001 is a movie best seen as standalone.

My favorite part of Despicable Me was when Vector used a squid launcher. I almost had a fanboy attack, right there in theater. But yeah, great movie.

Toy Story 3 isn't in your top 3 summer movies?

I can only assume that's because you haven't seen it yet...RIGHT?

- Tilius

Yes I have seen TS3. But no it did not do it for me like Despicable Me did, or even some of the more recent Pixar movies (which are not sequels, probably important).

It was good, sure, but Despicable Me has hilarious and awesome.

-CF