While technically profound for a movie made in 1968, with futuristic elements that would have been very novel at the time, the further you go into the future the less profound the technicals become.
I imagine it's like seeing the car invented for the first time, but when you fast forward 60 years cars are everywhere and banal.
I jumped forward to different parts of the film before I watched to see if the film played correctly, and the scenes seemed like a vibe, however when trying to watch it linearly, after 40 minutes I was so bored I couldn't continue watching.
There's little to engage the modern viewer (in the first 40 minutes) since attractive imagery is in abundance via the internet and general media and we want more from entertainment now.
The first 20 minutes consists of a bunch of apes screaming mixed with majestic landscapes.
The next 20 minutes comprises of minutia relating to technology that is no longer novel and extended scenes of spaceships flying and docking.
It's kinda ironic all the counter-counter-reviews saying that people who don't appreciate this movie are shallow, or don't appreciate the themes, when imagery alone IS shallow, and the presentation of the themes are now elementary.
Maybe one day I will return to this film and make it past 40 minutes to find out if there's anything I would feel I'm missing out on. But otherwise, somehow Kubrick managed to fit the TV runtime of whole stories with presentational scenes alone.
I imagine it's like seeing the car invented for the first time, but when you fast forward 60 years cars are everywhere and banal.
I jumped forward to different parts of the film before I watched to see if the film played correctly, and the scenes seemed like a vibe, however when trying to watch it linearly, after 40 minutes I was so bored I couldn't continue watching.
There's little to engage the modern viewer (in the first 40 minutes) since attractive imagery is in abundance via the internet and general media and we want more from entertainment now.
The first 20 minutes consists of a bunch of apes screaming mixed with majestic landscapes.
The next 20 minutes comprises of minutia relating to technology that is no longer novel and extended scenes of spaceships flying and docking.
It's kinda ironic all the counter-counter-reviews saying that people who don't appreciate this movie are shallow, or don't appreciate the themes, when imagery alone IS shallow, and the presentation of the themes are now elementary.
Maybe one day I will return to this film and make it past 40 minutes to find out if there's anything I would feel I'm missing out on. But otherwise, somehow Kubrick managed to fit the TV runtime of whole stories with presentational scenes alone.
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