Oh my god yes. I honestly tried, really hard, and I like a lot of fairly artsy films - but I just can’t enjoy 2001. Everyone says it’s so deep, so meaningful. And yes I’ve done the deep dives, I know about the star child and the evolutionary leaps and all of the meanings.
To me it just falls flat because it’s just trying so hard to be a deep and meaningful film. There’s no story to bridge it, there’s no nuance to me, it’s just beating you over the head with “Hey, look, look at how deep and meaningful this is, it’s so important you understand this is more than just a film”
TheRaven@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
The funny thing is that it’s a 2.5 hour movie. Those 30 minutes of story are still only stretched out over the first 2 hours. The last half hour is just boring artsy effects flashing before your eyes.