2001: A Space Odyssey
Discussion
jmorgan said:
Worst kind.....
Went to see Lord of the Rings when school was in and early afternoon seating. Group of OAP's came in and they wee the worst. At one point the mints were passed around (in noisy wrappers) and someone choked and coughed a great deal I expected someone to keel over, much commentary along the lines of "Oh I say, that was a bit violent" when Boromir sworded some Orc, "any one seen Doris? No? Don't think she is dead"."ere, lets have another mint" "what we doing tomorrow?"
I was expecting Dom Joly to answer his phone it was so surreal.
Oh, and Mr and Mrs with the three year old at the back trying to console kiddy when Orcs appeared.
Reminds me of the time I thought I'd struck gold at our little local cinema back in 1997. Went to see Star Wars, arrived and I was the only person in the theatre Went to see Lord of the Rings when school was in and early afternoon seating. Group of OAP's came in and they wee the worst. At one point the mints were passed around (in noisy wrappers) and someone choked and coughed a great deal I expected someone to keel over, much commentary along the lines of "Oh I say, that was a bit violent" when Boromir sworded some Orc, "any one seen Doris? No? Don't think she is dead"."ere, lets have another mint" "what we doing tomorrow?"
I was expecting Dom Joly to answer his phone it was so surreal.
Oh, and Mr and Mrs with the three year old at the back trying to console kiddy when Orcs appeared.
Sat in my favourite position right at the back in the centre.
Just as the screen wipe started to roll an old fella in a Parka came in and sat right in front of me
Eric Mc said:
That's why the used to have intermissions.
I thought it was so they could sell you more ice creams There's been debate about the intermission in 2001 (did Kubrick 'build it' into the theatrical release?)
The most likely explanation I've seen is that an intermission had to be included in a road-show release and when Kubrick found out about it he then decided where it should go and chose the music for it.
Dinoboy said:
Reminds me of the time I thought I'd struck gold at our little local cinema back in 1997. Went to see Star Wars, arrived and I was the only person in the theatre
Sat in my favourite position right at the back in the centre.
Just as the screen wipe started to roll an old fella in a Parka came in and sat right in front of me
Went to see Silvarado in Vancouver. I was the only one in the cinema. Thought the decent thing was to say will come back later but they said they were obliged to run the film even if there was no one in!Sat in my favourite position right at the back in the centre.
Just as the screen wipe started to roll an old fella in a Parka came in and sat right in front of me
So, whole cinema to myself and no interference. Bliss.
FurtiveFreddy said:
Eric Mc said:
That's why the used to have intermissions.
I thought it was so they could sell you more ice creams There's been debate about the intermission in 2001 (did Kubrick 'build it' into the theatrical release?)
The most likely explanation I've seen is that an intermission had to be included in a road-show release and when Kubrick found out about it he then decided where it should go and chose the music for it.
FurtiveFreddy said:
I thought it was so they could sell you more ice creams
There's been debate about the intermission in 2001 (did Kubrick 'build it' into the theatrical release?)
The most likely explanation I've seen is that an intermission had to be included in a road-show release and when Kubrick found out about it he then decided where it should go and chose the music for it.
Most "big" films of that era had intermissions - "Lawrence of Arabia", "The Sound of Music", "Grand Prix" - all had half time breaks. It was common.There's been debate about the intermission in 2001 (did Kubrick 'build it' into the theatrical release?)
The most likely explanation I've seen is that an intermission had to be included in a road-show release and when Kubrick found out about it he then decided where it should go and chose the music for it.
Eric Mc said:
Most "big" films of that era had intermissions - "Lawrence of Arabia", "The Sound of Music", "Grand Prix" - all had half time breaks. It was common.
Yes, but it did depend when and where you saw the film. As I mentioned, if it was a road-show release it would always have an intermission, whereas once it went on general release and to provincial cinemas it probably didn't.So you'll find people who remember seeing 2001 without the intermission if they saw it a while after initial release. A nice feature on the HD BR copy I have of it is that the intermission is included.
FurtiveFreddy said:
Yes, but it did depend when and where you saw the film. As I mentioned, if it was a road-show release it would always have an intermission, whereas once it went on general release and to provincial cinemas it probably didn't.
So you'll find people who remember seeing 2001 without the intermission if they saw it a while after initial release. A nice feature on the HD BR copy I have of it is that the intermission is included.
I think on first release, if an intermission was built into a film, it would stay in - no matter where showed. Subsequent releases were different.So you'll find people who remember seeing 2001 without the intermission if they saw it a while after initial release. A nice feature on the HD BR copy I have of it is that the intermission is included.
I saw "2001" in 1969 - in a full Cinerama cinema and with the intermission.
I didn't see it again until 1979 when a non Cinerama version (most Cinerama cinemas had closed by then) was released. The distributors also wanted to cash in on the revival of "space related movies" generated by "Star Wars". I don't remember an intermission in those 1979 showings.
I didn't see it in a cinema again until 2014 and this time the intermission was definitely there. I don't remember any ads being shown in the intermissions in any cinema I ever attended - although they did try to flog ice cream and ice lollies.
I have tried to like 2001 a few times now. There are certain aspects of the film that I do like.
HAL is a badass computer and I like that storyline... but the whole Psychedelic ending that last 10 minutes or so... i Just thought was crap if I am brutally honest.
The whole filming in space stuff was good especially for its time - but really in my opinion Never has so much hyperbole been given to such an OK film...
Now tell me, I did not get it or something...?
HAL is a badass computer and I like that storyline... but the whole Psychedelic ending that last 10 minutes or so... i Just thought was crap if I am brutally honest.
The whole filming in space stuff was good especially for its time - but really in my opinion Never has so much hyperbole been given to such an OK film...
Now tell me, I did not get it or something...?
nbetts said:
I have tried to like 2001 a few times now. There are certain aspects of the film that I do like.
HAL is a badass computer and I like that storyline... but the whole Psychedelic ending that last 10 minutes or so... i Just thought was crap if I am brutally honest.
The whole filming in space stuff was good especially for its time - but really in my opinion Never has so much hyperbole been given to such an OK film...
Now tell me, I did not get it or something...?
Big thing with this is it was written with Mr Clark and filmed at the same time, it was also as accurate as they could be and drew on real science a lot. I think the flashy lights in an abandoned warehouse is pretty good seeing as CGI was not around but they are a tad FF.HAL is a badass computer and I like that storyline... but the whole Psychedelic ending that last 10 minutes or so... i Just thought was crap if I am brutally honest.
The whole filming in space stuff was good especially for its time - but really in my opinion Never has so much hyperbole been given to such an OK film...
Now tell me, I did not get it or something...?
However, if you don't like it, I am a fairy and my names nuff.
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