Boredom is a permissible response. Of a heretic!
2001 is a movie that I have already talked about to death here, and since my words are not nearly as convincing as the movie itself, I won't bother trying to convert the unconverted again. My point was mostly about considering the greatness of these two movies on a scale outside of our own personal experience with them. Very few movies strive for grand gestures, articulate them with complete originality, change the course of cinema and yet, for all of the endless analysis of them, remain somewhat inscrutable in the power they hold. They are virtually peerless, whether or not some people might find them boring or even hate them. They are too big for the occassional indifferent experience to bring them down. They are, for lack of a better word, monoliths.
As much as I meant what I said though, my claim wasn't meant to be taken completely literally. Of course both movies are still target for any criticisms someone wants to lob at them (even though, personally, I've never read a single good negative critique of either film). But even allowing any and all kinds of criticism, whether or not I agree with it, I will admit that it being like a 50's family sitcom is one I haven't heard before. Other than a five minute scene of a man talking to his daughter on a TV phone, I don't believe there is even any reference to family in the rest of the movie.
2001 is a movie that I have already talked about to death here, and since my words are not nearly as convincing as the movie itself, I won't bother trying to convert the unconverted again. My point was mostly about considering the greatness of these two movies on a scale outside of our own personal experience with them. Very few movies strive for grand gestures, articulate them with complete originality, change the course of cinema and yet, for all of the endless analysis of them, remain somewhat inscrutable in the power they hold. They are virtually peerless, whether or not some people might find them boring or even hate them. They are too big for the occassional indifferent experience to bring them down. They are, for lack of a better word, monoliths.
As much as I meant what I said though, my claim wasn't meant to be taken completely literally. Of course both movies are still target for any criticisms someone wants to lob at them (even though, personally, I've never read a single good negative critique of either film). But even allowing any and all kinds of criticism, whether or not I agree with it, I will admit that it being like a 50's family sitcom is one I haven't heard before. Other than a five minute scene of a man talking to his daughter on a TV phone, I don't believe there is even any reference to family in the rest of the movie.
I never said the movie itself was boring. Just that. But if it explored the theme more I'd probably put it in my top ten. And since my top 100 is built of movies I consider perfect in one way or another, top ten would be huge.
Of course, I prefer a thoroughly explored theme of humanity or a self-deconstruction of the film or message itself. Even because of this I'm proudly guilty of the "heresy" of putting Scream in my top ten. Never seen a slasher movie do that so well, let alone a horror movie.