"2001: A Space Odyssey" is known as a science fiction "masterpiece" and is the work of film master Kubrick;
Although it was a science fiction work 50 years ago, its score on Douban is still as high as 8.8 points in the case of nearly 200,000 people scoring.
But some viewers just don't like it, and even think it's a little ugly! Actually, this is quite normal.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > why is "2001: A Space Odyssey" a sci-fi "masterpiece"? </h1>
For the title of "Divine Work", it is indeed possible that it is because of the blind follow-up of some viewers.
Because of director Kubrick's fame, or seeing other people's pursuit of the film, some viewers may preconceived not knowing much about the film, think that "2001: A Space Odyssey" is very good, blindly promoting its "god work" title.
There is a kind of situation, but "2001: A Space Odyssey" is a veritable sci-fi masterpiece.
First of all, it's because it's ahead of its time!
50 years ago, in that era when there was no Internet, no commercial computers, no smartphones, and relatively backward technology, this movie is about something very advanced.
At that time, this science fiction film had begun to talk about artificial intelligence in depth, and predicted video calls, rotating space stations, IPads and other technologies;
At that time, the gap between this science fiction film and the same type of film in the same period was equal to the gap between "Interstellar" and "Shanghai Fortress" now.
It also influenced many later science fiction works, and many later science fiction films paid tribute to this classic film.
Director Nolan is a fan of Kubrick, and his "Interstellar" style was also influenced by "2001: A Space Odyssey";
Last year's "Interstellar Exploration" starring Brad Pitt, the opening of the film pays tribute to "2001: A Space Odyssey";
In our Chinese film "The Wandering Earth", there is also a tribute to "2001 Space Odyssey", and the setting of the artificial intelligence is somewhat similar to Hal.
Although the special effects of "2001: A Space Odyssey" have "devalued" a lot because of time, it seems that the scenes of this movie can still make the audience feel shocked.
Many science fiction movies may only surpass it in terms of special effects, but in terms of science fiction, even compared with current works, "2001: A Space Odyssey" is still outstanding.
In addition, the composition, editing, etc. of this film are also worth learning from the current film.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > since it is a god work, why do some viewers find it ugly? </h1>
We should be aware of the fact that a high-scoring movie is not necessarily the most beautiful movie!
Those Oscars for Best Picture, or the best pictures at the three major European film festivals, in fact, for some audiences, if they don't tell them that those films are "Best Picture", they may think that they are bad movies after watching those films.
Because whether it is a high-scoring movie or an award-winning movie, enjoying them generally requires a threshold, and they are generally not "friendly" to the general audience, so some viewers feel that they are not good, which is very normal.
Similarly, to understand "2001: A Space Odyssey", it is also a threshold, so it leads to a very poor viewing experience.
To deeply understand "2001: A Space Odyssey", the audience needs to understand some film composition, editing and other knowledge, and even understand some theories of appreciating movies, otherwise it is difficult to read the director's language;
In the eyes of some viewers who lack film knowledge, perhaps "2001: A Space Odyssey" is a chaotic editing, multi-faceted and mysterious pretense film, so it will be found ugly.
Beyond that, 2001: A Space Odyssey lacks drama and is a dull pace.
The film tends to lead the audience to think, rather than making the audience feel "cool", most of the shots serve the director's expression, so the director does not think too much about drama, resulting in a dull rhythm of the film.
The whole movie is close to 140 minutes long, but there is actually not much dialogue between the characters, almost close to the silent film, and for some viewers, the actual meeting of the film will make them feel bored.
For example, the opening of the movie, about a group of apes bland story, has been told for 10 minutes, which is a kind of torture for ordinary audiences.
In addition, compared with the current special effects blockbusters such as "Reunion", the special effects in "2001: A Space Odyssey" will be a little weak, so it will not bring much stimulation to ordinary audiences, and some viewers will feel that this movie is boring.
Overall, "2001: A Space Odyssey" is better suited to watch carefully over and over again like a book, because its biggest selling point is thinking.
For fans with film knowledge, or sci-fi die-hard fans, "2001: A Space Odyssey" may be a great movie because they have patience and careful taste,
But for some movie-entertaining audiences, "2001: A Space Odyssey" is more like a bad movie with no selling point, because I only watched it once, I don't know what the movie is about, and there are no highlights!
So for some viewers, "2001: A Space Odyssey" may be a very torturous movie, which is understandable.
For all viewers, watching a movie follows its own feelings, and sometimes don't care too much about whether it is a high-rated or award-winning movie!
Because everyone's "taste" will be a little different, sometimes the same person, at different ages, or at different moods, the movie you want to see may be different!
Maybe the god work in the eyes of others is just a bad movie in your eyes, and watching the movie follows your own feelings.
I can watch any movie, not only like to watch Wang Jing's unarticial, plot loopholes, and even chaotic and entertainment films, but also like to watch those art movies that have connotations but are very boring.
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