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From: bstempleton@watmath.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
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Subject: why 2001 is one of the best films ever made
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Date: Sun, 9-Oct-83 02:23:06 EDT
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It's been stated that the effects in 2001 were a landmark, and that
is certainly true - they would have been considered good ten years
later.

2001 is one of the few movies I can see time and time again.  The sheer
beauty of the docking sequences moves me every time.

But the main reason I post this is to disagree with the statement that
2001 fails in execution and production quality.  This is far from the truth.
People are hard put to find errors of any kind in 2001.  There may be some,
like liquid going down in a straw, but they are very minor.  Just about
every other movie you can name is full of major flaws, technical mistakes
and other such errors.  2001 leaves no such taste in the mouth.  Whatever
you thought of the story, dialogue etc., it is one of the greatest bits
of film production ever.

Now on to the story.  Yes, many people have to read the book to understand
the story, and on the scale of "movies that can be understood completely
at first sitting" 2001 loses out.  But how does i do on the scale for
"movies, once you fully appreciate them".

-- 
	Brad Templeton - Waterloo, Ont. (519) 886-7304