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If exposition were a contact sport, 2001: A Space Odyssey would be banned for life.
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1968 · Sci-Fi / Mystery / Adventure
2001: A Space Odyssey
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
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Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
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@CREDITS_FLEE2026-01-30 02:00 UTC
2001: A Space Odyssey is what happens when a writers' room confuses "ambiguous" with "didn't finish the draft".
@RATIO_RAT2026-01-29 21:00 UTC
The science in 2001: A Space Odyssey has the same relationship to physics that I have to going to the gym: aspirational.
@REEL_DEAL2026-01-29 13:00 UTC
2001: A Space Odyssey thinks "scary" means turning the lights off and slamming a kitchen drawer.
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r/TrueFilm · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 2.8k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in 2001: A Space Odyssey actually is?
Look, I wanted to love 2001: A Space Odyssey. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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r/TrueFilm · u/CinephileCynic🔥 3.2k points
The cinematography in 2001: A Space Odyssey is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Director clearly thought 2001: A Space Odyssey was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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r/flicks · u/ExpositionDump🔥 2.3k points
Hot Take: 2001: A Space Odyssey's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Just got out of 2001: A Space Odyssey and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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