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Post by Callandor on Aug 20, 2008 22:52:41 GMT -5
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Post by Swan on Aug 26, 2008 15:10:47 GMT -5
It's a great film.
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Post by bkim on Aug 26, 2008 23:39:20 GMT -5
Well, what'dya think?
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Post by MidgardDragon on Aug 28, 2008 17:00:11 GMT -5
This movie just boggles my mind.
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Post by vanessajoyce on Aug 28, 2008 17:30:30 GMT -5
Yeah, I just feel really dumb when I watch it. I need someone who really loves it and understands its symbolism to watch it with me and tell me what the hey is going on.
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Post by Swan on Aug 28, 2008 19:08:39 GMT -5
Yeah, I just feel really dumb when I watch it. I need someone who really loves it and understands its symbolism to watch it with me and tell me what the hey is going on. I think most of it is up to interpretation.
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Post by Callandor on Aug 28, 2008 19:09:51 GMT -5
*sigh, i have yet to find the time to finish it Im at the party where those two guys are in the ship and talking to hal, and fixing the big satalite disk thing. So far.. i really dont find it hard to understand >.<
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Post by MidgardDragon on Aug 28, 2008 19:13:24 GMT -5
Yeah, it doesn't get weird until near the end. The part from the beginning to where they, well, do the spoilery thing, is easy to understand. After that it gets trippy.
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Post by vanessajoyce on Aug 28, 2008 19:24:05 GMT -5
Well, I actually really like surrealism and symbolism a lot and this film still leaves me stumped. The 3 or 4 times I've seen it, I try to concentrate really hard on the first part (which I feel like I understand), thinking I'm going to get clues to coming up with some kind of interpretation of the ending, and I just can't get a hold of anything.
But I do have to say, the photography and visual design is incredible. If you can just concentrate on that, it's definitely a must see.
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Post by Callandor on Aug 28, 2008 19:48:23 GMT -5
Ill make a promise to you guys This friday (tommrow) Ill watch the whole thing Then give you some feed back
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Post by vanessajoyce on Aug 28, 2008 19:56:25 GMT -5
Please do. Vanessa needs your brain.
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Post by Callandor on Aug 28, 2008 20:03:52 GMT -5
Hahaha ;D
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Post by bkim on Aug 29, 2008 0:43:46 GMT -5
Up until the end the major themes are the development of technology and weapons, and the consequences of this technology. As for the end, in Arthur C. Clarke's novel, Dave Bowman is whisked off to the home of the beings who are responsible for the monolith. Once there, they recreate a familiar habitat for him in order to study him and gain knowledge of the human race. Bowman then is transformed into a non-corporeal entity quite similar to that of these beings; the novel refers to him as a "Star Child." As for what that represents, it's completely up to you, but I think it represents the way in which space travel has been responsible for a kind of "rebirth" of the human species, and will continue to be as we venture farther and farther in search of answers to the questions of the universe.
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Post by MidgardDragon on Aug 29, 2008 6:26:29 GMT -5
Yeah, I read that on Wiki before. I quite like the explanation from the book, I just wish the director's surreal vision had been a bit more clear on the actual plot points. Surrealism for the sake of surrealism doesn't do much for me.
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Post by vanessajoyce on Aug 29, 2008 7:37:27 GMT -5
Wow, thanks, bkim. Now I can watch it again with this in mind!
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