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anarchicq (anarchicq) wrote in fandom_wank,
@ 2010-10-05 22:58:00

Entry tags:

movie wank, reviews

Confused Matthew vs 2001: A Space Odyssey vs Chase vs Confused Matthew
A few months back, the enigmatic Confused Matthew reviewed the classic 2001: A Space Odyssey. The 3 part video review involved a lot of "This ISN'T A FILM! It's an ART PROJECT!" and "Land scape......lands scape.....land scape....I heart HAL.......colours......space foetus."

People respond to his review and Confused Matthew responds in turn and it all goes quite well.

Until Chase posts a nine part video screed in which he takes the review personally and uses one massive tone argument.

Confused Matthew responds. After a two part video response, Confused Matthew posted a video saying he was halting the reviews in fear of indeed becoming too personal.

Until today, when he posted part 3.

Grab the popcorn, sit back, and watch.

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	lissibith 2010-10-06 02:07 pm UTC (link)
	You know, I always got the feeling 2001 was a movie most people watch solely in order to feel superior to others, and if Chase is indicative of the fans of this movie, that seems an accurate description. Wow. (Reply to this)(Thread)

spawn_of_kong
2010-10-06 03:01 pm UTC (link)

I always got the feeling 2001 was a movie most people watch solely in order to feel superior to others

I, for one, started watching it for the "Dawn of Man" scenes, became intrigued by the rest, and continued with it. Feeling superior to others didn't enter it at all.

I get that its style of storytelling puts a lot of people off, but it's really one of those movies you have to see to the end before you realize what it's all about (as in, I was going "Oh..." during the last few seconds).

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	lissibith 2010-10-06 04:18 pm UTC (link)
	This is why I didn't say "all people." :) I know it's not my thing personally so I just avoid it. But most people I've personally run into who're deeply into the movie sound a lot like this guy - the whole "either you love it deeply or you don't UNDERSTAND" mentality. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	napalmnacey 2010-10-10 07:09 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, same here. I just started watching it and couldn't stop. But, I am an artist, went to artschool and I love art movies. Like, enjoying David Lynch films kind of arty. And German experimental art in various media. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	phosfate 2010-10-06 03:27 pm UTC (link)
	Or it could be awesome. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lady7jane 2010-10-06 04:38 pm UTC (link)
	There you go again. Acting all superior, throwing around big words like "awesome". And "could". (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

xero_sky, 2010-10-06 08:32 pm UTC

phosfate, 2010-10-06 09:26 pm UTC

puipui, 2010-10-07 08:26 am UTC

ymfaery, 2010-10-08 10:01 pm UTC

napalmnacey, 2010-10-10 07:10 am UTC

	castellated 2010-10-12 07:24 pm UTC (link)
	That's "wonderful." ;-) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	xero_sky 2010-10-06 03:54 pm UTC (link)
	It's a fairly decent film. I doubt most people watch it for a sense of superiority. That being said, it does seem to attract more than it's fair share of pretentious douchebags who think it's the pinnacle of film-making and are positive that no one else gets it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lissibith 2010-10-06 04:25 pm UTC (link)
	I think everything focused more on interpretation than subjective storytelling falls prey to those sorts, sadly. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tachikoma01 2010-10-07 10:04 pm UTC (link)
	I knew a whole bunch of people who felt that way about Clockwork Orange. And if you didn't like it, you just didn't GET it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

anarchicq, 2010-10-07 10:09 pm UTC

castellated, 2010-10-12 07:26 pm UTC

	tetradecimal 2010-10-06 04:01 pm UTC (link)
	I fell asleep during Dawn of Man, but it did spawn a creepy Vocaloid video. That's a plus! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lissibith 2010-10-06 04:26 pm UTC (link)
	Hmm. watches I may have to revise my opinion now. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	valinus 2010-10-07 12:57 am UTC (link)
	I just want to say that that is an amazing icon. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

(no subject) - tetradecimal, 2010-10-07 11:42 am UTC

	puipui 2010-10-07 08:27 am UTC (link)
	Seconding the icon love. So cute OMG! (Reply to this)(Parent)

annathepiper
2010-10-06 04:24 pm UTC (link)

2001 has its virtues, although the last bit of it is definitely rather headtrippy.

I used to have a housemate who told me this great story about when the movie came out (he was a young fellow at the time), he'd hang out outside the theater as people were coming out, holding a sign saying "PLOT EXPLAINED: FIVE DOLLARS". He actually made some decent pocket change doing that. ;)

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	eevee 2010-10-06 04:53 pm UTC (link)
	XD! Considering there's people who needed to have Inception explained to them, I guess there's still some money to be made in that area. ~~I knew I should've charged, dammit~~ (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

librarianmouse, 2010-10-07 03:50 am UTC

eevee, 2010-10-07 09:23 am UTC

librarianmouse, 2010-10-07 05:17 pm UTC

finchbird, 2010-10-08 03:16 am UTC

librarianmouse, 2010-10-08 06:12 am UTC

ichigatsu, 2010-10-07 05:33 am UTC

	lissibith 2010-10-06 05:00 pm UTC (link)
	That's sort of brilliant. My hat's off to your roommate :) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	cmdr_zoom 2010-10-06 06:14 pm UTC (link)
	I've often said that the stargate sequence was intended (1) to give the "squares" an idea of what being on drugs was like; (2) to give the ones on drugs a real trip. As for the stuff in the hotel room, I understood it, but only with the novel for context. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

beccastareyes, 2010-10-07 06:27 am UTC

sylvacoer, 2010-10-07 11:33 pm UTC

annathepiper, 2010-10-08 06:40 am UTC

castellated, 2010-10-12 07:29 pm UTC

	dejla 2010-10-08 06:32 pm UTC (link)
	I was assured, in my high school years, that the two best films to watch while stoned were 2001 and the original Fantasia. Not, of course, that I ever tested this out. cough (Reply to this)(Parent)

	gmth 2010-10-06 04:49 pm UTC (link)
	It actually made me feel like a total idiot, because I had no fucking idea what was going on. I had to Google it afterwards to make sense of it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dragonsong12 2010-10-06 04:52 pm UTC (link)
	Ha! That was me with Evangelion. Glad I'm not the only one something like that happened to. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cmdr_zoom, 2010-10-06 06:17 pm UTC

dragonsong12, 2010-10-06 07:25 pm UTC

dez_chan, 2010-10-06 07:09 pm UTC

dragonsong12, 2010-10-06 07:25 pm UTC

dez_chan, 2010-10-06 08:02 pm UTC

dragonsong12, 2010-10-06 09:10 pm UTC

kedase_derragar, 2010-10-06 09:35 pm UTC

lady_ganesh, 2010-10-06 10:20 pm UTC

sddalek_inc, 2010-10-07 01:34 am UTC

cmdr_zoom, 2010-10-07 08:32 am UTC

sylvacoer, 2010-10-07 11:36 pm UTC

finchbird, 2010-10-08 03:22 am UTC

sandglass, 2010-10-07 06:41 am UTC

	napalmnacey 2010-10-10 07:14 am UTC (link)
	I needed books to translate Shakespeare, so don't feel too bad. :T (Reply to this)(Parent)

	microclimate 2010-10-07 02:21 am UTC (link)
	idk I saw it in a theater in 70mm and I didn't feel superior so much as I felt like my eyes had orgasms. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

so_long42, 2010-10-10 06:19 pm UTC

	tehrin 2010-10-07 03:37 am UTC (link)
	I did it for the apes! And then stopped! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ruslan 2010-10-07 07:32 am UTC (link)
	I did only watch it to feel superior to others! But I was like fifteen then and basically the only thought fifteen-year-olds have is "I am desperately insecure. How can I feel superior to others?" I'm not entirely sure why my parents had it on video. I assume this was because my dad used to be a massive pothead. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

duraniedrama, 2010-10-07 04:42 pm UTC

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