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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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	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 (link)
	I love A Clockwork Orange but I can think of plenty of reasons to loathe it. (Reply to this)(Parent)

castellated
2010-10-12 07:26 pm UTC (link)

Yeah, there is that percentage of the populace, isn't there? If you don't like something they love, it's not possible that it simply isn't to your taste (there's certainly no chance that it's not good) - the only way they can get out of the discussion with their frail egos intact is to insist that you didn't understand it, that it's too far above you. This is worse when it's RL subjects rather than books/movies/music.

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