[Utah-astronomy] Re: Best space/sci-fi movie ever

Richard Tenney wrote:

Guess I'm nuts, but I HATED 2001.

You are not alone. I first saw it in Tokyo (in English with Japanese side titles) while on R&R from Vietnam. Didn't understand it then but I did like the special effects which, for 1969, seemed pretty advanced. Zoom forward to last year when a couple of months ago I MC'd a Science Movie Night up at the U of U. Being the MC I got to choose the movie so I picked 2001 thinking I might understand it. I didn't (and judging from the audience reaction most of them did not either). So, while I can't say that I hated 2001 (maybe we could start a "worst space/sci-fi movie ever" thread) I sure didn't understand it. Patrick