Nelson Au
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I wanted to pass on a few observations after seeing 2001 yesterday on it's limited theatrical run though out the US. I saw it in San Francisco.
This is the first time I'd seen it on the big screen as an adult. I saw it in 1968 with my Dad as a 7 year old kid, so it was mostly lost on me then. I do remember the centrifuge sequence though.
I must have seen this movie at least 2 dozen times. The print was very good with vivid colors and detail. Some scenes looked a tad washed out, as if the bulb on the projector was too bright, but on the whole it was great. The red chairs on the space station looked almost crimson in color verses the DVD where it's a regular blood red. And I saw film grain! (That was not a complaint) Oh yes, someone hear said that the sound was played loud in Washington DC, it was loud! Especially when the Monolith sent it's signal from the Moon to Jupiter.
The main thing I felt seeing it on the big screen was that there was so much to see. I only have a 32" screen at home and all those IBM and Whirlpool logos are lost. Also in larger space shots, like the lunar landing of Dr. Floyd, I was looking at the ship and not just looking at the 4 astronauts on the surface doing their thing there. What I also liked was the ability to really see the distortion of the wide angle lens used. Particularly the wide shots showing the pilots on either side of the Pan Am ship.
The other thing that I hope Jack Briggs(sp?) will chime in on was that the as[ect ratio of the big screen looked wider then the DVD presentation from the current Warner disc. I have to check my Criterion laserdisc on this, but the film I saw yesterday looked wider then the DVD. On the deathbead scene when Bowman sees the monolith, the camera is looking from his POV and I could see more of the room on the sides. There is a door way I can see in the film on the leftside , the disc seems to crop off.
On the whole, the experience was great to have had. The film never gets old. The story is still as good today as ever. There is so much detail and things going on screen, you can't see on a small video monitor. Someday soon, I'll go FPTV or RPTV or plasma screen.
I'd be interested in other observations from anyone who saw it during this current showing.
Nelson
This is the first time I'd seen it on the big screen as an adult. I saw it in 1968 with my Dad as a 7 year old kid, so it was mostly lost on me then. I do remember the centrifuge sequence though.
I must have seen this movie at least 2 dozen times. The print was very good with vivid colors and detail. Some scenes looked a tad washed out, as if the bulb on the projector was too bright, but on the whole it was great. The red chairs on the space station looked almost crimson in color verses the DVD where it's a regular blood red. And I saw film grain! (That was not a complaint) Oh yes, someone hear said that the sound was played loud in Washington DC, it was loud! Especially when the Monolith sent it's signal from the Moon to Jupiter.
The main thing I felt seeing it on the big screen was that there was so much to see. I only have a 32" screen at home and all those IBM and Whirlpool logos are lost. Also in larger space shots, like the lunar landing of Dr. Floyd, I was looking at the ship and not just looking at the 4 astronauts on the surface doing their thing there. What I also liked was the ability to really see the distortion of the wide angle lens used. Particularly the wide shots showing the pilots on either side of the Pan Am ship.
The other thing that I hope Jack Briggs(sp?) will chime in on was that the as[ect ratio of the big screen looked wider then the DVD presentation from the current Warner disc. I have to check my Criterion laserdisc on this, but the film I saw yesterday looked wider then the DVD. On the deathbead scene when Bowman sees the monolith, the camera is looking from his POV and I could see more of the room on the sides. There is a door way I can see in the film on the leftside , the disc seems to crop off.
On the whole, the experience was great to have had. The film never gets old. The story is still as good today as ever. There is so much detail and things going on screen, you can't see on a small video monitor. Someday soon, I'll go FPTV or RPTV or plasma screen.
I'd be interested in other observations from anyone who saw it during this current showing.
Nelson