I misted up a bit during this trailer before MI:F last night. 2001 is such a beautiful looking film. Can't wait to see it in 4K IMAX.

Hmm, I'm really torn. My 4.5- and almost 7-year-old freakin' love 2001. I'm not sure if they'd sit through it in the theater, though. Mmmaaaybe the 7-year-old. Man, I'd love to take her to it. I just might have to do it.

August 24?! She's off school, I'm taking her!

It's not playing near us?! Ugh.

If you can manage the trip go for it!

So ... that confirms you can use MoviePass on this.

Saw this in 70mm at Alamo Drafthouse last week. I think this is only my second or third time watching it, and while I've always enjoyed it (like all Kubrick movies), during the previous viewings at home I felt like it dragged. I had enjoyed it more as art than entertainment, unlike some of his other movies.

This time I loved it! I was utterly amazed at how three hours flew by. This time, those parts I previously felt had dragged felt like luxuriating in the set design and futurism. Really enjoyed it.

Just caught this at an AMC IMAX. Movie looked and sounded fantastic. I haven't seen it in a theater in decades. Not a large crowd (10:30am) and, thankfully, no trailers. The movie itself is long enough.

At intermission now ... wish I had seen TomOpus’s post earlier. I’m seeing it an AMC so I showed up ten minutes after showtime expecting the usual 20 minutes of trailers after showtime. Just as well, the beginning always made me cringe.

Honestly, I’ve never been a big fan of 2001, but I appreciate its place in cinema history. I’ve tried it a few times on home video, but it just never resonated with me. Maybe the big screen will make a difference. It looks gorgeous on IMAX, and it does have the intermission (no music,no house lights, just a long black pause ...).

And the intermission is over!

Where the heck are the 70mm screenings of this?

There are only 4.

I went to Lincoln Square today.

Thank you.

OK, Story (or anybody) ... talk to me like I am one of Story’s kids.

What the #@%! is it that I am missing? Why do I not get this movie?

I have tried watching 2001 multiple times over the years. Sometimes you “just get” some movies as you age or are in different stages of life. This one just isn’t taking though.

I appreciate it but I just don’t get it. There are tidbits of movies I want to see here (I kept thinking I would love to see a 10-hour limited series made from this — particularly the Heywood Floyd section). However something just doesn’t work for me. There are too many gaps, too many things that don’t payoff in the end, and really no real story.

After walking out of the IMAX showing, I was really taken back to Ridley Scott’s recent “Alien” (those are air quotes!) films. It felt like there was some “large” message that the viewer (I) was supposed to get, yet the end result just felt like a bunch of trippy Tom-fuckery from a delusional director who thinks he is “so clever”.

How is the book?

^ The book is awesome and is written by both Clarke and Kubrick. There's a bit more to the "dawn of man" story arc.

Kubrick combined big time mega-bucks Hollywood budget and the story and construction of an art film. So there’s a lot of elision and open-endedness. The film means whatever it means to you. I’ve loved it since I was about 9 or 10 when I first saw it.

I love it because it’s mysterious, even a bit scary at times.

Saw 2001 at one of the larger AMC IMAX rooms that amc has ( thanks moviepass…..) It's amazing that a 50 year old film can look and sound so good, like the surround effects were amazing and I did not even notice one scratch ( I know its digital but it was sourced from the camera negative).

Caught this in a true IMAX in Irvine yesterday, maybe a dozen or fewer people in the entire theater.

HOLY SHIT was it amazing. The sound alone - deafening. It was like seeing it for the first time. Incredible and not to be missed.

I agree 100%
Saw this on Sunday and I can now safely say that this should be seen on the biggest screen possible ( with great sound) to fully appreciate it

saw this in IMAX digital last night ... first time I ever got to see it theatrically

looked pretty good (beginning of the Star Gate sequence was amazing), sound was great (highly intense during the monolith on Clavius Base and HAL shutting down life support systems)

one big standout disappointment was a number of the apes in the Dawn Of Man sequence had major black blurring .... not sure if anyone else had this in their presentation but I don't recall it ever being an issue on the BD and the fact it happens so early in the movie was a letdown

No problem during my showing.

First of all, if I was going to talk to you like you were one of my kids, there would be multiple rabbit trail conversations about chicken nuggets and a lot more Simpsons references.

I think the reason they like it is one-part it's a good movie and one-part the way I watch movies with my kids. First, they like the movie because the storytelling pace is something they can follow easily (a lot of classic movies are like this, like Singin' in the Rain or Rear Window, which they also enjoy). The visuals are engaging, the sound is amazing, it's unique because it's way back when with primitive apes and it's way in "the future" in space and the way it uses silence and still long shots when so much of their programming is loud and kinetic. They love the music, too, and thanks to the TV show Little Einsteins, they knew some of it going into the movie. So they like it because it's a good movie.

They also like it because of how we watch it. At home when we watch a Blu-ray, I ask them questions, take questions, do narration, rewind the parts they like, laugh along with them, explain jokes, skip what needs to be skipped, and always, always, always check in with where they're at emotionally. If they get scared, I talk about having "the shivers," which is what we feel when we're having fun being scared. We picked it up from an old Frog & Toad story. It's fun to be a little scared during a movie.

But that said, I'm fully prepared to skip stuff and stick to my guns. When we watch Return of the King, for example, I skip Smeagol strangling Deagol. It's too intense. Same with when Saruman hits the wheel. But most of the rest of the violence we get through by talking about it. Another example is Ghostbusters. I'm with the oldest, she's about 5 at the time, which is how old I was when I saw it in the theater. I pause it before the librarian ghost has her jump scare and say I think this is too scary. No, she really wants to see it. I say no, it scared me too much as a little kid, we have to skip it. She pleads. I say cover up with a blanket and we'll listen and you can tell me if it sounds too scary. She does that, I play it, she says that sounds amazing, she wants to see. Okay. I go back, we watch, she laughs! She sees the humor in those guys trying to "Get her!" and their screaming as they back away. She did what one is supposed to do during that scene: have a quick thrill of the shivers, then laugh.

Talking with her about what we're experiencing makes it work. They've watched a ton of movies that they absolutely love. All the original Planet of the Apes. Ghostbusters. Star Wars. Lord of the Rings. Willow. Star Trek. They get through them, appreciate them, request them. Some parents don't agree with me, others admire my approach. So far, it seems to work. And if we reach a point it doesn't, I'll gladly reevaluate.

And an update on the theatrical release of 2001:

Oh, but it is playing near us! And we indeed, did go!

I took my near-7-year-old last Friday to a matinee at the IMAX at the Minnesota Zoo, the biggest movie screen in Minnesota.

When I picked up our tickets, the attendant saw my daughter and said it's very long, I said we know. She said it starts with a black screen with scary music, I said we know. She said there's a long intermission, I said she's seen this 5 times on Blu-ray and loves it, we know, we'll be okay. She seemed very surprised but shrugged and gave us our tickets.

We talked to a guy in the lobby who said his dad took him to see it for his birthday 50 years ago. We met a dad with his teenage son who had never seen it. We chatted with three different women who were all seeing it on their own, individually. And then there was a random couple in their 20s who were snapping selfies, living the cliche dream. That was our crowd for this first show of its run here in Minnesota: around 20 people. We got our popcorn, made a plan for when to take our bathroom breaks: when Dr. Heywood Floyd address the room and at the intermission, and sat right back in the middle center just as it becomes the back half of the theater.

We had a blast. It looked amazing, it sounded amazing. It was nice and loud so when it was scary it was nice and scary. My kid turned to me every once in a while with a big smile. We took turns saying, "This is amazing!" and "I agree!" Beyond the Infinite was exactly what I wanted it to be. A pleasant surprise was the thrill of the absolute silence in space (and/or the heavy breathing) as we sat in a gigantic 500-seat auditorium with only 20 of those seats occupied. We were in a vast space witnessing the vastness of space and it enhanced our experience.

So glad we went. I took a vacation day at a time when we're really swamped at work and it was 100% worth it.

^ I just want to say I admire your approach! I've been showing my 5 year old some of the Studio Ghibli stuff and my wife has shown her Princess Bride and Goonies, so I think we're ready to step it up a bit.

On topic, I posted in the 4K thread but also wanted to expand on this here. I LOVE this movie now (sorry Abob, can't explain it). I loved it the last few times I saw it, but this is such a fantastic theatrical experience. Anyone who can catch it locally should do so before the UHD disc comes out.

Just got back from seeing this at my local-ish Studio Movie Grill - glad I did - it was phenomenal. The picture and sound were great. The minor drawback was during like the first 3-5 minutes of the showtime when the masking curtain wasn't all the way up like it was supposed to be. A couple of guys ran out and told them to raise it all the way up and they did. It all worked out. It was an almost sold-out show. It was on a smaller screen but they had leather recliners and all that - it was a comfortable movie-going experience.

I saw this at my local (Real) Imax. Loved it.

I will say this- WTF is wrong with Nolan? Is he deaf? I went to see this with a friend and during some of the monolith scenes (especially the one on the Moon) she was covering her ears.

I had the same issue with Interstellar, DK Rises and (especially) Dunkirk.

Are you under the impression Christopher Nolan directed this?

He just supervised the restoration. Any scene that was loud was intended to be that way. It has an aggressively discordant soundtrack.

Yeah, the sound quality was great - then again, it's always been great on HD-DVD, BD, LD, DVD, and Digital HD.