Yeah, 2001 is pretty cerebral... and slow and hard to understand and a bit psychedelic at the end. That combination does not make for good mass entertainment.

It presents a solid story, well told, with great sfx. But, it doesn't spoon feed the entertainment to you. If you want to enjoy it, you have to reach in and grab it for yourself. You have to get involved.

Star Wars, OTOH, is good mass entertainment. It's not cerebral, it's not slow, it's easy to follow, and the psychedelics are minimal. It's a fun story, well told, with great sfx. And, it does basically "spoon feed" the entertainment to you. There is so much happening at any time that you don't need to reach in; it's dropped in your lap.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not dissing SW. But, these are two different stories told in two different ways and some may not be up to both. Or either.

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