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Originally Posted by Gillianren
I believe that what Lianachan is saying is that quite a lot of people who don't like the film do understand it. In my experience, this is true. It is also my experience that most people who do like the film don't say that those who don't like it don't understand it. However, there is a certain class of people who treat the film like an icon. Like dogma. Either you like it or you are wrong, and possibly too stupid to get why it isn't brilliant. I'm not saying that's your attitude. In fact, I'm at this point refusing to say who's saying it, because that isn't the point. I'm saying it's an attitude that has come across from some people.
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There are certainly people who insist that everyone agree with their viewpoint on the movie, but from my point of view, there usually seem to be more that push the "if you like it, you're wrong" position than the "if you dislike it, you're wrong" position.
I think it is clear there is a bit of perception issue, and not just from one side.
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Originally Posted by Gillianren
What the filmmakers intended is often irrelevant to what people bring to the film. Kubrick and Clarke may have intended you to have great spiritual revelations from the movie. However, it is possible to fail to have great spiritual revelations and still understand what's going on and the intention behind it.
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Oh, that's certainly true. I always have considered it a great science fiction film, and liked it for that reason. I never had any spiritual revelations, whatever intentions they might have had.