2001: A Space Odyssey | 100 Movies Bucket List
Next up was 2001: A Space Odyssey! This was a first-time watch that I had heard about for years. I definitely wasn't surprised to find it on this classics list! I had never been interested in seeing it, and while I thought that I would probably end up watching it one day, it being on the List made me watch it a lot quicker than I otherwise would have. The reason that I wasn't interested in this movie was a specific one. I watch a lot of movies in a lot of genres, but there are a few genres that I really don't enjoy (though even then, there are some films within those genres that I still end up liking). But one of the genres that I haven't found love for is specifically movies about (or set in) space. I have no problem with hearing about space in real life, or watching highly fantastical space-ish movies like Star Trek, but in terms of moves rooted in reality, set in space, I haven't found any that I like. And I do keep trying with them. Space movies tend to be hig...