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on 6/2/2012
This really hasn't been commented on yet? It's an easy choice for me.
on 7/5/2012
Easy pick for me as well. But considering the movie rankings on many sites this should be a heavy debate. It's like no.1 vs. no.1.
on 7/6/2012
2001 was great, but Robbins and Freeman knock it outta tha park
on 3/19/2013
2001 wins. Gotta admit, Shawshank is a worthy opponent though.
Shawshank...borderline undefeatable. Sorry 2001.
on 8/4/2013
While to me, 2001 is Kubrick's masterpiece, the characters in Shawshank are much more defined that in A Space Odyssey. Tough choice, though.
Shawshank and it ain't even close.
2001 is awesome but Shawshank is one of those rare films that kept me entranced the entire time.
on 1/3/2014
Shawshank cannot beat 2001. Straight forward decision.
I'll go 2001... but these are two of the best.
on 4/2/2014
I like Shawshank, but I'm appalled by its status. No comparison. At all. In any way.
on 12/9/2014
Im been thinking of this matchup for two days litterally. It's Shawshank. Both without a doubt two brillant masterpieces
on 6/18/2015
The Shawshank Redemption.
2001 is deep but rather slow and confusing. I didn't really like it.
on 7/20/2015
2001 is a bit more my speed.
2001 on the lead. Haaaaaa.
2001 for me too.
on 8/16/2015
Gotta be 2001 for me. Though, Shawshank definitely needs a rewatch.
on 9/9/2015
Shawshank is great, that's pretty much universally acknowledged, and as a lover of characters over story, normally this would trump a movie that is very character thin. 2001 is that exception, THE exception. It's the only movie that literally every time I watch it, I get something completely new out of it. I'm always chasing the feeling of seeing a truly great movie for the first time. After dozens of viewings, 2001 still gives me that.
on 9/10/2015
2001 may be a great film, and I understand why. It does exactly what a great sci-fi should do and that's to make you think about it's sci-fi themes. 2001 is a great film indeed, it speaks about the nature of intelligence and life itself as well as the progress and evolution of man. Aside from the small nitpick with the shitty monkey costumes, 2001 has one huge problem for me which Shawshank, and that's that it's boring. Shawshank has a rich deep plot and symbolism as well as acting and a great story. In 2001 though it's spent over 2 and a half hours and most of it's establishing shots in space. I just about fell asleep three times the first time I tried watching it and I was bored to death and frustrated at the film for moving so damn slow. I was severly pissed off by the tediousness of the scene of Poole floating for what felt like ten whole minutes. Now by modern standards that's unfair to 2001, but still. Nowadays 2001 blows my mind, especially at the end with the room, but I could only watch if I'm in a real mood to, or if I'm high or something.
on 2/9/2018
2001 all the way.
on 5/18/2018
Shawshank is wonderful.
Both are brilliant but I'm still siding with 2001.
on 5/19/2018
2001 is the unsentimental favorite here.
on 7/29/2019
Oh c'mon..The Shawshank Redemption is way better than 2001 : A Space Odyssey. 2001 should be called 2001 : A Cure For Insomnia. What a boring movie.
on 7/30/2019
I have to agree with the poster above. 2001 is a chillingly bad movie, a tedious exercise in cinematic pretension made for those high-level frauds at NASA. NWO propaganda masquerading as high art, and pseudo-intellectual morons still lap it up.
on 10/5/2021
2001 changed the way I looked at movies. And I do enjoy over the rewatches I've given it. But I've always been more invested and emotionally shook by Shawshank.
shawshank is still my top 10 movies
on 8/9/2022
Shawshank may rise above it, but as of right now, I currently put 2001 over Shawshank. 2001 is a work of art, one that has new layers upon each viewing. It has better cinematography, one of if not the best cuts in editing history, iconic villains, and visual effects that hold up to this day.
on 10/5/2022
Both suck. Ok not shawshank Redemption as bad as 2001 a space odyssey. But shawshank Redemption wins totally. No way 2001 a space odyssey is better. Not if you ask me. I hate 2001 a space odyssey. That sci-fi film sucks. Shawshank Redemption is at least ok
on 1/24/2023
Basically a tie but 2001 is the definition of magic
