May 20, 2021
A while ago I watched that famous movie, 2001 Space Odyssey on Netflix. I occasionally watch movies both to learn English and to talk about it later. It was such a weird movie with too few conversations, but the visual was so ahead of time, stunning, and beautiful.
The movie was divided into four parts, but all of them are in some ways connected to a mysterious object, “monolith.”
The first part is about a conflict between two groups of primitive humans. They fight over a pond for drinking water and one group loses the fight. After fleeing, when they sleep and then wake up, they find a huge monolith placed near them. They don’t know who did this, but after that, they learn to use tools for fighting and then they take back the pond.
The second part is weird and I didn’t understand what was happening. I think the second part exists to just show off the visual effects of space ships. Scientist teams find the monolith on the moon and at the end of the second part, they hear grinding noise coming from it.
The third part is about spaceship clews and flawless AI. They are on a mission to first reach Jupiter. However, during the journey, this flawless AI makes a mistake for the first time. Only two awake clews (because others have to hibernate to reserve resources) decide to turn off this AI, but this AI finds out about that and then kills one of two awake clews and all the hibernating clews. The only remaining clew is almost killed, but he manages to turn off the AI in the end. This part is the most “catchy” part and easy to follow, and most of the conversations in this movie are in this part. I guess the monolith makes the AI faulty, and makes it more human-like.
The fourth part is about the remaining clew, and this is the weirdest part of this movie. The visual is so trippy and psychedelic. It is like a fever dream, and this visual effect continues for five to ten minutes with no speech. After that, the last clew finds himself in a closed chamber furnished with a table, bathroom, and bed. He realizes he is looking at an old man, and the next moment, he is that old man. The old man is his future self. Then this old man finds a older man lying on the bed, and of course this older man is also him. Lastly, while he is lying on the bed, he finds a monolith situated at the center of the room. When he touches, he goes back to earth and he is a big, bizarre looking baby inside a mysterious sphere. Then the movie ends.
Overall, I enjoyed the movie a lot. I like the visual and mysteriousness of the movie. I think it is really hard to make such movies nowadays, because movies nowadays are so much commercialized and movie companies cannot risk themselves by producing such progressive movies. I think this movie was possible because at that time beautiful movies were rare so the visual itself had its own value. These days, due to the technology advancement, we can watch any movies with a high resolution, so we start to take it for granted that we can watch beautiful cinemas. So if this movie were to be released now, I wouldn’t be sure if it would become a hit. Maybe one of the reasons that the movie is so famous is the timing of its release.
I am sorry if I messed up verb tenses a lot. I used present tense to talk about the storyline of the movie. If they are all wrong, you don’t have to correct each one since it will take too much time. Please just tell me so. Thank you.
2001: a Space Odyssey (containing spoiler)
A while ago I watched that famous movie, '2001: a Space Odyssey', on Netflix.
Not really a grammatical error, but I've changed to the correct official title of the movie.
I occasionally watch movies both to learn English and to talk about itin English, both to help me learn and to be able to discuss them later.
Your sentence wasn't bad, my correction removes the slight ambiguity
It was such a weird movie with too few conversationslittle dialogue, but the visuals wasere so ahead of its time, - stunning, and beautiful.
Your version wasn't completely wrong but when talking about a film like 2001, you'd be more likely to say 'dialogue' than 'conversations'. Visual should have been visuals, use the plural here
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Some changes to content to improve the coherence
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The people on board a ship or craft are its crew. Also changed to improve coherence. Flawless doesn't fit here to describe HAL
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Stylistic improvements (and crew corrections)
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just style / ease of reading
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Style, to be consistent with the rest of the text
The fourth part is about the remaining clrewmember, and this is the weirdest part of this movie.
ok apart from the spelling mistake
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It's best to use 'these' for a word like trippy ('slang'). Visuals, not visual. or say 'visual effects'
It i's like a feverish dream, and thise visual effects continues for about five to ten minutes with no speech, during which time there is no dialogue.
Slight improvement to style / ease of reading
After that, the last clrewman finds himself in a closed chamber furnished with a table, bathroom, and bed.
He realizes he is looking at an old man, and the next moment, he is that old man.
I know the film, and this part is very difficult to describe, even in your own language, so well done
The old man is his future self.
Then this old man finds an even older man lying on the bed, and of course this older man is also him.
Lastly, while he is lying on the bed, he findsees a monolith situated at the centere of the room.
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Just to make the style sound consistent with the rest.
Then the movie then ends.
Just tweaked the style here.
Overall, I enjoyed the movie a lot.
I liked the visual effects and mysteriousness of the movie.
Changed to liked to be consistent with tense. You could also have said, you liked the look of the film, or that you liked the visuals, but 'visual effects' is more specific. Or you could have said you liked the cinematography, this would include the parts without special effects.
I think it is really hard's difficult to make such movies nowadays, because movies nowadays arethese days the industry is so much more commercialized and movie companies cannot risk themselves bytake the risk of producing such progressive movieworks.
Changed to avoid repetition
I think this movie was possible because at that time beautiful movies were rare so the visual 'look' itself had its own value.
This needs 'look' to emphasise what you're talking about here
These days, due to the technologyical advancement, we can watch any movies with a in high resolution, - so we start to take it for granted that we can watch beautiful cinemas at any time.
Style changes to make the point stronger
So if this movie were to be released now, I wouldn’t be'm not sure if it would become a hit.
Good use of subjunctive with 'were', but using the subjunctive after the comma is 'overkill', it works better as I've corrected it.
Maybe one of the reasons that the movie is so famous, is the timinge of its release.
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Overall, it was very good. It's a difficult film to describe, let alone in another language, so well done. This is my first correction, so I'm sorry if I've gone too far with some of the changes. I hope you find my corrections and comments helpful, you can always message me (if that's possible) and we could discuss it further.
2001 Space Odyssey (containing spoilers)
"containing spoilers" or "containing a spoiler", I think - but the plural form is much more common.
A while ago I watched that famous movie, 2001 Space Odyssey on Netflix.
I occasionally watch movies both to learn English and to talk about it later.
It was such a weird movie with too few conversations, but the visual was so ahead of its time, stunning, and beautiful.
"ahead of its time" is the expression. The movie belongs to a time, it was made in 1968, but it's so advanced that it seems to have come from a time ahead of its time.
The movie was divided into four parts, but all of them are in some ways connected to a mysterious object, the “monolith.”
The first part is about a conflict between two groups of primitive humans.
They fight over a pond for drinking water and one group loses the fight.
After fleeing, when they sleep and then wake up, they find a huge monolith placed near them.
They don’t know who did this, but after that, they learn to use tools for fighting and then they take back the pond.
The second part is weird and I didn’t understand what was happening.
I think the second part exists to just show off the visual effects of space ships.
Scientist teams find the monolith on the moon and at the end of the second part, they hear a grinding noise coming from it.
I think "they hear grinding noise" is okay, but I feel like I prefer to speak about a singular noise when using an adjective with it. I can hear noise coming from the garage. I can hear *a terrible* noise coming from the garage.
The third part is about spaceship clrews and flawless AI.
This is your biggest and most persistent mistake :) first, the word is "crew". Second, "crew" is a collective noun for people who work on a ship. A ship has crew, has a crew, you can work on a crew, be a member of a crew. The captain assigned two of the crew to watch over the saboteur. The crew were very eager to take their shore leave.
You cannot talk about an individual member of a crew as being "a crew". He is a crewmember or a crewman. "Two crews" is two separate sets of people - the ship has two crews, the maintenance crew and the operations crew. Never individuals.
They are on a mission to first reach Jupiter.
However, during the journey, this flawless AI makes a mistake for the first time.
OnlyThe two awake clews (becauscrewmembers who are awake (the others have to hibernate to reserve resources) decide to turn off this AI, but this AI finds out about that and then kills one of the two awake clrewmembers and all the hibernating clrews.
The onlye remaining clrewmember is almost killed, but he manages to turn off the AI in the end.
This part is the most “catchy” part and easy to follow, and most of the conversations in this movie are in this part.
I guess the monolith makes the AI faulty, and makes it more human-like.
The fourth part is about the remaining clrewmember, and this is the weirdest part of this movie.
The visual iss are so trippy and psychedelic.
I guess this might be just style, but I think we universally talk about a movie's "visuals" rather than its "visual".
It is like a fever dream, and this visual effect continues for five to ten minutes with no speech.
After that, the last clrewmember finds himself in a closed chamber furnished with a table, bathroom, and bed.
He realizes he is looking at an old man, and the next moment, he is that old man.
The old man is his future self.
Then this old man finds a older man lying on the bed, and of course this older man is also him.
Lastly, while he is lying on the bed, he finds a monolith situated attanding in the center of the room.
"situated" isn't incorrect here, but it often feels a bit awkward to me and I'd much prefer to just say the monolith is standing there.
When he touches it, he goes back to earth and he is a big, bizarre looking baby inside a mysterious sphere.
He has to touch something.
Then the movie ends.
Overall, I enjoyed the movie a lot.
I like the visuals and mysteriousness of the movie.
I think it is really hard to make such movies nowadays, because movies nowadays are so much commercialized and movie companies cannot risk themselves by producing such progressive movies.
I think this movie was possible because at that time beautiful movies were rare so the visual itself had itss themselves had their own value.
These days, due to the technology advancement of technology, we can watch any movies with a high resolution, so we start to take it for granted that we can watch beautiful cinemasbeautiful cinematography for granted.
Changing this a little, don't know if it's exactly what you mean. We would never say "watch beautiful cinemas" - a cinema is a movie theatre, and that sounds like you're standing outside the movie theatre appreciating the building's architecture.
So if this movie were to be released now, I wouldn’t be sure if it would become a hit.
Maybe one of the reasons that the movie is so famous is the timing of its release.
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I think your verb tenses are all completely fine! There's nothing wrong at all with using present tense to describe a story like this, as long as you're consistent with it. Really well written in general, really - just stop saying "clew" :)
It's a very strange movie. Beautiful, but Dave becoming a giant space baby was an ending that left me feeling... unsatisfied, at best.
He realizes he is looking at an old man, and the next moment, he is that old man. This sentence has been marked as perfect! He realizes he is looking at an old man, and the next moment, he is that old man. I know the film, and this part is very difficult to describe, even in your own language, so well done |
2001 Space Odyssey (containing spoiler) 2001 Space Odyssey (containing spoilers) "containing spoilers" or "containing a spoiler", I think - but the plural form is much more common. 2001: a Space Odyssey (containing spoiler) |
A while ago I watched that famous movie, 2001 Space Odyssey on Netflix. This sentence has been marked as perfect! A while ago I watched that famous movie, '2001: a Space Odyssey', on Netflix. Not really a grammatical error, but I've changed to the correct official title of the movie. |
I occasionally watch some movies both to learn English and to talk about it later. |
It was such a weird movie with too few conversations, but the visual was so ahead of time, stunning, and beautiful. It was such a weird movie with too few conversations, but the visual was so ahead of its time, stunning, and beautiful. "ahead of its time" is the expression. The movie belongs to a time, it was made in 1968, but it's so advanced that it seems to have come from a time ahead of its time. It was such a weird movie with too Your version wasn't completely wrong but when talking about a film like 2001, you'd be more likely to say 'dialogue' than 'conversations'. Visual should have been visuals, use the plural here |
The movie was divided into four parts, but all of them are in some ways connected to a mysterious object, “monolith.” The first part is about a conflict between two groups of primitive humans. |
They fight over a pond for drinking water and one group loses the fight. This sentence has been marked as perfect! They fight over a po It's better to say pool here, a pond is what people call what they have in their gardens (ie for fish) |
After fleeing, when they sleep and then wake up, they find a huge monolith placed near them. This sentence has been marked as perfect!
Just a couple of minor changes to make it sound better, the sentence was a bit too long |
They don’t know who did this, but after that, they learn to use tools for fighting and then they take back the pond. This sentence has been marked as perfect! They don’t know Just making it sound clearer |
The second part is weird and I didn’t understand what was happening. This sentence has been marked as perfect!
This sounds better, to avoid mixing tenses in one sentence |
I think the second part exists to just show off the visual effects of space ships. This sentence has been marked as perfect! I think the second part Just a couple of minor changes in style. |
Scientist teams find the monolith on the moon and at the end of second part, they hear grinding noise coming from it. |
The third part is about spaceship clews and flawless AI. The third part is about spaceship c This is your biggest and most persistent mistake :) first, the word is "crew". Second, "crew" is a collective noun for people who work on a ship. A ship has crew, has a crew, you can work on a crew, be a member of a crew. The captain assigned two of the crew to watch over the saboteur. The crew were very eager to take their shore leave. You cannot talk about an individual member of a crew as being "a crew". He is a crewmember or a crewman. "Two crews" is two separate sets of people - the ship has two crews, the maintenance crew and the operations crew. Never individuals. The third part is about The people on board a ship or craft are its crew. Also changed to improve coherence. Flawless doesn't fit here to describe HAL |
They are on a mission to first reach Jupiter. This sentence has been marked as perfect! They are on a mission to The words I took out weren't necessary, and just made the sentence less strong |
However, during the journey, this flawless AI makes a mistake for the first time. This sentence has been marked as perfect!
Just stylistic, it would help the reader to know this information. |
Only two awake clews (because others have to be hibernated to reserve resources) decide to turn off this AI, but this AI finds out about that and then kills one of them. |
The other clew is almost killed, but he manages to turn off the AI in the end. |
This part is the most “catchy” part and easy to follow, and most of the conversations in this movie are in this part. This sentence has been marked as perfect! This part just style / ease of reading |
I guess the monolith makes the AI faulty, and makes it more human-like. This sentence has been marked as perfect! I Style, to be consistent with the rest of the text |
The fourth part is about the remaining clew, and this is the weirdest part of this movie. The fourth part is about the remaining c The fourth part is about the remaining c ok apart from the spelling mistake |
The visual is so trippy and psychedelic. The visual I guess this might be just style, but I think we universally talk about a movie's "visuals" rather than its "visual". The visual It's best to use 'these' for a word like trippy ('slang'). Visuals, not visual. or say 'visual effects' |
It is like a fever dream, and this visual effect continues for five to ten minutes with no speech. This sentence has been marked as perfect! It Slight improvement to style / ease of reading |
After that, the last clew finds himself in a closed chamber furnished with a table, bathroom, and bed. After that, the last c After that, the last c |
The old man is his future self. This sentence has been marked as perfect! This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
Then this old man finds a older man lying on the bed, and of course this older man is also him. This sentence has been marked as perfect! Then this old man finds an even older man lying on the bed, and of course this older man is also him. |
Lastly, while he is lying on the bed, he finds a monolith situated at the center of the room. Lastly, while he is lying on the bed, he finds a monolith s "situated" isn't incorrect here, but it often feels a bit awkward to me and I'd much prefer to just say the monolith is standing there. Lastly, while he is lying on the bed, he 'situated' not necessary, doesn't help the description. seeing is better, as he wasn't actively looking for anything |
When he touches, he goes back to earth and he is a big, bizarre looking baby inside a mysterious sphere. When he touches it, he goes back to earth and he is a big, bizarre looking baby inside a mysterious sphere. He has to touch something. When he touches it, he Just to make the style sound consistent with the rest. |
Then the movie ends. This sentence has been marked as perfect! The Just tweaked the style here. |
Overall, I enjoyed the movie a lot. This sentence has been marked as perfect! This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
I like the visual and mysteriousness of the movie. I like the visuals and mysteriousness of the movie. I liked the visual effects and mysteriousness of the movie. Changed to liked to be consistent with tense. You could also have said, you liked the look of the film, or that you liked the visuals, but 'visual effects' is more specific. Or you could have said you liked the cinematography, this would include the parts without special effects. |
I think it is really hard to make such movies nowadays, because movies nowadays are so much commercialized and movie companies cannot risk themselves by producing such progressive movies. This sentence has been marked as perfect! I think it Changed to avoid repetition |
I think this movie was possible because at that time beautiful movies were rare so the visual itself had its own value. I think this movie was possible because at that time beautiful movies were rare so the visual I think this movie was possible because at that time beautiful movies were rare so the visual 'look' itself had its own value. This needs 'look' to emphasise what you're talking about here |
These days, due to the technology advancement, we can watch any movies with a high resolution, so we start to take it for granted that we can watch beautiful cinemas. These days, due to the Changing this a little, don't know if it's exactly what you mean. We would never say "watch beautiful cinemas" - a cinema is a movie theatre, and that sounds like you're standing outside the movie theatre appreciating the building's architecture. These days, due to Style changes to make the point stronger |
So if this movie were to be released now, I wouldn’t be sure if it would become a hit. This sentence has been marked as perfect! So if this movie were to be released now, I Good use of subjunctive with 'were', but using the subjunctive after the comma is 'overkill', it works better as I've corrected it. |
Maybe one of the reasons that the movie is so famous is the timing of its release. This sentence has been marked as perfect! Maybe one of the reasons |
Scientist teams find the monolith on the moon and at the end of the second part, they hear grinding noise coming from it. Scientist teams find the monolith on the moon and at the end of the second part, they hear a grinding noise coming from it. I think "they hear grinding noise" is okay, but I feel like I prefer to speak about a singular noise when using an adjective with it. I can hear noise coming from the garage. I can hear *a terrible* noise coming from the garage.
Some changes to content to improve the coherence |
Only two awake clews (because others have to hibernate to reserve resources) decide to turn off this AI, but this AI finds out about that and then kills one of two awake clews and all the hibernating clews.
Only two Stylistic improvements (and crew corrections) |
The only remaining clew is almost killed, but he manages to turn off the AI in the end. The on The only Apart from 'clew' this was ok, just a slight style improvement. |
I occasionally watch movies both to learn English and to talk about it later. This sentence has been marked as perfect! I occasionally watch movies Your sentence wasn't bad, my correction removes the slight ambiguity |
The movie was divided into four parts, but all of them are in some ways connected to a mysterious object, “monolith.” The movie was divided into four parts, but all of them are in some way The movie Just a couple of style changes, also, the 'object' should be referred to as 'The Monolith' (with definite article, capitalised as a proper noun) |
The first part is about a conflict between two groups of primitive humans. This sentence has been marked as perfect! This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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