2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Sorry about my english is not so good, and i'll try to made my opinion clear. From current point (Year 2018)of view, there is nothing good in this movie. 1. The most good thing about this movie is visual effect(space, spaceship, a talking-computer etc.), which have won the Oscar , and it is sure the Audience in 1968 would be amazed by the visual effect. But in today the visual effect from the movie looks like poor and we already have so much movie ,documentary talking about space. the space - thing from this movie is a very normal thing now. 2. most part of this movie like a Spaceship-demonstrate-viedo, the movie shows so much details about appartus in the spaceship . Again, in 1968 it would amazed the audience, but today, it's just make the movie tedious. 3. for a movie is 2hour and 30minuts. the story is so poor.As was mentioned above, most part of the movie is show space and spaceship. And the end of the movie is hard to understanding. And i just read about the interview of director, the ending is actually what it shows, no further meaning.....again dispointment.Conclusion: the movie war made in 1968, it was sure a surprise for the world 1968. But today, it is just pain to watch.

It was fantastic the whole way through, loved the special effects Stanley kubrick is brilliant a classic that will be remembered for a long time !!!

A film I experienced many times on the small screen but first time at the cinema as part of a 50th Anniversary showing. It is an epic science fiction story with long, sweeping scenes and grandiose concepts that slowly builds tension. The score is powerful and often unworldly and where the cold, harsh environment of space or large landscapes were present, the music gives way to long silences, equally as moving.The abstract elements felt like lucid dreams and the whole film leaves so much work for the audience, it is a departure from the more generally visceral, fast paced and clear narrative of modern films. To place the film in context, which it deserves, this was released one year before man landed on the moon.

This movie came out in 1968. I saw Dr. Strangelove on TV at that time and was blown away to find out there was such a director who wasn't afraid to make a politically satiric movie about the cold war. I originally saw 2001 in an old palace type of movie theater in Boston, got stoned in the lobby, with a friend before going in and only anticipated the light show at the end. It was so good that it left you thinking what the heck is he saying at the end. I read the book and just liked the beginning about the ape who was more contemplative than the others. At the time there was a book out called On Aggression and was interesting and popular because of the Vietnam War. Today this movie is too long for the younger show me now generations. I still think this is the best movie that was ever made about actually encountering alien, super intelligent life. I'm still wondering if Kubrick is saying it was an alien life form or spiritual awakening that is portrayed in the end. I'm glad he was into using the classical music sound track because it does take you away from the dumb human dialogues that come out in some SF movies today.