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Summary: A classic but boring
Review: More than 25 years later, I watched the movie once more and again I could not totally understand. Futhermore, my wife and my daughter found the movie so boring that I had to watch alone the last two hours part. The movie lasts 148 minutes but it is too slow that the message could be given in 1/2 even 1/3 time of the total duration. Anyway, I just watched for "nostalgie". Will I do this again? I don't know, if I ever have to start re-viewing my DVD collection, "2001 Space Odyssey" may take place in last three items.
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Summary: Most painful movie to watch
Review: I was recovering from my wisdom teeth surgury, and my mom rented me some "classic" movies to watch during then. The first movie she put on was 2001. I'm not sure if you know this or not, but when you come out of surgury, at least for me, you feel so out of it that you'd like to fall asleap, but you can't. Due to the slow nature of this film, I was in agony. It's the slowest movie I've ever seen. It takes 10 min. for a space shuttle to dock. I'm not sure why everyone likes it, but I think it sucks. I'd rather have my wisdom teeth taken out again than watch this movie.
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Summary: THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE EVER MADE!
Review: THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM I HAVE EVER WATCHED AND TRULY I DON`T BELIEVE THAT I WILL COME ACROSS WITH SUCH AN EXPERIENCE AGAIN..WHAT A WONDERFUL MOVIE IT IS. 2001 IS A SLOW PICTURE BUT IT IS NEVER BORING..THE MOVIE IS LONGER THAN 2 HOURS BUT THERE ARE ONLY 45 MINUTES OF TALKING..PROBABLY THE MOST IMAGINATIVE MOVIE EVER MADE..
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Summary: Something wonderful.
Review: Five stars just isn't enough to say it all with this movie. We're in the audience in complete wonder, but the characters in the film are completely indifferent to what we find awesome. The future is cold in Kubrick's vision. Everything has grown more precise and calculated. The ending is something amazing. The whole movie is so graceful and beautiful and stylish. I have a tough time deciding which movie is my favorite, this or Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. Some movies give you goosebumps, 2001 takes you beyond that.
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Summary: 2 thousand and 1
Review: I Like It! ..... But from what I,ve read here, the American DVD release is a pathetic Telecine copy made from some old warn out bit of celluloid thats been laying around in the back rooms of some place, whatever gets released here in Australia better be top notch!
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Summary: Quite Probably the greatest
Review: When I first saw 2001: A Space Odyssey I was positively amazed. I knew instantly that this would be known as the greatest film ever. The visual epic gives the sense of mystery and adventure as your mind embarks on a journey through the discovery of mankind and brings up questions you never thought of before. The film gives different impressions for each person, but for someone who knows film and metaphysics the impression is always positive.
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Summary: Wow!
Review: I am 16, and really disgusted by people saying that teenagersshould look elsewhere for a movie for them. I am a serious moviebuff, and just finished watching 2001 for the first time. I absolutely loved this movie and want to read the book and its sequels. I am starting to understand the ending as I think about it and read the other reviews, and I fully get Kubrick's decision to end the movie as he did. Also at first I didn't get why Kubrick decided to put the ape section in, but as I neared the end of the film, I realize that the movie ended in a full-circle. It showed the primitive beginning of human technology, (and also aggressiveness, as the ape promptly killed another ape with his bone, and became filled with pride) to the most advanced, (the thinking computer). The end was the reset in the circle and the start of a new wave of advancement, but one that couldn't be obtained by humans alone, for we weren't advanced enough to create it. I am pretty sure this is a good representation of the plot, but I need to see the second movie and read the book first. Overall a visually stunning and highly entertaining movie. My mouth never closed from the HAL section on. I would also like to say that you don't need to be an adult to enjoy this movie.
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Summary: Thi is it!
Review: Well, what can I say. This movie just adds it all. Look at the stunning use of cameras... well, basically everything is almost complete with this movie. The ultimate sci-fi movie, without doubt. And much more than just a sci-fi film. Wish I could say more...
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Summary: Masterpiece
Review: Philosophically stimulating, scientifically accurate, artistically superior. An absolute masterpiece. Groundbreaking special effects are enhanced on DVD.
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Summary: Not for everyone
Review: This movie changed my life. Literally. I am now a wanna be filmmaker, which would be unlikely had I not seen this film 7 years ago (during it's 25th Anniversery re-release). It is a perfect example of the kinds of things film can accompish... specific things that other forms of art and communication cannot. I've shown it to friends who found it boring and confusing of course, and at least half the people who see it will react the same way. Since this film is so special to me it's hard to resist the urge to assume that those who don't like it are simply brain-fried from having watched twelve hours a day of MTV for too many years. But that's not always the case. The movie is slow and contemplative. Seeing it for the first time on the big screen help. If I had seen it for the first time on a 20" TV, either Pan & Scan or widescreen, I might have felt differently about the film. But even on the big screen, many people won't be able to handle a film this slow. It also forces you to reallt think about it. It doesn't lead you anywhere, it just puts it's issues on the table and lays it there in front of you. Some people who can handle these thing have found the film too broad and pretentious. I think the film handles it's broad issues perfectly. It almost HAS to be confusing... if the mysteries of the universe were being laid out before you, you'd have trouble understanding it as well. I appreciate the fact that it's approached as a sheer visceral experience instead of attempting to provide exposition to explain the unexplainable.
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