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Summary: The greatest film ever made!
Review: "2001: A Space Odyssey", is one of those films that everyone must see. There is no other film that even compares to it's greatness and originality. It's a Science fiction film that is unlike any other film of it's kind. A film that raises many questions, and one that lets you answer the questions for yourself. "2001: A Space Odyssey" is the most visually stunning film ever made, one that surpasses even the high tech modern day films from directors such as Steven Spielberg and James Cameron. Watching "2001: A Space Odyssey" for me, is more than a movie experience...it's like a great dream you never want to awaken from. This is more than a film...this is a work of art. I've seen "2001: A Space Odyssey" more than 200 times now, and I recommend that everyone who hasn't seen it, that they see it...but keep in mind to only view it in the Widescreen format. Viewing the film in Pan and Scan is awful, and it doesn't have the same effect as the widescreen. If you love this film as much as I do, you will be happy to know that there is a planned re release for the film on midnight, December 31, 2000.
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Summary: The Film
Review: The movie that caught my attention of the medium of film that transcended entertainment as just a means of storytelling to a level of art equal to any piece of artwork or classic literature. The sheer beauty and majesty that takes your breath away through the visually dynamic composition Kubrick displays; with his keen eye for design, shape, color, movement and sound, all working together as a whole. The story is quite abstract and esoteric in many ways, but one is forgiving and understanding when they "feel" this film through sound and motion. The story may be interpreted in many ways, and has been done so offers symbolic spirituality, the dual between man and manchine, the origins of man and where he is going through space and time. Definately Kubrick's masterpiece as well as groundbreaking in Hollywood cinema. The DVD version is incredible with the sound. The extras are ok. A trailer, and a 9-minute lecture by A.C. Clark. I would like to have seen something with Kubrick. However, the movie is plenty.
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Summary: Brilliant
Review: The one of the best films ever made . Ignore the bad reviews and see for yourself.
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Summary: whats the big deal?
Review: what is the big deal with this movie? it just rambles on with extreamly annoying high pitched sound and bright lights in on part of it all you can see for about 4 minutes is colours it is extreamly annoying
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Summary: Gets better every year
Review: This is still a film experience like no other, to use a cliche. It's funny that the video synopsis on this site states that critics initially found it tedious and plotless and gave it mixed reviews. It was also initially a box office failure. Can we say "Eyes Wide Shut"? I'm sensing deja vu here. Kubrick was brilliant, enough said.
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Summary: The finest film that will ever be made
Review: Often imitated, never equaled. Its legendary influence is obvious in such films as Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek - The Motion Picture, Silent Running, and Alien. Relentlessly accurate in its physics, engineering, and anthropology. Ironically, it was the first film to be successful primarily as a visual experience, even though its content is the most philosophically profound of all motion pictures. The Universe asks impenetrable questions of existence and survival, and the mortal mind rises to answer them. The ultimate statement of what we were, what we are, and what we might become.
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Summary: Masterpiece
Review: One of the best movies in the history of cinema. How can we explain in few lines this masterpiece, which starts from the dawn of humanity, where each scene is a masterpiece of painting, to the waltz of the spacial ships, to the mythological conclusion. The film may look a little bit slow in some scenes, but remember, this was more than 30 years ago. The world is divided into two groups, those who have seen 2001 and those who have not. Why don't you chose your group?
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Summary: An evaluation story of human kind
Review: This movie is the story of improvement and evaluation history of human kind. Besides everything in this movie is symbolyzed with related objects so you can quite need some brainstorming to understand. The biggest chance in this movie is to have Kubrick and Clarke together and the result is naturally amazing. Quite a masterpiece for collectors. PS. If you'll buy this film just because it is a sci-fiction DON'T buy it. This is not the action film with aliens you are looking for.
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Summary: Good thing Kubrick is Dead
Review: This film is a waste of poor film stock. The little plot that exists is petty, historically inaccurate and painstaking to follow. You can fast forward through 60% of the film and get the message. As for being photographic and having great special effects, I really don't see what you are referencing - 60 minutes of space shuttle scenes? If you want a photographic film see Pi or Vagabond - covering up a lack of plot with claims of filmic excellence is not possible with 2001. Anyone that sits through this film convinced it was worthwhile is probably making a shoddy attempt to be considered part of the "elite inteligentsia." Give me a break - my goldfish is more interesting than this movie.
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Summary: One of the finest films of all time
Review: It would be impossible to try to encapsulate 2001 in a 1,000-word summary; the only way to experience the film is to watch it. The DVD, although not as good a transfer as a film such as this deserves, is still well done and should earn a place in anyone's video collection. Some other comments cite the presence of digital artifacts, but these disappear by adjusting the settings of your equipment. I viewed the film on a computer, and turning down the brightness of the monitor (which was set too high anyways) eliminated any artifacts. The missing line of dialogue is frustrating, but by no means affects one's experience of the film. As for the content of the film itself, one is not expected to fully understand it. Many viewers find this frustrating, as the rash of negative comments indicate...they simply don't GET it. Well, one is not SUPPOSED to GET it...the whole point of the film--its power and greatness--stem from the fact that it makes one think, something exceedingly rare in the violence- and sex-soaked movies of today. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY is a masterfully done film, a visual experience that well deserves its rank as one of the finest films ever made.
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