2001: A Space Odyssey...really don't need to say much more than that, but alas...I shall proceed.
It was an iconic film round the world, born in the latter part of the sixties. This film is today regarded as one of the great motion pictures of all-time, and probably the greatest sci-fi film of all-time. This is to be expected from one of the greatest filmmakers, Stanley Kubrick. Kubrick directed many other films regarded as greats, such as, The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, and many, many more. Kubrick's style very much makes you feel that you're there. The astronauts don't say wacky, out-of-this-world things that make you question the film's credibility.
With one of the world's most famous villains, HAL-9000, this movie gets us questioning how far our fear of technology has progressed compared to how much we ourselves have. HAL is the antagonist, while Dave is the protagonist. The shortlived duel between these two leaves HAL-9000 being dismembered at his core by non other than our man, Dave.
The visuals of the film were very nicely done for that time. The colors of the stargate were especially nice. They seem to put the viewer is a sort of trance which personally gave me time to ponder upon what I had been watching (which I was still confused about).
It's easy to see why this sci-fi flick has gone down in history as one of the greatest films of all-time.
Blake Homan
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