Reviews of 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
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I finally sat down and watched this film and thinking that something was wrong with Netflix, because the screen is black the first three minutes of the film. Then the apes (or what they are) appear and I'm looking at apes running around for fifteen minutes. I guess, I was already lost with the apes but the rest of the film was as weird and boring as the beginning. I really want to like it but I don't.
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Not to say that it's a bad movie, but I didn't get it and I was struggling to stay awake and focused. I'm going to have to watch it again and look past it's slow pace and lack of dialogue.
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My following review points is not in Sequence, because of the main reason that this movie itself is not in proper sequence.
It is a Futuristic movie made in 1968 and depicting a subject about year 2001. Especially known for its groundbreaking special effects and unconventional narrative. The complex and thought-provoking film was directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written by Kubrick and futurist and novelist Arthur C. Clarke. A must watch for Sci-Fi movie lovers.Though the starting looks absurd,…
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What makes many of Kubrick's movies so enjoyable to watch is that rather than force-feeding the audience a half-baked, cliched message, he presents you with a story, or several, and allows you to draw your own conclusions. This is the film that does it best. Is Kubrick pushing a creationist message, or is the imagery meant to convey an evolutionist standpoint? Both and neither. Never has being confused and unsure been this enjoyable
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Extremely well done. Art to watch. Very memorable scenes. Blew me away.
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Qué bonito está todo, los trajes de astronauta de colores, los cascos de motociclista intergaláctico, la dirección de arte, los efectos visuales (todo se ve más real y orgánico que muchos filmes actuales coffcoffthehobbitcoffcoff), el soundtrack, la constante insistencia del círculo, los cuadros largos y contemplativos, la narrativa casi inexistente.
Un homenaje y una carta de amor hacia la inteligencia del hombre, que viene de un director que siempre confió y retó a nuestra inteligencia.
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Finally, I have seen what is claimed to be Stanley Kubrick's magnum opus, his best film ever. He is known to be one of the greatest directors of all time, which I cannot deny. His trademark style and visuals are beyond unique and something that cannot be replicated. Kubrick is one of kind, a pioneer and trailblazer who has paved the way for so many filmmakers working right now, and to come.
First off, I barely have a clue what…
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ambitious and ornery. it is slow like kubrick filming sex
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My all time favorite Sci-Fi film, a masterpiece of film making. It still fascinates me!
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Kubrick's sci-fi epic is perhaps best known for its plot about the omniscient, omniprescent and untrustworthy computer HAL 9000 and his homicidal breakdown. But that aspect - a low-key, slow-paced thriller - only accounts for an hour of the running time. The rest of the film is quite different, and often deeply weird. Beginning with a simplistic section about how apes discovered tools, the action suddenly jumps forward millions of years via that famous match cut which remains dizzying in…
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I don't think there are any other cinematic experiences that pushes an audience as far out as Kubrick's 2001. We can follow the monolith from the dawn of man to the moon but a certain point we're going into a realm that we can't begin to understand. And that's something I've struggled with in the past in regards to this film. Previously, I wished I was grounded in the final moments of the film. I had hoped that questions being…