I finally watched Stanley Kubrick's classic,epic Sci-Fi movie,2001: A Space Odyssey and i was really amazed with the film.We'll talk about the things that I loved about this film in a little while...The film is directed by master-director Stanley Kubrick,who also directed the 1960 epic,Spartacus.The film has a small-cast that consists of Keir Dullea,Gary Lockwood,William Sylvester,Daniel Richter,Robert Beatty and Douglas Rain who voices the menacing computer system,HAL-9000.The film's plot deals with Humanity,who finds a mysterious ,obviously artificial object which is buried beneath the Lunar surface and,with the intelligent computer,HAL-9000,they set off on a quest.
2001: A Space Odyssey's plot focuses on Man's evolution,exploration,knowledge and the duel between man and machine.The movie consisted of 4 chapters: The Dawn of Man,which signifies the evolution of technology and the competition between one man against another.The second chapter,TMA-1 (Tycho Magnetic Anomaly One),shows man's curiosity and wonder as the main character in this chapter,inspects and wonders what is the strange object on the Moon.The third chapter Jupiter Mission, shows the duel of man vs. machine and finally,the fourth and final chapter,Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite,sort of signifies exploration and discovery beyond far reaches.And somehow,Humanity's immortality.From what I know,the film was partially inspired by Clarke's short story,The Sentinel.And the novel was written after the film's release.Nonetheless,the plot was applied properly and it worked very beautifully.Specially the third and fourth chapter's storyline.The performances here were remarkable,mainly Keir Dullea's portrayal on Dr.Dave Bowman.He acted really well during that scene where he gets stranded outside his spacecraft and he keeps yelling at HAL to open the pod bay doors.Now that,was amazing.Oh,and let's not forget Douglas Rain's incredible voice work on the evil HAL.He was just impressive and great for the role.He was the one who fit the role to voice HAL.The film's dialogue was reduced,but it was still really unforgettable and wonderful.Specially,HAL-9000 and Dave's.Both of their dialogues were great,and well-written.From what I said,the film had reduced dialogue,but to take place in that,there was the timeless score of the film,the silence,the classical music,the breathtaking vocalizations,and the amazing sound-effects.And you know what,it worked really well and made the film even more great.One of the best things about this film was the jaw-dropping visuals,from the beautiful space vistas to the trance-giving light tunnel.It was all breathtaking and beautiful.It must've astounded audiences during the film's time of release.It was like nothing they've ever seen before on film.Kubrick won an Oscar in 1968 for that,and he rightfully deserved it.The editing and cinematography of this film was one of the finest ones that I've ever seen.The jump-cut in the beginning between the end of chapter 1 and the beginning of chapter 2 was really amazing.The direction by Kubrick,as always,is great.And from what I noticed,this film had one of the best directions from him.From what experts claim,the art of film is one of the highest arts ever,and Stanley Kubrick exactly proves that claim because of this masterful,well-crafted and captivating saga of evolution,a struggle of man against machine and the incredible capabilities of space travel,and also because of those strong,stunning visuals that will blow your mind.This might just be Kubrick's masterwork.Despite the slow pacing,it really represents film's beauty and greatness.
2001: A Space Odyssey gets 8.6 over 10 stars
*This mind-blowing,epic Sci-Fi film is available on DVD & Blu-Ray distributed by Magnavision Home Video.
Why not check out this clip from the film,in the meantime:
*Video courtesy of Movieclips.com
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