2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
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its a good film, very odd...
Will keep my eye out for it for you Padders
(its hard to search for it in the listings now, as there are tonnes of programs on the telly with 2001 in the title at the moment )
Will keep my eye out for it for you Padders
(its hard to search for it in the listings now, as there are tonnes of programs on the telly with 2001 in the title at the moment )
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 141 Minutes.
http://uk.imdb.com/Title?0062622
Directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Writing credits Arthur C. Clarke.(short story)
Mankind finds a mysterious, monolithic artifact buried on the moon and, with the most famous of all sci-fi movie computers, HAL 9000, sets off on a quest. The monoliths have been watching over us, and guiding mankind since the dawn of time. What it all means.... seems it means different things for different people. Some people read Religious significance. Kubrick was deliberately obtuse.
Before I ever saw the film, a friend told me that I would understand it better if I read the book first. He them added that I wouldn't understand the book, until after I had seen the film. That about sums it up for me!
Brilliant model work, accurate scenes of the Moon before we had been there, and obscure.
http://uk.imdb.com/Title?0062622
Directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Writing credits Arthur C. Clarke.(short story)
Mankind finds a mysterious, monolithic artifact buried on the moon and, with the most famous of all sci-fi movie computers, HAL 9000, sets off on a quest. The monoliths have been watching over us, and guiding mankind since the dawn of time. What it all means.... seems it means different things for different people. Some people read Religious significance. Kubrick was deliberately obtuse.
Before I ever saw the film, a friend told me that I would understand it better if I read the book first. He them added that I wouldn't understand the book, until after I had seen the film. That about sums it up for me!
Brilliant model work, accurate scenes of the Moon before we had been there, and obscure.
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yes, it was the best i have ever seen. i have it on video and dvd.
for the time it was made it was so realistic and most of it has come to pass in this day and time. while i was station in germany i would fall a sleep to this movie it was so calming.
for the time it was made it was so realistic and most of it has come to pass in this day and time. while i was station in germany i would fall a sleep to this movie it was so calming.
Fall asleep? I could never do anything like that. I have got the film on video (also 2010) really want to see it again, but cant, we dont have a VCR, it's not on the high proirity list.
It was ws very relistic, i agree to that. Hav you read the novel as well?
It was ws very relistic, i agree to that. Hav you read the novel as well?
A Masterpiece !!
: Because of it's intelligence and unique story, especially when we take note that this movie was made back in 1968, I can say that this movie is the best SF movie ever made. With effects that were groundbreaking at the time but are also quite acceptable for today's standards. It was made cleverly and with stile, so that the technological flaws of the time of it's creation failed to show. It is also important to say that this is the first movie that showed alien intelligence as something so much different of our own, which is large step forward from little green bug-eyed monsters, that were so viciously exploited since then. 2001 is movie that is totally opened to interpretation, it's visually strange ending something that makes it so great because you can understand it the way it suits your own mind, so if you've somehow missed it , go and se it because this is not wham-bam action movie ... this is a piece of art.
: Because of it's intelligence and unique story, especially when we take note that this movie was made back in 1968, I can say that this movie is the best SF movie ever made. With effects that were groundbreaking at the time but are also quite acceptable for today's standards. It was made cleverly and with stile, so that the technological flaws of the time of it's creation failed to show. It is also important to say that this is the first movie that showed alien intelligence as something so much different of our own, which is large step forward from little green bug-eyed monsters, that were so viciously exploited since then. 2001 is movie that is totally opened to interpretation, it's visually strange ending something that makes it so great because you can understand it the way it suits your own mind, so if you've somehow missed it , go and se it because this is not wham-bam action movie ... this is a piece of art.
2001:A space odessy
I have recently watched this film on t.v. and i can't qite figure out what happens. Please can someone explain to me how there is a giant alien at the end and what the story is in general.
Thanx in advance
Thor4713
I have recently watched this film on t.v. and i can't qite figure out what happens. Please can someone explain to me how there is a giant alien at the end and what the story is in general.
Thanx in advance
Thor4713
Welcome to the clan!
I never really worked out what the film was about either, unless it was a long running commercial for velcro!
The theme of the book, however is enlightenment.
This is the idea behind the cave apes finding the obelisk at the beginning.
The finding of the alien artifact at the end is supposed to spur us on to the next great stage of evolution, where we start to exceed our own boundaries.
I never really worked out what the film was about either, unless it was a long running commercial for velcro!
The theme of the book, however is enlightenment.
This is the idea behind the cave apes finding the obelisk at the beginning.
The finding of the alien artifact at the end is supposed to spur us on to the next great stage of evolution, where we start to exceed our own boundaries.
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The Baby at the end is supposed to signify Bowman reborn as a starchild, the next evolutionary step in humans. The Black slab kickstarts this at the moment of his death just in the same way it tampers with the apes at the begining of the movie. The baby is how Bowman percieves himself.
Welcome to Ascifi Thor.
Welcome to Ascifi Thor.
Yep, I don't think you are supposed to understand it all right away. Perhaps the meaning becomes clear with repeated viewings, but in my own case I took the book out at the library, and greatly enjoyed the (actually very clear) explanation of what happens in the film.
In fact, 2001 and its 3 sequels are very enjoyable, I couldn't recommend them enough, even if the last one (3001) is not clearly part of the series.
Do you think anyone understood this right off the bat?
In fact, 2001 and its 3 sequels are very enjoyable, I couldn't recommend them enough, even if the last one (3001) is not clearly part of the series.
Do you think anyone understood this right off the bat?
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I read the books first and like you say, they clear up the fuzzy bits in the film very well. It's just a shame that 2001 came out as a movie before the novel. People must have been wandering about thinking "Eh?"
Going back to your problem though Thor, maybe you should follow Tabitha's suggestion and read the story. It does actually heighten the enjoyment of the movie.
If you can, get a hold of edition of "The lost worlds of 2001." This is a kinda diary that Clarke wrote concerning his feelings and ideas with the 2001 project. It includes rough drafts of the plot, complete storys that where to be the movie but didnt make it and the short story, "The Sentinel" that started off the whole thing.
(Tabitha, was it just me or did you find 3001 a bit of an anti-climax?)
Going back to your problem though Thor, maybe you should follow Tabitha's suggestion and read the story. It does actually heighten the enjoyment of the movie.
If you can, get a hold of edition of "The lost worlds of 2001." This is a kinda diary that Clarke wrote concerning his feelings and ideas with the 2001 project. It includes rough drafts of the plot, complete storys that where to be the movie but didnt make it and the short story, "The Sentinel" that started off the whole thing.
(Tabitha, was it just me or did you find 3001 a bit of an anti-climax?)
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2001: A Space Odyssey Question
In 2001, the first monolith (found on the moon) was called TMA
-1 (Tycho Magnetic Anomoly 1). Does anyone know what was the name of the second monolith, the one in orbit around Jupiter (or Saturn in the book), called?
Whitestar
In 2001, the first monolith (found on the moon) was called TMA
-1 (Tycho Magnetic Anomoly 1). Does anyone know what was the name of the second monolith, the one in orbit around Jupiter (or Saturn in the book), called?
Whitestar
polymorphikos
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Re: 2001: A Space Odyssey Question
I don't think it had a name, did it?
I don't think it had a name, did it?
Re: 2001: A Space Odyssey Question
I'm afriad I haven't actually read 2010 - is it named in there?
I'm afriad I haven't actually read 2010 - is it named in there?
Re: 2001: A Space Odyssey Question
I still need to read the first two. Since I saw the movies I went directly to 2069 and 3001. I'm sure I'll more from the books than I did from the movies (although, for a movie, 2001 was very well done).
I still need to read the first two. Since I saw the movies I went directly to 2069 and 3001. I'm sure I'll more from the books than I did from the movies (although, for a movie, 2001 was very well done).
Hey yall, I just wanted to ask a question for any Space Odyssey fans out there. Please don't be offended by the ignorance of this question if you like the movie because I am a big science fiction fan, but what in the world was that movie about because I just don't get it. I mean, I like movies that are somewhat interpretive in their them and in concepts throughout the movie but when it becomes so abstract that you struggle to make sense of it then it becomes aggrivating to me. I only watched it for the first time in the past year so my interest in understanding it is fairly new. If you think you have it figured out and you understand what was happenen, please let me know. I don't understand the black box on the moon and at the beginning of time and I definately don't get the ending at all. Any comments or thoughts are welcome.
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