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Rating: - A Great Film
After years of watching and admiring this film, it dawned upon me that this is a tale of romance between man and the universe.

We're conceived as "early man" in the beginning, are touched with a revelation that puts us on the path towards (some kind) of maturity.

The pivotal event defining that maturity is when humans discover a beacon, the monolith, on the moon. Now begins the final step towards man's evolutionary destiny.

The process of Bowman changing from man to star child is depicted as a metaphorical act of sexual intercourse. (Ever wonder why the Discover 1 is shaped so long with a round head?) Once Discovery 1 has ejected its pod and penetrated ... Read More

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Rating: - Kubrick's masterpiece
For many years 2001 was the standard by which all science fiction films were compared. Much of that changed after the release of George Lucas' STARS WARS & Steven Spielberg's CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND in 1977. Over two hours and twenty minutes, the film has less than 30 minutes of actual dialogue. Beginng with the an alignment of the Sun, Moon and the Earth you are thrust into the Dawn of Man sequence. Life for our distant ancestors is slowly presented and their salvation from extinction by a never seen alien species whose only visible sign is the black monolith. When the bone is thrown into the air and the satellites appear orbiting the earth, it isn't said but those are actually ... Read More

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Rating: - This is the best science fiction movie ever made, moreover it is close to science fact.
The movie 2001 a Space Odyssey which came out in 1968 by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel by the same name by Arthur C. Clarke is in my opinion still the best science fiction movie ever made even today in 2008 after 40 years of its production. Because unlike many other science fiction movies it is realistic; it does not make the scientific mistakes made by many other science fictions such as sound of explosions being heard in space. Obviously sound needs a medium to travel so in space explosions can not generate sound. This movie has taken this scientific fact into account.

The story stretches human imagination and begins from the dawn of humans on Earth in the African Savanna ... Read More

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Rating: - The best copy of 2001 Space Odyssey in Blu-ray....
Keep in mind how old this movie is and then sit back and be blown away of how good it looks on the new Blu-Ray format! If you've seen it before then this will give you another great reason to watch it again like never before. If you haven't seen it before it may be a little slow because back when the film was made they did not use a lot of ambient music and such to fill that uncomfortable scilence you sometimes get on the older movies. There seem to be more of those then I can remember on this film but it's still one of the greatest and inspired a lot of great now classics and newer films as well. If you have a good 1080p set and Blu-Ray player then sit back and drool....

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Rating: - Thankyou, Mr. Kubrick
Still a teenager when I first viewed "2001" at a tiny off-campus one screen theater....I recently bought the Bluray disc version....and viewed it on my 1080p Panasonic plasma screen....fantasically vivid in color and detail...simply amazing. It was as if I'd never seen the movie before. The extras are fascinating...watching with the commentary on gives you an insight into the making of the movie...but more importantly, gives you an appreciation...that Kubrick made this movie. Thankyou, Mr. Kubrick.