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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
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When Stanley Kubrick recruited Arthur C. Clarke to collaborate on "the proverbial intelligent science fiction film," it's a safe bet neither the maverick auteur nor the great science fiction writer knew they would virtually redefine the parameters of the cinema experience. A daring experiment in unconventional narrative inspired by Clarke's short story "The Sentinel," 2001 is a visual tone poem (barely 40 minutes of dialogue in a 139-minute film) that charts a phenomenal history of human evolution. From the dawn-of-man discovery of crude but deadly tools in the film's opening sequence to the journey of the spaceship Discovery...
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| 2001: A Space Odyssey Movie Review by BillyBob (3/15/2008) |
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Good, old Stanley Kubrick. Gone, but not forgotten.
I believe that I have seen every one of Kubrick's films at least once. In my opinion, Kubrick only missed the mark twice in his long career. The first time was with THE SHINING, one of the dreariest horror movies ever made. And the second time was with EYES WIDE SHUT, a...
(complete 2001: A Space Odyssey review by BillyBob)
A very divise Kubrick film that only rings more true as the years pass by. How long until computers completely control us? I know that personally I cannot seem to escape the world of this website, so what will happen when the computer controls everything without a further thought.
It reminds me of 'Battlestar Galatica'...
(complete 2001: A Space Odyssey review by Jessica Film Junkie)
| 2001: A Space Odyssey Movie Review by Lone Wolf (2/11/2007) |
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In 2001 director Stanley Kubrick depicts several of mankind's encounters with never-seen aliens. The first act, entitled "The Dawn of Man" shows primitive man-apes discovering the first tool, a bone which also becomes the first weapon. When the bone is thrown up in the air, the movie abruptly fast forwards to the second...
(complete 2001: A Space Odyssey review by Lone Wolf)
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