First you strike your partner with a bone, 2 thousand millions years later you attack with missiles while you hear The Blue Danube

Rating: 10/10 (15 January 2006)

Kubrick did a masterpiece, and prove the unreal on the adaptation of Arthur Clarke's novel. When I saw it for the first time, I was 14 years old and the journey to Jupiter made me sleep. Now I have seen it for 3 times and i still get astonished. First of all, Kubrick's filmography is great (The Shining, Paths of Glory, Full Metal Jacket, The Killing etc.) He has direct mostly all cinematography's genres.
In 2001..., he has shown how humanity learn to live and adapt to its hemisphere, and how humanity evolves. First we saw the apes and its behaviors then we saw the astronauts learning how to eat, walk and pee on utilizer's, their basic needs. Dave and moon-watcher (ape's leader) are the stronger characters in different ages. Moonwatcher deals and fights with a leopard, Dave is defeated in chess by HAL. Dave in his mission in Jupiter will become a superhuman (Nietszche' Zaratustra) The mission will test them, who they really are and if they are strong enough to reach the next level.
HAL's character is very important. Come on, if you add a letter to HAL's name you got IBM. HAL is the only character with feelings and emotions; he is testing Dave every time, indeed he is also trying to figure it out if he knows about the purpose of the mission.
It's visual effects are great, Kubrick's vision is awesome. And every time you watch it, you will find something new. *****Highly recommended. Also try the whole Kubrick's filmography. You will find that his movies concern and deals with fights (war, sex fights, and in 2001 is human vs machines and human wills.)