Landmark In History

Rating: Null/10 (18 July 2001)

This film is not just a landmark in cinema, it's a landmark in history. The creative ingenuity of both Kubrick and Clark is just absolutely meticulous. What stunned me the most is that Kubrick completely blew the names like Asimov out of the water. He blew every science fictionist out of the industry. His theatrical prediction of evolution was just absolutely stunning. It left you for more questions as you were getting more answers, and no film has ever been able to accomplish this end without criticism. This film not only showed you that evolution was is possible, but it showed you that science plays a role just as big as religion. What struck me really odd about Kubrick (and is the reason he's my favorite director), is the way he dosen't explain his films to the public. He just puts out it, and we are just going to have to figure it out ourselves. I think Kubrick gets a thrill out of this, but I also think that its pure genius. I think he is a real artist, it's just that he's painting a picture of a broken reality, not a perfect one. I feel that this is the motives behind his films and what seperates him from other directors who try to explain every detail of a film. What also struck me as odd was how Kubrick's prediction of the lunar landscape was so accurate just a year shy of Neil Armstrongs first steps on its surface. Kubrick also started many ideas that are still being considered by NASA, and they are also reconsidering some of their ideas purely on this film alone! Like the computer HAL, sure he had the ability to connect with humans, but humans have a dark side just as they have a light. So one must consider that the principle of contradictions plays a part in machines just as humans. I recently watched A.I. and I have to say that their theory on artificial intellegence was pretty similar to that of 2001. Though I don't see how (a boy that was built to love), feels nothing but love, when all in all, he's hated. HAL demonstrated A.I. wonderfully. Dave Bowman demonstrated human emotion to its fullest extent, and portrayed it perfectly. This film has not only sparked my mind, but the minds of millions of philosophers, theologist, scholors, scientist...you name it! I know for sure that this film has sparked my mind in the quest for answers behind reality, as it did millions of people around the world. Kubricks ideas are going to be well a reality in the future, and the irony is, why this film is a landmark in history.