Most ambitious movie ever made

Rating: 10/10 (1 April 2002)

Here's the thing. A lot of people don't get 2001 because they are viewing it strictly as entertainment. Not to say that it is not entertaining in its own way, its just that the movie is meant to provoke you. It is meant to inspire you, to confuse you, to spark dialogues, to make you argue with others. This is a new kind of movie made by a visionary director, and human being, who understood where we are headed. This is film as philosophy. This is a film about ideas. This is Aristotle and Plato and Socrates holding cameras. 2001 is the most ambitious movie ever made and will not likely be duplicated anytime soon. The fact that it makes one cry, or another smile, or another one p***ed off is exactly the point. I truly believe that film is the greatest art form ever conceived by man thus far, and that it is our purest. Done well, film is a perfect blend of all the other forms that have gone before it. 2001 is what film could be, should be, and hopefully someday, will be. Not only is it prophetic fiction, it's a painting. Not only is it poetry, but there's even a symphony! If you don't like it, pick up a camera and make your own movie. Stanley would have wanted you to...