It is time to watch this incredible film again.

Rating: 10/10 (8 February 2017)

I watched this film only once in an actual movie theater, and that was in 1968. I honestly don't remember seeing as much detail as I have seen in the Blue Ray DVD version, which is available online for less that $10.00. This film has not been seen as clearly as it can be seen now, on a UHD 55" flat screen TV, it literally is a brand new movie complete with it's extra long running time due to the opening and closing musical scores being presented during a black screen. This device allows time for the theater audience to find their seats and get acclimated to the darkness. When the film begins it is a startlingly realistic vision of the distant past. Everyone knows what this film is about but if you've seen it on VHS, regular DVD or streaming video, you just have not seen it. Every second has been restored and the detail is amazing! I can't believe how a film being edited for commercial TV can be ruined so completely but now this masterpiece of cinematography and cinematic craftsmanship can be seen as it was intended to be seen, I think far better than ever expected by Kubrick himself. It is an amazing film.
Younger viewers of this film will need to know that it's theatrical release in 1968 was preceded by the release of a thick paperback novel, a screenplay of sorts, written by Arthur C. Clarke himself and was a best seller and widely available and intended to be read as a helper to understanding the plot of this film. The book is still available in used bookstores. I suggest that anyone seeing the film for the first time also read the book first. It includes photos from the film.