THE science fiction classic!

Rating: Null/10 (21 July 2001)

2001: A Space Odyssey is one of Kubrick's most brilliant and most innovative movie and it is in my opinion the best science fiction movie ever made. Shot before man landed on the moon (!!!), it is one of the first science fiction movie to ask questions that will only be taken seriously several years later. Will machines be able to think ? Should they even be allowed to think ? Will they realize their own existence as independent beings ? Also, Kubrick tries to interpret in 2001: A Space Odyssey the meaning of mankind in outer-space. Of course, the movie is kind of weird, but brilliant, audacious and it reflects the genius of its director! Pretty much like all of Kubrick's movies. The only thing I wonder is why this movie is only 49th on the top 250 movies of all time, behind Toy Story 2, Fight Club, Saving Private Ryan and American Beauty, to name only those (not that I have anything against those movies----Toy Story 2 was pretty funny though :). I'd give it a 9.5 on 10 if I could.