a visceral cinematic total mindfuck experience

Rating: 9/10 (16 April 2013)

Directed by Stanley Kubrick
TAGLINES:
Let the Awe and Mystery of a Journey Unlike Any Other Begin
An epic drama of adventure and exploration
Man's colony on the Moon a whole new generation has been born and is living there a quarter-million miles from Earth.
The Ultimate Trip.
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Yes indeed. It's the ultimate trip alright.
just watched 2001: A Space Odyssey for the first time, and when it ended i was like —- wow. O_O yes with big blank round eyes staring at the screen.. not moving..
it was a visceral cinematic total mindfuck experience. That's the best way i could describe it.
I felt intrigued, hypnotized, enraptured, puzzled, confused. i felt like i was floating in nothingness. i felt it's too slow, but then, like a roller coaster it plummets down and superspeeds forward, up, and down again and gives me this thrill that all i could do is let my mind go blank and just enjoy the feeling my other senses tells me to feel.
While this film had the potential to be a great bore, at some point I was asking myself "omg. Should I be bored now or give this film a few more minutes?". But even before i manage to actually be bored, Kubrick pulls me right back in. There's just something about this movie that's surreal. It has a distinct flavor that keeps your eyes glued and your mind focused. The set, the visual effects, HAL, the space suits which i think are super cool! everything. It reels you in. Makes you think. And when it's in those slow scenes where u see nothing but space or colors or whatever — it puts you in a state of trance. So yeah, i forgot to be bored. I was hypnotized. Even the Intermission part I was like O_O (Still in a trance). This movie is imaginative and creative than most modern movies I've seen. It's ahead of it's time. It's so big that you're mind is blown and you fail to readily grasp the whole idea of the film. And that's a rare quality in movies. To give you that feeling that you have just experienced something unforgettable and would continue to think about it even after the credits has rolled.
In the end i was satisfied. It was a cerebral experience more than anything. It was indeed a space odyssey. A journey.. not that zing zing of light sabers or alien dominating the earth crap — those are fun, yes, but this movie is a rare gem, and well worth watching no matter what era we are in now.