Most Influential Movie of My Life

Rating: 10/10 (17 October 2006)

This is the most influential movie I have ever seen in my life. I saw 2001 in the theater when I was eight years old. I am now 47. This movie came out on the eve of the first Apollo missions to moon. 2001 was NOT viewed as science fiction! It was viewed as a very likely progression of space exploration. Remember that in 1962(!) John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth. Six very short years later, Apollo 8 would go into lunar orbit and in July 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the moon. So hey, with another 32 years of progress at this rate, space stations, regularly scheduled service to a moon base and piloted missions to Jupiter were not a stretch. The special effects were stellar for 1968 and hold up well even today. Unfortunately for me, I saw the movie alone and there was no adult there to scream, "DON'T TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE ENDING!". I tried and failed and that is why I am the way I am today.