One of the best films of all time

Rating: 10/10 (12 September 2011)

Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey is a unique visual experience. It's one of the reasons movies have meaning when it comes to telling a story. One of Kubrick's finest films, 2001 is a meditative piece that is suppose to make viewers think and allow our minds to explore and wander. The film has so many great moments that will be remembered by film scholars for generations. For example, that jump cut you probably heard of, is one of the greatest film techniques in the history of cinema. One minute we're deep in the past back when human beings were monkeys and after one monkey throws a bone up into the air, suddenly we've blasted through time (even passing the present) and now find ourselves in the future and we can see what we've become. Once monkeys, now astronauts trying to get to Jupiter. Then there's the monolith. This mysterious screeching alien-made wonder that drives the entire odyssey. Humans want the answers and they travel to Jupiter to try and find them. Kubrick always makes movies about either dehumanization or simply humanity, and 2001 teaches that human beings have developed very well overtime, but that human beings compared to the rest of the universe are still very innocent. This story told on film is able to tell us all about this incredible message. Some have called the film "boring", because they can't seem to understand what the film is really about. It definitely takes more than an initial viewing and it is certainly something that needs a lot of appreciation, but those who give 2001: A Space Odyssey a chance, will certainly have an amazing film to talk about for years.