My Review

Rating: 10/10 (26 July 2008)

No matter how many times I watch this spectacular film, I cannot understand a lot of it (such as the importance of the black pillar).
Still, it is a piece of cinematic genius, and one of the best films ever created. Kubrick was definitely a visionary and there's very few men like him in the world today.
Beginning with the Dawn of Man and going to space travel, "2001" is one of the best science fiction movies ever made.
"2001" also gave us one of cinema's greatest villains: HAL. A self-aware computer that is programming a manned trip to Jupiter. It is cold, calculating and without remorse. It's always right, and mankind is the error. It's also a possible glimpse into our own future as we begin to create self-aware robots, hoping they won't turn into HALs.
The effects, the score, the scenes and everything about this film is just spectacular.