Beyond filmmaking...

Rating: 10/10 (25 August 1999)

Perhaps Roger Ebert said it best... "Kubrick's goal here is not to thrill us, but to fill us with a sense of awe." And no film I have ever seen captures man's universal meaning in a film as does "2001: A Space Odyssey." From man's beginning to his probable destiny, Kubrick has captured the essential milestones that may have and what could still shape the very essence of humanity. And he does so very very much with so very little. This film, without computer graphics and hitech special effects, accomplishes more for the science fiction genre, than any other film of its kind, including the Star Wars Trilogy, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Contact.
For me, this is definitely the best motion picture of all time. ***** out of ****.