The Most Genius Film

Rating: 10/10 (8 May 2020)

Dawn of Man:
Let's start off with the iconic score once the ape discovers a bone, there is a hidden meaning behind this scene, suggesting that Ape found something that could be used as a weapon. We then see the Apes using the bones as weapons to threaten the other side, telling them to get off their territory. We then get the beautiful transition of when the Ape throws the bone up into the sky and it turns to some sort of nuclear device.
HAL 9000:
We then get into an actual storyline, our new lead characters are Dave Bowman, Frank Poole and the infamous bad guy, HAL 9000. HAL 9000 and Frank Poole get into a game of chess, we see HAL cheat in a way, by reading Poole's lips and seeing what his strategy is. HAL gets into a conversation with Dave Bowman and says he has realised that there are some extremely odd things about the mission and says maybe him and Frank are not up for it.
HAL is completely normal up until the point where Frank and Dave have a discussion about shutting down HAL, they find a way to talk in a space where he can't hear, but HAL can read lips which means he technically "hears" the entire conversation. In most Kubrick films we have an intelligent character, like Alex in A Clockwork Orange or Danny in The Shining, but in this film , it's technology that outsmarts man.
JUPITER:
The last fifteen to twenty minutes still confuse and disturb young viewers, what does it all mean? We see different sorts of textures and stars and it left audiences speechless upon initial viewing. However what we are seeing is Bowman gong through space, seeing a variety of images that may unsettle younger viewers, this is why it is the most mature G- rated film ever made and the most unique and terrifyingly accurate story for our meddling tendencies.
Do I need to say more? This is my personal favourite science fiction film and one of my favourite films, full stop, end of story.