A journey through time and space

Rating: 8/10 (12 May 2009)

2001: A Space Oddysey is a film that you would naturally expect so much from; The hype, the popularity and the fact that arguably the biggest director ever, Stanley Kubrick was the man behind the camera.
A Space Oddysey is an enjoyable, but slow paced, journey through time. The film begins with our past ancestors, the apes, and their slow yet important development. We see an ape studying a bone from a dead animal in the desert-like landscapes. The ape then precedes to using the bone as a hammer and realizes the power and usefulnes it could have. The cinematography is quite stunning, and I quickly forgot that I was watching a film from 1968. The journey continues from our earliest history, to a time where we have colonized space and made machines smart enough to do jobs for us - without us needing to control them.
The whole experience has so much atmosphere and I couldn't have used the word "epic" better in any other context. The film is just the definition of the word. The special effects, the visuals and the deep, stunning orchestral music fills the movie with so much room and life; You just feel so small and helpless - but in a somewhat spellbinding way. The film has so many important messages, even more so now today than over 40 years ago. The film also raises many questions about the human race; How hungry we are for exploring, and how we might even explore more than what we should for our own good.
Any person interested in sci-fi, space, time, evolution or even just enjoy atmospheric pieces, should definitely check it out. And even if it isn't your cup of tea, you have in my opinion, seen a landmark of a film for cinema and indeed human intelligence.