Genius

Rating: 8/10 (9 July 2007)

I won't go so much into the plot or try to answer questions that you might have about the movie or what it's about. This is something you have to figure out yourself (and it will be difficult) or search for some explanation on the internet. Although I don't think there is a definitive one! It's a lot of guessing, but not so much knowing what Kubrick was saying.
But what I want to talk about, is how the movie was made. Everything is genius, from the fact, that there is no noise in space (and there isn't despite almost every other movie telling you there is, e.g. see Star Wars), to the making of some shots. A shot where it seems the camera is spinning around, it's actually the set that is build like a "spinning wheel", the camera is set in one position. But my favorite piece is the sound design! I can't compliment the movie enough on this matter! When the astronaut is breathing in one scene, I suddenly realized, that my breathing was controlled by him. My breathing was identical to the rhythmic sound of the movie. And I don't believe this was an accident, this was Kubricks genius. Of course if you watch it for the first time, you might not realize that, but if you focus on it, you will see that you breathe in the same way as the man on screen! Enough said!