2001: A Space Odyssey

Rating: Null/10 (31 August 2005)

This is Stanley Kubrick's vision based on the work of Arthur C. Clarke. A scientific background is helpful in seeing the point. We are presented with the idea that human intelligence was jump-started by aliens. When man reaches into space, he is reaching back to his source. This is consistent with the Panspermia theory, that life did not evolve on Earth but grew from spores brought to our planet by comets. The film confuses more than clarifies at the end. It degenerates into a semblance of an LSD trip. No one knows what it means, if anything. 2001 proved to be nothing like Kubrick's prophecy. It is remembered most for 9/11.