A movie you´ll never forget...

Rating: Null/10 (11 July 2000)

First of all, i think that this movie REALLY takes it´s time. I guess many viewers are bored to death, till the Jupiter Mission kicks off in the film and HAL is introduced. But the movie itself (for me) is one of the most fascinating ones ever made. It´s typical Kubrick: These clean white rooms with red chairs look scary, you can nearly smell the emptiness and danger, similar to the worlds he created in "A Clockwork Orange", "The Shining" or "Eyes Wide Shut", also the musical score, as in every Kubrick film, is very important. He must have disliked mankind a lot in his lifetime, and in some way, HAL may be his alter ego. Right from the beginning, Kubrick´s message is: We may be human, but we´re still animals. But the only survivor of the Jupiter mission is allowed to be reborn as a "Superman", that´s why the score of Strauss´"Also sprach Zarathustra" (an opera based on the famous book by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, where the "Ubermensch" or "Superman" is introduced) is used. Only seperated from his planet, man is allowed to become something "greatful" and especially peaceful. But i guess some experts can write more clever things about possible meanings of "2001". I like Stanley Kubrick very much and this is one of his best films. Please: Don´t be afraid by the slow tempo of this film!