Review #093: 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Cast
Keir Dullea (Dr. David Bowman), Gary Lockwood (Dr. Frank Poole), William Sylvester (Dr. Heywood R. Floyd), Douglas Rain (HAL 9000), Daniel Richter (Chief man-ape), Leonard Rossiter (Dr. Andrei Smyslov), Margaret Tyzack (Elena), and Robert Beatty (Dr. Ralph Halvorsen) Directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Review
Redux Review: https://officalmovienight.blogspot.com/2018/06/redux-2001-a-space-odyssey.html
This is a spectacular film, pure and simple. It's on a grand scale all by itself that precedes all the other science fiction classics in style and form. It though is not a perfect film. It's a film that boggles the mind at points, with little dialogue (In fact the first and last 15 minutes have 0 lines of dialogue). However this a good thing. It's a visual experience that doesn't need dialogue to explain it. That is a lesson called "Show, don't tell". I think the best part of the film is the Star sequence. It's a amazing use of the technology they had at the time, mystifying and dazzling all. Ironically it won Kubrick his only Oscar (there you can see how the Academy isn't exactly perfect). The technology in the film isn't like what would really happen in 2001, but some stuff is accurate surprisingly. But that's not the point. The point of the film is to entertain and dazzle the viewer. This one of Kubrick's many great films that truly is worth it. We are close to 100 Reviews. Countdown: 10, 9, 8, 7...
Overall, I give it 10 out of 10 stars.
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