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2001: A Space Odyssey is a piece of cinematic art that projects human evolution in a sublime manner that enchants the audience with cinematographic magic. The film begins with the beginning of man, where a group of primates has claimed an area that provides water and food for them. This area is being fought over with a different group of primates that arrives to the area, but the current inhabitants stand strong and protect it. One morning when these primates wake up they find a black, smooth monolith being set in their ground. Soon after the discovery of the monolith, the primates discover the use of tools and how tools can be used as weapons. As a result, the primates become carnivores and later learn a lesson in war. This brings the audience to the future where humans still divided themselves over lands and rather than war, humans exercise tactful diplomacy. Similar to what happened in the beginning of man, the American's have found a monolith that generates some odd, but strong energy. Consequently, a mission to Jupiter is possible where the majority of the crew is put into a cryogenic sleep where they are closely monitored by two crew members and a super computer with human intellect, but without the human error, called HAL. Soon it seems like something is about to go wrong when HAL reports an upcoming malfunction of the communication system. 2001: A Space Odyssey forces cerebral activity, as art does when viewed through multiple perspectives, and this provides an opportunity for the audience to make what they want out of the film. However, the film is developed with direct intention by Kubrick, causing the audience to ponder the outcome of the film. This is the true gem of the film. At the end, the audience is left with an outmost brilliant cinematic experience that is like no other which exists. |
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The Internet Movie Database. |
