Hi all,
I just hired 2001: A Space Odyssey and i mjust say it is one amazing movie. i dont think it would be in my Top 10 films of all time list but its a mighty fine movie nonetheless.
One of the things i didnt like about the movie is some of the scenes were very long and drawn out, a lot of them could have been cut down to make the story flow better.
Also the movie has to have one of the most baffling endings in movie history.
For everyone that has seen the movie what are your thoughts on the movie? in particular what did u think of the ending?
There are many aspects of the film that i find odd/bewildering.
1) why did they have the bit at the start of the film with the apes? what does that have to do with future space explaration?
2) why would an 'artifact' on the Moon be of such great concern to mankind. they were saying how it could cause great panic on earth.
i don't know about anyone else but if i heard news there was something of unknown origin found on the moon, i would be surprised, but it wouldnt send me into a chaotic frenzy and make me run for he hills.
3) how on earth did they figure out there was a frequency from the artifact on the Moon aimed towards Jupiter?
and heres my million dollar question. why would 5 people volunteer for a space mission to a planet that noone had ever been to before. its not like Jupiter was colonized or there was a base waiting for them when they got there. what were they meant to do when they got there, just confirm there was a black artifact there then come back? that is seriously mental.
4) with the HAL computer, why wasn't there the option of turning it off if it went screwy. surely at NASA if they ever made a spaceship fully operated by a computer theyd design it so if it malfunctioned the humans could shut it down and run it manually.
5) also how on earth was HAL able to read the astronauts lips when they were talking about shutting it down. there is NO WAY a computer would ever be able to do that!
6) now the biggest question of all, what is with the ending?? even listening to the commentary on the special edition DVD im still baffled by the ending.
why would he leave the spacehip when he is near Jupiter and hop in the little pod thing?? i can't imagine the pod having that much fuel in it. and can someone tell me how on earth the little pod managed to travel such a vast distance when the man was travelling for what seemed like a VERY long time? i know in the future theyd be able to make fuel last longer but thats rather absurd to suggest a pod could travel such a vast distance.
and what was with that 'space trip' he took anyway? was he sucked into some black hole or something and was travelling at the speed of light.
and what was with the 'house' he was i at the end? was that a dream or something. how could he be in a house when he's in space?? was it all in his mind? after all he was totally out of it when the space trip was over.
then it seems he went through 2 stages of ageing, whats up with that? was he in his pod for that lentgh of time that he had aged?
and what was with the bit when the oldest man is in bed and looks at the artifact?? whats that meant to represent?
and then it appears theres a large baby on the bed. ?????
finally theres a shot of planet earth with the giant szed 'baby' in space looking at the earth. whats that all about?
i would greatly appreciate if other people who have seen the film could share thier thoughts on the movie, in partilcular the ending.
I just hired 2001: A Space Odyssey and i mjust say it is one amazing movie. i dont think it would be in my Top 10 films of all time list but its a mighty fine movie nonetheless.
One of the things i didnt like about the movie is some of the scenes were very long and drawn out, a lot of them could have been cut down to make the story flow better.
Also the movie has to have one of the most baffling endings in movie history.
For everyone that has seen the movie what are your thoughts on the movie? in particular what did u think of the ending?
There are many aspects of the film that i find odd/bewildering.
1) why did they have the bit at the start of the film with the apes? what does that have to do with future space explaration?
2) why would an 'artifact' on the Moon be of such great concern to mankind. they were saying how it could cause great panic on earth.
i don't know about anyone else but if i heard news there was something of unknown origin found on the moon, i would be surprised, but it wouldnt send me into a chaotic frenzy and make me run for he hills.
3) how on earth did they figure out there was a frequency from the artifact on the Moon aimed towards Jupiter?
and heres my million dollar question. why would 5 people volunteer for a space mission to a planet that noone had ever been to before. its not like Jupiter was colonized or there was a base waiting for them when they got there. what were they meant to do when they got there, just confirm there was a black artifact there then come back? that is seriously mental.
4) with the HAL computer, why wasn't there the option of turning it off if it went screwy. surely at NASA if they ever made a spaceship fully operated by a computer theyd design it so if it malfunctioned the humans could shut it down and run it manually.
5) also how on earth was HAL able to read the astronauts lips when they were talking about shutting it down. there is NO WAY a computer would ever be able to do that!
6) now the biggest question of all, what is with the ending?? even listening to the commentary on the special edition DVD im still baffled by the ending.
why would he leave the spacehip when he is near Jupiter and hop in the little pod thing?? i can't imagine the pod having that much fuel in it. and can someone tell me how on earth the little pod managed to travel such a vast distance when the man was travelling for what seemed like a VERY long time? i know in the future theyd be able to make fuel last longer but thats rather absurd to suggest a pod could travel such a vast distance.
and what was with that 'space trip' he took anyway? was he sucked into some black hole or something and was travelling at the speed of light.
and what was with the 'house' he was i at the end? was that a dream or something. how could he be in a house when he's in space?? was it all in his mind? after all he was totally out of it when the space trip was over.
then it seems he went through 2 stages of ageing, whats up with that? was he in his pod for that lentgh of time that he had aged?
and what was with the bit when the oldest man is in bed and looks at the artifact?? whats that meant to represent?
and then it appears theres a large baby on the bed. ?????
finally theres a shot of planet earth with the giant szed 'baby' in space looking at the earth. whats that all about?
i would greatly appreciate if other people who have seen the film could share thier thoughts on the movie, in partilcular the ending.