2001: A space odyssey

2001: A space odyssey directed by Stanley Kubrick stars Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood and William Sylvester. The story of the film is a lot like Five React gum, everyone experiences it differently. The main plot that can be interpreted follows a space crew on a mission to discover artefacts on planets that mysteriously appeared first on the moon. For roughly the first 30 minutes of the film, a crude theory of human evolution is shown. Two separate tribes of chimpanzees are fighting over a water hole. The tribe that is exiled from the water has two options: it will either die, or must find a way to survive. One day, a chimp picks up a strong bone from the skeleton on a dead pig. He swings the tools around and smashes it against other bones, realising its power. The exiled tribe returns to the water hole, with their newly found weapons a gains control of the water. And so, tools are invented. The rest of the story follows a space team and the high-tech computer, Hal 9000 on a mysterious journey to uncover and explain the artefacts found on the moon.

I enjoyed the acting of this movie but wasn’t sold on it. But I would argue that it’s not about the actors in the film but more-less the film as a whole, the idea of the film. The film is about us, as humans and the unanswered questions we ask every day. “Why are we here?” “How did we come to be?” This film represents and presents a plausible hypothesis on what happened and what’s going on today. The film represents the determination that humans have to learn more, discover more at nearly any cost. This film gets better the more I think about it. You can relate to it, but also make you own conclusion about the film and of human purpose. The film makes the audience reflect, pause and think. Not many films have every done that. But if someone is going to watch this film, consider watching it with someone who’s seen it. Together you can try to interpret its powerful messages by expressing your own point of view and considering others P of V.

5/5 stars

Shane Sullivan