I finally got to watch 2001 for the first time the other day, on HDTV no less. What a beautiful movie!! Anyway, I'm having trouble understanding some of it. What is the connection of the beginning with the ape-people to the rest of the movie. They found that big box sticking out of the ground but whats the point of that whole sequence? Also, they don't do a very good job of tying the big alien box they found on the moon to the rest of the movie. It just seems like there were alot of loose ends in the movie. Other than that minor criticism, it was definitely THEEEE most scientifically accurate space movie I have ever seen (assuming you ignore the infinity sequence at the end). The space stations and the physics behind it all was so convincing that I can't believe it. Why can't hollywood be that accurate in their space movies anymore?
2006-08-28 18:13:42 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Arthur C. Clarke, who wrote 2001: A Space Odyssey, admitted in an interview a long time ago that the movie does indeed pose many questions...that there are NO answers to. You see, he left many of the story's mysteries open to interpretation.
My interpretation of the "Monolith", the "big box", is that this is the moment that God, in all his wisdom, instilled "intelligence" into his creatures here on Earth...the man-ape.
Remember that shortly after the apes observed the Monolith that they began to realize that the bones of the dead animals could be used as a "weapon" to enable it to bring down it's prey and also to bring down it's enemies. Only an intelligent creature would be able to figure that out. This then led up to the wonderful opening scenes where the great music of Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra which forever has been associated with this movie.
Remember also that another Monolith was discovered on the Moon? That "artifact" discovered on the moon was clear evidence of another, higher life form in the universe, one that predated human existence.
Pretty heavy stuff for it's time which, if I recall, was around 1968 or 1969, and indeed, pretty heavy stuff for this time now.
2006-08-28 18:19:28 · answer #1 · answered by GeneL 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To understand the mysteries of 2001,
watch "2010: The year we made contact"
Its 9 years later and the Oddessy is losing orbit around Jupiter. A russian expedition is in the planning to go and try to find out what happened and to capture the US ship.
However a war in Central America (russia invading) forces US interests to intervene so the russians come up with a solution: the original creator of HAL, Dr floyd, and a engineer will join their flight to Jupiter.
It doesnt quite have all the glamour of 2001 but it keeps telling the story.
There were actually 4 books in all to tell the story
2006-08-28 18:41:42 · answer #2 · answered by clomtancy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saw the original showing in Easher England as a teenager. Yep young feller I'm OOOooooold!! hehehe!! Sorry, excuse the indulgence of a senile old man. My advice, watch the movie again. Really, there are visual and audio cues that you miss the first couple times. It is difficult to follow, but does hang together. By the way, the Monolith affects Monkey development...leave it with you...
2006-08-28 18:23:18 · answer #3 · answered by twerf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, Stanley Kubrick, the director of the movie was a genius film-maker. Ive seen it once, but it was a while ago.
Before he died, he wanted to make a movie about a 'robot boy' who could actually 'love'.
He got a chance to start it, but passed before actual filming begun. His good friend Steven Spielberg, who he was also collaborated with, finished the script and directed the movie. "A.I." (artificial intelligence) is the movie I'm talking about.. when I first saw it - I thought it was unbelievable!
..But, I still wonder what the movie might have been like if Kubrick had lived to do it.
I believe the last movie Kubrick made was "Eyes Wide Shut" w/ Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.
2006-08-28 18:37:45 · answer #4 · answered by justme 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wasn't it cool!
I think the whole thing was that the astronaut returned to the creator,which was an alien race that seeded earth
The ape ppl were supposed to be the beginnings of humans.
I am 51 yrs old & still love SciFi!
2006-08-28 18:21:41 · answer #5 · answered by Frogmama 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out this discussion regarding the monolith. These guys are nutz about the movie and have dissected it nicely. http://forums.philosophyforums.com/thread/8726
2006-08-28 18:23:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm 50 years old, and I never did figure out what the Hell the point of that movie was.
2006-08-28 18:20:36 · answer #7 · answered by IthinkFramptonisstillahottie 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some refer to this depiction as "Intervention" being the origin of human kind.
2006-08-28 18:18:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People like fireworks more than the science behind them but I agree with you
2006-08-28 18:18:00 · answer #9 · answered by conundrum_dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.filmsite.org/twot.html
2006-08-28 19:29:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋