[kanaloa]

Ok, so I have a question for all you smart people. I decided to rent and watch 2001 A Space Odyssey tonight bc a book I read made a referance to it. Ummm would any of you PLEASE explain to me WHAT THE HELL that movie is about???

Please, seriously... someone tell me.

[dlt]

I saw it once and all I remember from it was the music, and nothing else.

[kanaloa]

Wow... watch this and see if it eerily makes sense...

Remember, this was made in 1968... a year BEFORE we went to the moon.

http://www.kubrick2001.com/2001.html

[dlt]

You're right wow...that was really awesome.

[kanaloa]

http://www.modemac.com/2001/

This also explains more.

That is FREAKY how much sense it actually makes now... WOW.

[XJan87]

There's a sequel to it too, 2010. And there's 3001 as a book (perhaps as movie too).

[SCgone]

When it first came out and I went to see it, I walked out of the theater completely confused. It was only years later whenI watched it again, that it started to make sense.

[The1Trish]

I read the book last summer. Then I immediately saw the movie after reading the book. I was sorely disappointed. I'm sure there's a lot of deep meaning behind the movie (considering it's a Kubrick film). However, he totally should have titled it something completely different and only referred to it as a very loose interpretation of the book. What really perturbs me however, is that the second book 2010 and 3000 and 3020 (? it's the 4th book but can't remember the numbers), are changed drastically because "everyone" remembers the movie. Apparently he thought that no one read the first book and only saw the movie. How disappointing!

[kanaloa]

Movies are never as good as the books.

Imagine if Jurassic Park and The Lost World had been as good as the books.

[Mac33]

I've never seen a movie yet that was as good as the book. I love my imagination when i'm reading, and i'm always disappointed when i see the movie of a novel.