be a big fan of stanley kubrick clockwork orange there be of course no question about it that i have to see this one . however i put it off far too long because some of my friend discard it with comment like extremely boring or nothing happen a complete waste of time . but when i saw image on the internet of the mysterious black monolith i be allow to see a glimpse of the exquisite experience that be 2001 represent a space odyssey . there be no doubt in my mind that i be go to rent that movie the same evening . it turn out to be the great visual experience of my life . of course and watch a very good painting or picture can be wonderful and but watch a movie construct with the same kind of virtuosity in every frame add a whole new dimension to it . my god . i like my friend a lot but it a pity that i can not share with them the very thing that make my heart jump up with excitement and make my spirit fly like a bird in the sky . that thing and my friend and be beauty . a this film go to show and beauty be terribly underrate in our technologically advanced and intellectually shallow and consumer drive fast food western society . that doesn not mean however that i reject these fast paced society or that i look down on them ( and neither do kubrick ) but only that they can be so much more if only people would stop for a moment and take a little time to absorb the sheer beauty of the world we live in . and what good opportunity be there to do this then by slow down to the elegant pace of this film and to let yourself be take to that place between wake and dream . when we go to this place it be possible to get a so called natural high . it be something that our spirit can do whenever we meet pure and boundless beauty . and never in my life have this natural high or spiritual orgasm a it be call by some or samaddhi by others be more intense . yes it more intense than a regular orgasm . several time more intense actually . many religion have claim that this particular feeling prof that they be right . be they right . for me a straight answer to such a question would only detract from the impenetrable mesmerizing mystery of the universe . in my opinion the film try to convey the same mystery through the depiction of the black monolith and by state the follow about it represent except for a single very powerful radio emission aim at jupiter the four million year old black monolith have remain completely inert . it origin and purpose be still a total mystery . the trance that bowman experience be the same thing i experience when watch those gorgeous visuals . i can imagine that mystery can be frustrate for those who need straight fast food answer to big ontological question . but instead of give u comfort we be constantly irritate by the awareness of the simplification that be contain in these answer . the doubt and discomfort that be subsequently cause will make u point to our deep intellectual activity a the source of all this trouble and while in fact we only have our easy answer to blame . but this film show u that when fast ontological statement give rise to nothing but doubt and we can always rely on phenomenon to make some sense out of the world . from the moment you realize that beauty be something that can only really be present to u a a phenomenon and never a a thing in itself the mysterious black monolith be no longer disturb and frighten or irritate but instead become fascinating and enchant and maybe even comfort . we do not need an answer to what really out there to be in touch with one of the great force in our life . when we be able to let mystery be what it be and to embrace it even . we can finally bring our soul to rest . i be pretty sure though that a film that contain so much beauty and so much philosophical and artistic depth can never really be surpass . especially now that the great director who ever live be no longer with u .