200l represent a space odyssey be a supremely intriguing space travel journey with a profound look at mankind future . it be one of the very few great film of our time . it give u something to think and talk and argue . it wonder about our importance in the universe and ignite our imagination and curiosity . it inspire u to dig for insight . a a science fiction fantasy and it be one of the most original film ever make . kubrick camera dance to the blue danube with planet float exuberantly through the light year . it an experience in the poetry of motion and a rich statement to the power of cinema . but 2001 reveals that it not really a science fiction film after all . it and instead and a philosophical enigma and a magnificent meditation on man place in the grand scheme of thing and and a quest to understand ourselves by know all else . 2001 be a unique film about man evolution tell in almost subliminal term . the people in this classic science fiction epic hardly matter . kubrick relate a chronology in image of thingsthe mountain and the desert and the technology and the space capsule and the computer name hal ( who be more interesting than the human ) and and the time warp . the final landing scene be the very hallmark of cinematic genius . a a terror story and too and it be a towering achievement ( not on the same scream induce level a hitchcock psycho ) and but in an innocent and far more haunting way . the film use invisible but powerful force to manipulate the plot but perhaps the most overwhelming one be the picture vision of man . in kubrick fantasy and the golden age of man be a neglected instant between a man ape exaltation at discover the first weapon and a nuclear powered spaceship float in a graceful orbit around the earth . man have indeed evolve . a a spectacle 2001 assault the mind and eye and ear and with stimulating image and suggestion . we be surround by a totally believable futuristic environment . the film be fill with brilliant sequence and extraordinary moment represent the first interesting minute in which the story of the ape be tell visually and without a single line of dialog while the zero gravity toilet with it great list of instruction while the stewardess defy gravity by walk the wall calmly upside down while the frightening moment when we realize that hal be read the astronaut lip while the magical alignment of sun and moon and and earth while the starchild return home to charm the orb . 2001 be fill with poetic imagery represent the view of the sun rising over the earth while the tossing of the bone into the air in slow motion while the slow image of the giant spaceship revolve in a cosmic ballet . 2001 be also a work of great visual acuity . it allow u to view more than the mystery of existence and destiny implicit in every man . it end trouble many viewer a they demand clarity where there can only be mystery . they insist upon an answer where there can only be a question . every viewer have a different explanation of the mysterious end of kubrick film but for those who can accept mysticism and the climax be deeply move .