Especially considering the era and what they had to work with. It is brilliant. My only problem with it is that is was/is SO SLOW moving.. literally. It is a masterpiece and will never be beat for sure!

I have seen 2001 in the age of 14 on the threshold of adulthood, and after this film I thought which grandios future may I expect? And now, 50 years later, where we are now?

@@UweJMeyer Nowhere

Was it in Cinerama? 😐

So am I, It's still a Masterpiece and always will be.

Same for my 1st birthday my parents drove 100000 miles so we could see it on 1 billion mm. Mom wished she stayed Hume

With cleverly back-projected images mimicking flat screen computer graphics and the beautifully built and presented sets, everything about the ship's interior looked impressively futuristic and genuine... and still does. Then 16 years later, along came the sequel _2010: The Year We Make Contact_ wherein bulbous CRT monitors with crappy graphics replaced Discovery One's flat screens and where one could actually see glossy paint strokes on some of the (obviously plywood) walls and consoles. Ironic that High-Definition blemish-revealing presentations clearly illustrate the superior production standard of a 1968 film over its 1984 sequel and with 1/3 the budget.

@@hlcepeda This film is a true classic. All others imitated it.

Of course Kubrick spoke in detail about the special effects he used on this film.

yes it does and then some.

Couldn’t have said it better!

Yeah

There are 4 science fiction movies that stand out in my list: 1 Forbidden Planet 2. 2001 3. Alien 4. Blade runner. All for different reasons. Forbidden Planet has inspired so many others, Alien combines horror and scifi, Blade Runner brought noir and has a great story. But for its cinematography and introduction to the 21st century 2001 showed everyone the way.... not so much the confusing narrative but the world it created.

In 1969!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@@macguru9999 In ALIEN, Ridley Scott made the Nostromo interior the polar opposite of that of Discovery. Dark, dank, noisy, internal plumbing and wiring exposed, inoperative equipment, and sometimes difficult to move around in.

Absolutely!

Right. And, today, with all the "built in" digital effects, there isn't much "craft" to them. Given how all of that is now so much easier, one WOULD think that there'd be more time and effort to put into, well, the story and the script. Apparently not.

It must have been quite the experience! 2001 truly set the standard.

You really must read the book by Arthur C. Clarke to understand the story. If you were an advanced 'race' how would you help early man to survive?. Then monitor from our nearest neighbour - the moon, hidden under the surface. Man reaches the moon, uncovers the Monolith, before being sent on the next part of the journey. Man has reached that point and travels through 'Time & Space Dimensions, Reaching an memory illusion, Man then passes on, being reborn - as a Star Child of the advanced race. I met Clarke, the First Citizen of the Universe, in Sri Lanka, communication was his point in this story. Clarke was trying to tell us the Moon has not always been in orbit around our Earth. When you read the book - read between the lines......... .

I saw it in 1977 when it came to Washington for another time, and my parents and I were weeping at we were seeing. I am convinced that 2001: A Space Odyssey is the greatest movie ever made. It was made outside London @ the MGM Studios. Had the MGM Studios been located outside Paris France, it would still be the greatest movie ever made. But Mr. Clarke's book : The lost worlds of 2001 would have had different locations in one chapter. " Drove with Roger Caras to a zoo near Nuneaton would have read 'Drove with Roger Caras to a zoo at Rouen in Normandy." BTW the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey inspired me to do Space Exploration merit badge as a boy scout. In 1977 I was a boy scout of 1st Class rank. I am now an Eagle Scout.

Wow that must have been an incredible experience! And one, no doubt, that still hasn't been matched. I must admit I am incredibly jealous. The first time I watched 2001 was mind blowing - and it wasn't even at the cinema - it was an old VHS copy, with each subsequent home release I've enjoyed it ever more - one day I hope to see it at the cinema. Fingers crossed for a re-release!

I saw it almost alone in the Regent Theatre in Chelmsford in 1968, I was 11. I got it the first time too!

I read the book multiple times before I saw the movie.

A cold and somewhat scary voyage on a cold and somewhat scary spaceship. Relentless minor key strings. The spaceship itself composed of Head and Spinal Cord. HALs unblinking killer eye. Mummified corpses. Clean, Cold and Creepy!!

Absolutely. It doesn't look dated one iota. Genius.

Luther - Read the Book.... Then watch the film again, you will not be disappointed......

What an amazing experience that must have been - the visuals are jaw dropping even today!

Haha that is awesome! There really is no other film like it, even recent films fail to capture the true nature of space - it's all gone a bit too action focused - we need more sedate, slow paced sci-fi that catapults the audience into the realism of space travel (which is likely a mix of wonder & boredom!)

I would like to spend my time there, on a pension, would look after it for you

And recall that, in the "sequel" movie 2010, those screens were replaced by CRTs

100%!

The greatest achievement in the history of Cinema.!

Thank you so much!

Thank you!!

"Event Horizon" - Discovery edition.

Thank you so much! May your future weeks all be equally awesome! :D

Thank you so much, it's great to hear from you! 2001 is definitely #1!

I love this detail - sadly this was ignored in the sequel 2010.

Gosh - you know I never realised it but you're right! Great observation! I'll now have to watch it all over again! :D

Thank you thank you so much it means a great deal to hear such wonderful feedback :D

Couldn't agree more!

Thank you! That’s a wonderful idea!

@@TheHALProject And reveal it as a Boeing sunsat being moved into working position lol.

Thank you! That's so cool that you used to have the screensaver - it really was great fun - it was very sad that flash was unable to continue.

Thank you so much!