2001: a space odyssey

[Fireheadseptember]

Excellent film.

[doublecrosspenguin]

2001 and Star Wars are both fantastic. But, for very different reasons

[CroatianUnion]

@doublecrosspenguin these films dont even compare 2001 is much better

[ghostalin]

SCIENCE, BITCHES. Yes Yes Yes Yes yes take me now my body is ready send me to mars and pay me in orange juice, I don't care. Let's do some motherfucking science.

[ishida5660022]

この画面に出てくる建造物がすべて核兵器だとは！！！！！

[Deuterium2H]

@greencurrycamo: 3-D Computer graphics did not exist at the time that 2001 was filmed (1966). The "computer-based" display images were actually hand animated drawings which were rear projected onto a flat screen. Nevertheless, it is an example of Kubrick's genius that he not only foresaw the development of true computer generated graphics, but understood their value in displaying critical visual information (e.g. navigation, component schematics and design, etc)

[rendilkraesin]

This segment always reminds me of playing the computer game ELITE in the 1980's, manual docking on rotating stations to trade some junk and get back to flying ;)

[jenleex]

Looks mre real than the fake moon landings...

[aaroncar]

This is my favorite movie. People always call it boring and say it goes on too long. I think it's just long enough.

[melaniasirotich]

this one and Solaris are the best c-fi movies

[gdsvalentine]

@melaniasirotich SOLARIS? That's a joke right?

[chiedu72]

@gdsvalentine She means the original Tarkovsky Solaris not the horrible re-make. The original Solaris is slightly too self-conscious and ponderous for me but it's still fantastic.

[Childist2]

A long time ago, really? More like 9 years ago! And it was supposed to take place in our galaxy, but that will probably not happen anytime soon. Long live 2001.

[krolowaobcych]

fajnie muzyka dobrana do obrazu....

[jomaqc]

Really it wasn't a galaxy far far away, it was just the moon, do you see the movie?

[Buccura]

I think it's pointless to compare 2001 to Star Wars. The two are two very different types of movies, one is a science fiction piece, the other is a sci-fi fantasy. Really the only true connection these films have is they both spend a lot of time in space so, really saying one is better than the other is completely futile and pointless.

[rdecredico]

@Buccura One is original and sublime, the other a rip-off of previous work and is an merely an amalgam of other stories that have been told previously. Very little original anything in Lucas film. Every camera angle and placement was stolen from previous works. 2001 will hold up for a long time and Star Wars is already seriously dated and showing how poorly conceived the real narrative was. At best, Star Wars is popcorn fare while 2001 remains a masterpiece of artistic creation & vision.

[Kyle15bitch]

@rdecredico kinda hard to be original when almost everything has been thought of already

[1king4all]

@Kyle15bitch Not really. There are tons of ideas out there, however it's what Hollywood thinks of as a possible money maker. I've worked in the industry so trust me.

[gdsvalentine]

@1king4all LMAO you dont know diddly. Worked in the industry, haha, what, did you do, sell popcorn?

No fucking computers here, this was made before we even walked on the moon.. Its simply the best sci fi movie of all time, even by todays standards.

[1king4all]

@gdsvalentine Did I ever mention computers? NO!!! only ideas and how they get thrown out the office. Learn how to read first before making a comment.

[greencurrycamo]

@gdsvalentine there was computers in this they had IBM in the movie.  Computer animation did exist at this time please re-watch the movie. 1968 was when this movie was made a year before we landed on the moon.

[Sprinterdrift]

we should spend less money on war and more on space...

[bremneshatten]

If you dont like this movie the first time you watch it, u wont like it at all. I didnt understand it when I first saw it in the 80s but was still addicted. Still love it 20 years later. I think the transition scene from the ape throwing up his bone/weapon and the switch to space and 2001 is amazing. The most beautiful scene I have ever seen.

[AaronMk91]

A testiment to art. And although severly dated it still looks brilliant. A truely memorable film too.

[davidzof]

30 trillion to do Mars I would have thought

[miloszimazik]

I slept in this movie 6 times

[44SirLoopalot]

As a child,when I saw the move for the first time, i was pretty sure that i would do such journeys in my lifetime.I realy was looking forward to future. And what do we have now? Tiny ISS and russian rockets from the 50´s. It´s a shame.

People are not willing to spent 50 billion dollars for a Mars mission, while hundrets of billions are spent for war and investment bank saving every year.

It´s kinda sad to grow up and realize that most people are just stupid!!!

[corcaighrebel]

@44SirLoopalot - Great comment - says a great deal in a few sentences.........human advances have been constrained by the pursuit of money in mindless conflicts, we still haven't realised that when we come together as a species that we can achieve incredible things, we remain divided like every other generation going back to the beginning of time....

[aarschgezicht]

@corcaighrebel and ironically enough the only thing that will make us unite is a threat to the intire humanity from the outside. so only if aliens attack and we survive will we unite and prosper.

[corcaighrebel]

@aarschgezicht - think that says it all about us............plus we have a remarkable tendancy to see things in terms of conflict, 'an alien attack', we always feel under attack, insecure, we are a crazy species......................

[sphinxrising58]

Well, for one thing, I doubt 50 billion would even come close to scratching a manned mission to Mars, as we have enough trouble getting unmanned ships there.

As for the " Tiny ISS ", even the once majestic Roman Empire started out as one small building, same with any great city, but mighty Oaks out of tiny acorns doth grow, something to think anbout:)

[dannyboy12357]

@44SirLoopalot someday we'll travell among the stars, if we don't blow ourselves up.

[GenyaArikado]

@44SirLoopalot We will get to Mars by 2030s. So have patience dude !

[BernieEOD]

Notice the concept of the "Glass cockpit" over 30 years before it ever came about?

It is now 2010 and we are getting rid of the Shuttle and replacing it with a "Spam can" Which goes back to splashing down in the Ocean

[TangomanX2008]

yeah, I feel so ripped off.

[a090006]

when this film was made,I thought by the time I 'm 30years we will be in space and there will be no more wars on this planet!!!43 I am now ,and read the newspaper,all those idiots who want to be powerfull and destroy so many lifes

[jorgealbertobaron]

PELICULA DE 1968

[Grobbekee]

I liked the book very much too, but of course that hasn't got this wonderful music.

[darkgilson]

Yes.. And with the movie, you can make your own opinion with the monoliths..

The book shows the opinion of C Clarke, not yours.. And it 'kills' all the magic of the pictures..

It's the only movie I recommand to watch without reading the book at all :)

[sphinxrising58]

The movie was not orginally meant to have the music either, but upon screening the opening, Kubrick seen dead silence would not do at all, hence, the music.

[corcaighrebel]

@sphinxrising58 - useful, didn't know that, incorporating Strauss was genius

[soulchosen]

Kubrick, for me the best director of all time!

[jaxxon87]

one of the greatest movies ever made

[7LY8]

Best film ever!!!!!!!!!! LOVE IT!

[Templehawk]

this movie is LARGER than life... I like it and the music is awsome too...

[JubalCalif]

Awesome footage to watch & exquiste music in the background! Thanks for sharing! But did this sci-fi classic ever provide a satisfactory answer to the query that even stumped Einstein: "ARE THERE RINGS AROUND URANUS"?

[akoljrkdsf]

yes uranus have small rings

[Beamshipcaptain]

Lucas wanted to show an adventure parable, and make a thrilling space-adventure, and show what life would be like if we took the technology of 2001, which is the technology of today, and extrapolate to a civilisation in the universe who had been using such technology for 400-years or so. Extrapolate: what will OUR technology be like in 100-years time, in 2109?

[capoeirahataari]

that shot at 3:07 looks like a shot from star wars. perhaps lucas was inspired by 2001 to some degree?

[drfenderfunk]

Lucas was inspired by 2001 to an INCREDIBLE degree. Watch his interview on the documentary from the special features disc in the 2001 Special Edition DVD set. Lucas adores this movie. A big reason he made Star Wars was to bring the grandeur of 2001 back to the big screen.

[capoeirahataari]

interesting. thanks. good stuff

[emoklan]

0:02 looks like a shot from star wars LOL

[jemjean]

I disagree. Star Wars is in essence a fairy tale. There are the good guys, the princess, the bad guys and the lovable rogue, it's all there. It incorporates none of the laws of science. In fact, it uses parcec as a measure of speed instead of distance. 2001 is based on known scientific principles. The best of this, for me, is the scene in which the stewardess fights gravity down and aisle and plucks a pen from the air. Not only is it amazingly seamless, it's based on a reality.

[NetForeverOften]

The Kessel Run in Star Wars is through a cluster of black holes. The safest route is 18 parsecs long. You can shorten this distance by getting closer to the black holes, which is dangerous and requires a fast ship and good piloting skills. Han Solo claims to have done it in only 11.5 parsecs. Sorry to geek out on you--just had to clear that up... and I agree with the fantasy vs. reality bit ;)

[jemjean]

I don't know anyone who's seen this film and fully understands what it's trying to say.  But it's gorgeous visuals and music make it an almost religious experience. Star Wars cannot and should not be compared to this film. One is an adult look at the universe and the other is a fairy tale. There is nothing to compare.

[guitar999beatlesrule]

star wars was amazing for what it was and revolutionized high concept cinema. 2001 was an artistic masterpiece that gave allegories on life, conception, machines, the odyssey, and evolution. star wars was not just a "fairy tale". it was amazing

[pebblegarden]

Oh man, I just spotted a continuity mistake! At 3:44, the cockpit view of the shuttle's approach shows it rotating in synch with the station...but the shadows aren't moving on the station. Oh well. It's a lovely sequence anyway.

[GhostInTheShell09]

this movie was great unitl those super-loud screaming voices when they showed the obelisk. the incessent screaming that went on for like 15 minutes was extremely annoying. ruined the whole movie for me right there

[disturbed911]

2o01 a brilliant film

[amitabho123]

Ah, the difference between SW and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

2001 is slow as hell with no action, but it's visuals and plot are great. The slowness is supposed to be thematic, I suppose, but it's just boring. Seriously, it's like Stanley Kubrick was masturbating at the zero-G scenes and wanted to make them last longer. All in all though, it's a great movie.

Star Wars is gangsters IN SPACE! It also has JEDI!!!1111oneoneone That use MAGIC!!! AND THERE'S SOUND! IN SPACE! Isn't George Lucas BRILLIANT?

[MrOzzyIommi]

amitabho123 you're fucking dumb, I feel sorry for your mom who should be fucking sad to have conceived a retarded like you

cheers

[amitabho123]

Dear MrOzzylommi,

Thank you very much for your critique of my comment. I regret to inform you, however, your ad hominem response to my analysis of the differences of SW and 2001SA has no relavence to my comment. As such, I would like you to please take your country matters elsewhere.

Thank you,

Amitabho Chattopadhyay.

Translation:

your comment sucks pls take ur cunt elswhere

[MrOzzyIommi]

I'd respond you, but you made me laugh

lol

[midnightkey267]

LOL @ the 6 thumbs down

i wonder if u nerds actually respect the movie for the right reasons

or just jumped on the bandwagon because the people who actually KNEW what they were talking about said it was good

[123Scears123]

It was a great film. One of the few where I had to go out and buy the book after the film in order to understand it - I was 11 years old at the time -. And then go back and watch it from the correct perspective. An almost unique film.

[midnightkey267]

one of the most boring movies ive ever set my eyes upon..

good music choice though.

[topcatz5]

It was a movie aimed at adults. Something they don't do now.

[TitusVI]

This is soooo amazing

[WhiskeyArjan]

It's a hard movie to understand, I don't get it completely either. But it's really wordt watching, the shots and effects are so beautiful and go really well with the music. One of my favourites!

[pspboy7]

Star Wars was cool, but it wasn't art like this movie was. That's like comparing chewing gum to chocolate.

[ptraiders40]

Agreed. 2001 was a man among children.

[toplaycool19]

This film was bizarre (in a good way). It is so complex and massive, bigger than star wars.

[FlyingGold]

Space Odyssey is a movie that stands above Star Wars. dont mix them up!

[goback3spaces]

They both suck compared to Flintstones Viva Rock Vegas.

[FlyingGold]

XD sure.

[teegs1972]

Hmmm...'Chopper Chicks go to Zombie Town' springs to my mind...a very inspiring film if I may say so.

[goback3spaces]

To say nothing of Faster Pussycat Kill Kill

[ptraiders40]

@FlyingGold Indeed, this is an epic masterpiece. The soundtrack alone is head and shoulders above every other movie in the genre. Truly inspirational and a testament to the human spirit.

[NolanSordyl]

@FlyingGold Nobody is mixing up Star Wars and 2001. They are both fantastic, and totally different films, and I hate to be 'that guy', but I don't understand why you have to go around diminishing the profoundity of one film simply because another also has space in it.

[who3697cares]

I can't believe that you insulted a work of true genius by mixing it with a work of true stupidity.

[JediBlaster]

Agreed with first part but disagree with the second one.

Although I too don't agree with the mixing... I guess you made the mistake of join oil and water! ;) Two diferent things!

[sdm757]

OMG I love this movie.

[lolxenulol]

what's with the retarded star wars beginning?

[Melphistox]

I agree! You already ruined the clip.

[fleamarket3000]

incredible