2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Movie Reaction/*FIRST TIME WATCHING* "This left me SPEECHLESS" 

Take a moment to appreciate that not only was this made 10 years before Star wars, the space shuttle was barely a blueprint, CGI didn't exist and they're using tablets that look like something you could buy an Apple store today. This was kind of the equivalent of James Cameron's Pandora as far as revolutionary film.

this movie is a true experience shame on anyone who calls this art "boring"

This movie was made before the Apollo missions to the moon and the depiction of space and space travel is still one of the closest to reality today. The story was co-written by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, a scientist and master science fiction writer. In fact Clarke wrote the same-name novel in the same time he worked on the screenplay with Kubrick and both works influenced each other. Clarke's novel is more detailed and explain more than the movie, where Kubrick decided to make it more of an experience and removed some explanation. The theme for both the movie and the novel is evolution, and both are more focused on raising questions than on giving answers. In my opinion this is a masterwork out of its time in every aspect. The realism, the cinematography, the non verbal storytelling, the then foreshadowing of the technological advances: have you noticed that the astronauts on the Discovery One are using iPad like tablets? It was 1968! Bonus info: the song HAL9000 was singing while being "killed" was the first song actually sang by a computer: it was a demo for the capabilities of the Bell Labs speech synthesis with an IBM 702 in 1962.

Oh yeah, those final minutes are some of the most mindbendingly confusing moments ever put to film! They're Kubrick's way of depicting an interdimensional journey that's literally beyond the scope of human comprehension. You mostly understood the essence of it: the Monolith near Jupiter sent Dave on some kind of wild interstellar trip, and then he lived out his life in some strange other place (most likely a little pocket universe designed to mimic a "human dwelling"). The glowing fetus at the end is meant to suggest that Dave hasn't simply died - he's now been reborn as some sort of cosmic entity, elevated to some higher existence by his journey through the Monolith. And the movie ends as he returns to Earth, with his effect on the planet's future unknown.

"Daisy" is the first song ever sung by a computer. A little tribute by Kubrik.

The transition shot at 7:16 is to illustrate man's first weapon, the bone club, to his ultimate weapon, the orbiting H- Bomb.

Kubrick deliberately chose to only have breathing in spacewalk scenes, ships not making sounds, etc because there is no air in space so sound can't travel. If you were to spacewalk, there would only be air in your helmet (hopefully), and so the only thing you would be able to hear is your own breathing. Another great shot that demonstrates this is when Dave enters through the emergency hatch -- the pod door blows off, but we hear no sound (because there is no air in the airlock). When Dave pulls the hatch switch, sounds reverberate as soon as the door closes, because the airlock has now been pressurized with air.

This movie and music was dazzling in the theaters back in 1968 and beyond! I was 13 when my dad and I saw 2001 when it opened in 1968 and watched it many times. @ 9:13 When the price for the picturephone call appeared, that got a chuckle from the audience because of how EXPENSIVE that phone call was, for the time in 1968! LOL! My dad whispered to me "With prices like that, they won't be making too many phone calls from outer space!". Little did we know! LOL! BTW, the little girl was Kubrick's daughter, Vivian. @ 14:35 In the book, the high-pitch signal began at the exact moment the first sliver of sunlight hit the top of the monolith that had not seen sunlight for over 4 million years. It was the smaller monolith letting the giant one around Jupiter know that "The humans finally have dug me up, and will be visiting Jupiter soon. Be ready." @ 30:57 The "aliens" who pulled him into their realm were showing Dave the Big Bang and expansion of the universe right there, then all the various stars, nebulae, weird formations and worlds later. @ 31:21 Most of us interpret the octahedrons there as the "beings" who snatched Dave, guiding him. Definitely do the sequel "2010: The Year We Made Contact" (1984), made a long 16 years later! We 2001 fans assumed a sequel would come since the ending begs for a sequel, and by the 80s we had given up on it. But in '84 it happened and what a sequel, one you need to do a react video on. There are two Arthur C. Clarke and the one Stanley Kubrick cameos in 2010. Listening to your summary at the end, I think you got the movie, the basic understanding about the alien monolith's influence on early man and now, computer going haywire for some unknown reason, etc, but baffled over the star child at the end. The sequel will answer a lot, and it's a good story with a great ending. I've read all four of Clarke's books on the saga, 2001, 2010, 2061 and 3001: The Final Odyssey, as the books have much more detail and the last two would be awesome movies to add to the long term story. ✌️😎

You're next Kubrick movie should be Dr. Strangelove

Glad to see a new generation coming to grips with my favorite movie of all time. "Its origin, and purpose, still a total mystery." Welcome to the field of "2001: a Space Odyssey" studies. As others have said, please check out the film's underrated sequel, "2010: The Year We Make Contact" (1984), directed by Peter Hyams.

Seeing this movie when released on a Cinerama screen was completely mind-blowing. Being college students, we timed our drugs to coincide with the stargate sequence.

Dude, I watched the sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact, and it's pretty impressive. It explains what happened to HAL, why he killed the crew, what happened to Bowman, what the Monolith really is and what our place in the universe is. It even has strong Cold War themes as well.

It's probable that many people viewed this film originally under the influence of various halucinagins.

I remember the first time I saw '2001' late at night on tv when I was 12 or 13 years old a few years after Stanley Kubrick died SBS channel aired all of his movies once a week. I was equally confused, awe struck and fascinated by this strange sci fi that seemed like it was made in the 60s yet its special effects and themes were timeless. It's THE movie that turned me into a fan of movie art instead of mere entertainment.

The monolith is the black screen in the beginning of the film.

Great reaction, thanks! 2001 is pure cinema, the ultimate "show don't tell" movie. Less than a third of the movie has dialogue, making the viewer an active "participant" in a way that's almost unique, with every person bringing something different to it...

It's impossible to explain just how amazing it was to see this for the first time on a big screen, ideally sitting in one of the first rows. While it's great on any screen, this was made for the biggest widest screens ever.

1. I was 10 years old when my mother agreed to take me to see 2001 in the theater. I loved the music that I almost wore out the album from playing it so much. 2. If you say "Hal, open the pod bay door please" to Siri or google you will get an interesting reply.

2010 explains a lot more of 2001 for sure. Hal's voice is epic :D

I really enjoyed your reaction. One of the best things about this movie is that you can watch it over and over, and (a) never stop feeling a deep sense of wonder, and (b) never stop trying to figure it out. The pulp sci-fi sequel, 2010, tries to explain everything in boring, pedestrian terms and ruins the mystery.

Don't apologize for not talking too muich. I've had it with reactors who have to crack a joke every five seconds, as if they're smarter than the director of the movie...like, just watch the movie and enjoy it to enjoy it, not to impress the subscribers with how brilliant they are. So I really enjoyed watching you. I also enjoyed that you appreciated the incredibly pristine effects. Much more enjoyable to watch you than most reactors. Please do the sequel because I know of only one reactor team that did it, so I think a lot of subscribers would tune in! Cheers!

2010 is a great sequel. Highly recommended

People miss the significance of the Dawn of Man sequence. Moonwatcher, learns to make a weapon, man's first weapon, the club. Later he throws it into the air and suddenly it becomes man's last weapon, orbiting nuclear weapon platforms.

I saw this film on the huge Cinerama screen in 1968 when I was 14. You can imagine how it 'blew my mind.' Nothing like it had been seen before.

"for the time" my @$$! The visuals in THIS flick are just good period! .. . regardless of time period. I dare even say that they blow those crappy computer simulations, that you see in every other flick made nowadays, out of the frigging water!

11:13 lol imagine you're BURSTING for the toilet but you're having to read all the instructions "aaaaaah common I'm only upto step 5! AAAAAAAAAAHHHH"

Yeah. The ape men are all dancers and mimes I think. The makeup was a big inspiration for the Planet of The Apes years later. It's still really impressive today. Plus the whole Africa scene was filmed in a studio with a massive photo backdrop of the valley. Stanley was such a perfectionist that the matte lines on the optical effects are almost complete imperceptible even in a 4K resolution. That is just incredible.

If you look closely at Star Wars:Episode 1-the Phantom Menace, you can see one of the Discovery EVA pods in Watta’s junkyard.

Great reaction. This movie brings up more questions than answers. Kubrick´s masterpiece

Notice the recurring references to birth and birthdays and the recurring transitions to more advanced states. From primitive primate to modern Man, from human intelligence to AI, and finally from human to Starchild. The “Stargate” light sequence is easier to understand now for audiences used to science fiction stories about wormholes and stargates. The strange room at the end is simply an artificial environment created from the astronaut’s memories of some hotel room he once stayed in and is a place where he can be kept until he’s transformed into another state of being. What happens after he becomes the Starchild was deliberately left open to interpretation.

Using Stravinsky as the main theme is beautiful.

I have seen 2001 twice in the cinema, and I will go to see it next week again. The whole movie is amazing on the big screen, but the last 15 are truly unbelievable on the big screen.

Favorite movie of all time. That it was made in 1968 is beyond belief.

Kubrick went out of his way to make Hal seem more human than the humans.

Kubrick also made a superb 20-minute cartoon version for audiences.

My dad took me and my brother to the theater when we were boys. A friend told him that this was a very special movie, and he wanted us to experience that with him. And it was special. Seeing this on the real big screen with sound all around you made a huge impression on me.

Excellent reaction! We pretty much reacted the same when the movie was released. I recommend the sequel, "2010: The Year We Make Contact." Roy Scheider plays Dr. Heywood Floyd, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren appear, and even Dave Bowman returns! It's an enjoyable two hours.

Good prediction: On the Discovery, while having dinner, they're watching the equivalent to modern tablets, a tad earlier, but that tech was already heavily in development back then.

Hopefully you will watch 2010. That will explain some things.

Great reaction, check out "2010" if your curious to know why HAL did what he did.

This film was shot in 70mm, and there was a Cinerama version. It was amazing on a big screen.

I actually enjoy when you’re talking during the reaction you have good thoughts and analysis thanks

One of my ALL time favorite.

The Star Baby is whatever you want it to be, is what I say.

The fact that the special effects do not seem dated is just one aspect of Kubrick's genius.

Space food is actually like that (just not the packaging), they'd eat the majority in Capri Sun style packaging. I'm guessing Kubrick's art dept chose the generic packaging with basic symbols for anyone of any nationality to recognize immediately. Ironically, cash registers and menus at fast food restaurants all have pictures of food instead of a written list now.

I like to think Stanley Kubrick was such a perfectionist, he straight up sacrificed an intern to a Jaguar

Perhaps the only movie that realizes there is no sound in space.

Regarding your comments about the apes in the Dawn of Man sequence: 2001 A Space Odessey came out the same year as Planet of the Apes. The latter film won a special Oscar award for best special effects makeup for the apes. In later years, the Academy apologized to Kubrick, saying they thought the actors in the beginning of the film *were* apes.

2001 won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. And it made $133 million dollars at the box office.

This movie was meant and designed for the theater. It's not even comparable whatsoever watching this at home while recording yourself and talking. Try watching it in 70mm. The start of the film your in complete darkness with just sound playing in the background for a few minutes it's crazy. When that high pitched frequency plays in the theater during the monolith discovery you literally have to cover your ears it's so fn loud. It's an experience. I really wish I could see Kubricks 70 mm print that was shown in 2001. I seen Christopher Nolans version though which was awesome.

I remember the first time I watched it... my mind was blown... the movie ended and I just sat there... for like a good half hour... just speechless... I was a teenager and was so glad I had a long attent6span so the slow pace didn't bother me... the that's Stan's genius keeping me glued to the screen as well... me and my dad had a long conversation about it, he has seen it in the theater at my age and talked about how mind blowing it was... i came to the same conclusion as he did. LOVE movies that let you make up your own mind on what's happening, definitely not for everyone, but that's what I like about it, there's many RU-vid explanation videos on it, worth checking out.

Did you notice HAL is the same shape as the Monolith?

An alien intelligence intervenes in our evolution 4 million years ago and does so again when David Bowman goes through the Stargate to the hotel room at the end of the universe. From hominid to human, from human to… Superhuman. I loved watching your reaction to the movie and I have to say that I was just as puzzled at the end of the film as you were but I eventually put the pieces together. you were absolutely correct when you said that audiences had to be completely blown away by this movie back in 1968. I was 13 at the time and was literally spellbound and speechless by the end of the film. In many ways I’m still in awe.

Nice review. There’s also a sequel called 2010:When we made contact (1984)starring Roy Scheider. The sequel will fill in the blanks

you are the first reactor to feel sad about hals death. hes a PERSON. he was a friend of daves. dave took no pleasure in this. and hal was truly afraid to die, like we would be. its tragic, completely tragic that he had to die, cause there is that hint that hal was doing this to SAVE THE MISSIon. crying

The leopard with it's glowing eyes, that drops down and kills the apeman at the beginning. Humans took it with us when we went into space. HAL with his glowing red eye drops down off the ledge and kills us. We are still in the Dawn of Man until the end when we evolve into a new form, the starchild. We were never able to leave our animal nature behind until that moment.

I saw "2001: A Space Odyssey" in a Cinerama theater in 1968. Science Fiction had a low grade/below B-movie reputation then. Stanley Kubrick raised the bar for SF beyond the Moon, before Apollo 11. The actors playing "Early Men" weren't recognized as such by AMPAS, which is a shame. I'd read about Hominids using heavy bones to take down herbivores, but seeing it on screen was epic! As for The Monolith, there used to be one behind the University of Hawaii Chemistry building that emitted a low hum. The "place holder music tracks" selected by Stanley Kubrick were so different from other SF movies that it became a best selling soundtrack LP. (Richard Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra" became used to signal major plot points in movies for years afterward.) Did you notice that the HAL 9000 computer on "Discovery One" had more personality than the astronauts, Poole and Bowman? Unlike "Star Wars" later on, no one could hear any sort of sound in Space. Dave Bowman found the Monolith, then was whisked away to another system by a "faster-than-light Star Gate" that dazzled audiences, stoned or sober.;)

Really great reaction! I recommend that you read the book "2001" by Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick which will answer all of your questions. Also there is a good sequel movie "2010" which is NOT directed by Kubrick but had his full approval. It's nowhere near as innovative in style, it's much more of a mainstream movie.... faster paced and easier to understand, with some genuine Hollywood stars too! It gives a very satisfyimg conclusion to the story and is well worth reacting to....so PLEASE do so as soon as possible!!! lol :)

Your experience watching the movie is exactly what it is supposed to be. My interpretation (from reading the book): The monolith was a timer to tell the aliens that earth beings had advanced to a certain stage of their evolution. He went through a stargate and was observed for the rest of his life in a room constructed from his thoughts by aliens who thought he would be most comfortable there. It was his cage. Then he was sent back as a messenger (redeemer?) as it was now time for Earth to join the rest of the sentient universe.

I've seen this many times since 1968, and several times at the Cinerama Dome (named changed to ArcLight) in Hollywood. Every few years I'd venture down with friends to see it. One point I haven't seen in any commentary about the film is that of the name of "HAL". If one adds one letter to each of those three letters then HAL becomes IBM.

my favourite movie ever. It will stuck with me forever.

I first saw 2001 in my tweens in the early 80s, one thing that bugged me were the tapirs in "The Dawn of Man". They aren't anywhere near Africa (where the sequence takes place). They reside primarily in Central and South America, the ones that are closest, are in Southeast Asia (and they didn't even use those).

I saw this movie ages ago & never wanted to watch it again I thought it was so boring LOL but last year my son wanted to watch it and so we did…it definitely changed my opinion about a lot of it. I totally agree with you in a lot of points…Kubrick is a master at visuals and this film is visually stunning…the camerawork & music together make it very aesthetically beautiful & haunting at the same time. The story is interesting & the characters of Dave & HAL are some of the most memorable in cinema history and for the time it was made it was groundbreaking. The monolith itself there were 3 of them it wasn’t the same one moving around. Each one gave some evolutionary assistance to the group involved so at the end he did evolve in some way but it still confused me. My main issue with it is that it just seemed to move so slow in a lot of areas…I know it was all done on purpose to heighten different effects & suspense but it got a bit boring. & yeah the ending…still confused LOL My favorite scene that I always for some reason found absolutely terrifying was during the “stargate” scene at the end where he’s being pulled through space…those 3 or 4 still shots of his face displaying his sheer terror at the experience blew my mind. I was able to find & screenshot those specific spots and still have them on my phone … it doesn’t bother me as much anymore but it’s still a bit unnerving in a way LOL Anyway great reaction you know I’m always a fan so keep it up👍🏻👍🏻

Untold numbers of hippies dropped acid before this movie, so it would kick on at "that" sequence. This and Fantasia were big in the LSD scene.

this is a movie which certainly engenders thought to piece together the puzzle and figure out what has happened, but first and foremost it is a movie to be experienced. it always amuses me when i see a new viewer get agitated when they are unable to immediately figure out everything rather than just staying patient, absorbing the sights and sounds of Kubrick's spectacular masterpiece, and waiting until the experience is over before having a lively discussion with friends to analyze & comprehend what they just saw. you did a good job of watching and thinking about the movie - much better than most first-time reactors. watch it a 2nd time on a big screen with a good sound system. then watch 2010: the Year We Make Contact. also, if you are so inclined, an edible enhancer will aid you in taking that memorable voyage along with Bowman - that's how I first experienced it in 1968 on the big screen.

It’s funny watching people doing first time reactions to this movie. It’s not something that’s gonna click first go round. I was totally lost myself when I first viewed it. A rewatch or two, combined with a little reading and/or watching analysis videos helps. It’s a journey, and one that is fairly unique in mainstream film. Stanley Kubrick was a visionary

Whats most fascinating and scary to me is that implication that HAL 9000 can lie. When the astronauts sealed themselves into the pod so HAL couldn't hear them, we find out shortly later that HAL can read their lips, but when they asked HAL to rotate the pod, he did nothing, in order to give the impression that he couldn't hear. HAL knew what they were saying the entire time, even without sound, but he pretended not to understand in order to spy on their plan.

Oddly, Planet of the Apes, which came out the same year as "2001", was nominated for the Best Costume Academy award ("Romeo and Juliet" won; for many many years, 'Costuming' meant 'historicals' to the Academy voters). But '2001' wasn't nominated at all-some speculated that the Academy members thought those were real apes on the screen (well, they were, since the human actors are apes, but you know what I mean).

I saw it in the BIG THEATER. The intro pinned me against the back of my chair, and blew us away. We still haven't figured out the ending, 50 years later.

What makes this movie great to me is the ending. He tries to show something nobody is able to really understand. The next step in evolution. And of course we mere humans can't really understand it. But it still evokes a strange feeling of awe and it's not bad, it's all good. I don't know how to explain this (and i'm sure neither did mr. Kubrick). It's "just" a feeling, and it's conveyed perfectly.

Ha! Great reaction! I went into this movie KNOWING about the enigmatic ending, so I wasn't caught off guard by it! Usually I like reactors going in blind, but there are a few exceptions: one is that Blazing Saddles is a satire on racism, helps to know that going in. Second is that The Deer Hunter is a three hour movie, and it's the second two hours that are the ones we're waiting to see you react to, so don't worry about saying too much for the first hour. And the third is that "2001: A Space Odyssey" is not "Star Wars" and has elements about it that remain mysterious, open-ended and maybe even abstract. NOBODY finishes that movie and has all the answers. I one time played this movie to about 10 people after a New Year's Eve party, and when the closing credits came up every one of them exclaimed IN UNISON : "What the f**k??!!" I have definite ideas about the ending, but everyone has their own ideas, and that's what Kubrick wanted. The unknowable mysteries of the universe and existence and even God. Is the monolith God? Is it alien intelligence? Both? You tell me, your answers are as valid as mine!

Seen this movie multiple times one of my favorite scenes is when Dr Floyd is on the space station talking to those people about not knowing anything going on , the dialogue and the actors are so interesting and of course the second half with Hal Dave and Frank is riveting and how about that airlock stunt, pretty impressive especially the time when it was filmed , thanks again

2001 was released a few weeks before my second birthday. My parents saw this first run in April of '68 somewhere in the Bay Area. We lived in Oakland, but may have gone to SF (my parents that is) to see it. It was the talk of the town, everyone was seeing it and the 'rents were no different. Probably got my dad's mom to babysit me. I've piqued my own interest into what Bay Area theaters showed '2001: A Space Odyssey' when it came out.

A great reaction to a masterpiece of a film! Thanks for this!

I wish I could like this more than once. You did a great job.

You have to revisit Kubrick movies. I always realized that I loved them when I come back to them years later. My first experience is never as satisfying as my second.

The really sad bit about HAL, is that it really was not his fault... If you pay close attention to how he was designed, it was designed to never withhold information, and then at the last minute, he was required to keep the purpose of the mission secret. That is what drove him 'insane'. If you watch 2010 you will find out more about this.

Great reaction! I just wanted to say that 2001 set the standard for special effects for the next 20 years, and while surpassed for dynamic and dazzling effects by Star Wars, if the main criterion is shear realism, 2001 was the best until Apollo 13 for a space movie. 2001 is as hardcore science fiction as it gets in movies.

Thank you for this reaction. That breathing that you hear is Stanley Kubrick's.

The embryonic baby at the end represents the 'starchild' - massively accelerated evolved human that was David Bowman - having been 'tampered with' by the alien intelligence (in similar way they did in Dawn of Man sequence). This time he has become like the aliens themselves possessing enhanced intellect and poseesing greatly advanced technological superpowers . In the book you read that the Starchild Bowman returns just as a nuclear war is about to break out and stops it to save mankind. In the book you read that the universe teems with life - but not much of it intelligent or sentient. The mysterious aliens are interested in intelligence and advancing it. When they find man at 'Dawn of Man' they see he has potential but are not about tto stick around (they are busy) . The black monolith accelerates the meantal evolution of the apes to give them a chance to survive and evolve. It then buries itself under the moon surface fir millions of years. When it has been dug up - it sees the sun for first time - which evidently means it has been deliberaetly dug up - and it then sends a signal to its masters signifying to them the apes have now discovered space travel and can be considered as intelligent enough to be worth a visit. Thats in a nutshell.

Thoroughly enjoyed your viewing.

It was a deliberate decision to make HAL the most human character

only other movie that took you in such a bizarre intellectual and trippy direction is the movie Altered States. Hard to wrap your mind around it. I recommend watching that

Only those who read the book this movie was based on would understand the ending. You're correct he did die and saw the different portions of his life that the beings who created the monolith had stuck him into a zoo type setting where he died and was no longer corporeal.

14:35 Monolith: god damn space tourists. NO SELFIES! BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Incredible movie here. A great inspiration for many, and it improved science fiction movies and television shows that came after. Do its sequel "2010: The Year We Make Contact" that is considered to be even better, one you will thoroughly enjoy, especially its ending.

My girlfriend thinks sci-fi is nonsense, so I took here to the cinema to see this. She said it was a masterpiece.

It's about aliens understanding the evolution of man and the uselessness of machines.

Next up: Dr. Strangelove?

Dude idk why but I love your voice man you sound like a radio talk show host lmao but love your room man and thx for replying on the last to me I appreciate it and it’s cool that you replied I was expecting a reply with my name now you are my number favorite RU-vidr 🔥

Great reaction. This is a fantastic movie. Dont worry watching this movie and being confused go hand in hand The deaths are really haunting. And yep Hals is quite sad. I agree he was the most interesting character. If you can watch 2010 the year we make contact. I know that is not in the same ball park, but personally I like it more.

this will always be my favorite film. i saw in the theatre when i was a kid, with my father, who was a rocket scientist and artist. i tried so hard to understand it. i think i may have, a bit. maybe my dad helped afterwards. this is the film that all cultural creations can be measured up to. and all will fall short. it caught the time, the zeitgeist, a vision that we can never equal.

We saw it five times in a row the first week of its release, on the last showing, we dropped some LSD. It was the first and last time we tried LSD but needless to say our minds were BLOWN.

HAL malfed so fast. He redeems himself in 2010.

I was a teenager when I saw this in a theatre in Alaska... On acid...

20:14 "I wonder why he didn't get closer?" I think I remember from the novel that the antenna dish was so delicate (I think in the book it's a mesh, not solid metal sheeting) that the pod was parked some distance away so that the exhaust from its jets wouldn't damage the dish. I think I read the novel first, I was maybe 8 or 9, before the movie got re-released to theaters off the back of the success of Star Wars and I got to see it. The novel, in typical Arthur C. Clarke fashion, spells everything out in rigorous detail, where the movie is a masterpiece of "show don't tell" storytelling. The film and the novel compliment each other very well (both were made at the same time, with daily feedback in both directions), but they are also two distinct works of art.

Hey J-Carts, your 2001 video here popped up today, but I watched it several months ago. Wanted to remind you to do its awesome sequel "2010: The Year We Make Contact" (1984). I recall you really liked 2001 and know you'll enjoy its sequel, even though it was made 16 years later and not by Kubrick. In fact, I've read Kubrick really liked the sequel and it was written by his "2001" co-writer Arthur C. Clarke. 🖖😎

The hatches have manual controls.

The reason the story seems stretched out is it's based on a short story, not a novel. Back in the day 'serious" SCI FI movies were about some basic science concept that were designed to make you think, not feel. These days it's all about feelings and selling popcorn.