Filmmaker reacts to 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) for the FIRST TIME! 

It is amazing how well the special effects have held up.

The Stargate sequence by far is still one of the most breathtaking scenes in film history.

I don't think it is possible to overstate the impact this movie has had on movies/films/games since its release.

Don't forget to give credit where it is due. The central concept of the film was by sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke, but the final result was truly a collaborative effort by these two highly intelligent and talented men. For some answers, such as why HAL turned on the crew, check out the sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact, based on Clarke's novel, 2010: Odyssey Two. It tells the story a bit more straightforward than 2001. Very entertaining.

Nominated for 4 Oscars Best Director Best Original Screenplay Best Production Design Best Visual Effects It won Best Visual Effects. It was a box office and critical success, making $150 million dollars against a $10 million dollar budget. All the VFX were done in camera, and Kubrick had used forced perspective photography to make the ships appear bigger on screen. When the movie premiered, Actor Rock Hudson, 1925-1985, walked out of the theater 10 minutes before the movie was over and said, "Could someone please tell me what the $&_@ that was all about!?" A sequel was released, without Kubrick being involved, and after filming had wrapped on 2001, he had all the model ships destroyed to prevent a second film from being made, but thankfully, the original blueprints and still photos survived. Peter Hyams wrote and directed 2010: The Year We Make Contact in 1984.

Arthur Clarke's original novel is very illuminating on some of the more complex aspects of the story. Where Kubrick leaves you to work it out for yourself, the book goes more into the idea of the monolith triggering advances in species and reporting back to its creators. Such a great film!

The fact that this movie was made before humans stepped on the moon is just mind-blowing to me. So ahead of its time in every metric. 7:23 also my favorite cut in a movie ever

The scene with Dave blowing the hatch on his pod into the vacuum of space is my favorite depiction of such an action in all of cinema and television. Not just because of its realism, but also because of the palpable fear coming from Dave. All other depictions had fear from the characters involved, but I think this one was the best because there was no need for music or words from the character. Just the sounds as he prepared the explosive bolts and the expression of growing fear and hesitation on Daves face. Chefs kiss perfection.

Opening of this movie is so great. A huge jump to the future, just perfection.

That bone to space station transition you loved is considered one of the best match cuts in film history, perhaps second only to the match flame to sunrise cut in Lawrence of Arabia. The cut here has a deeper resonace that was referred to in the shooting script and the book, but not kept in the final film cut. The orbiting space station is intended to be a launch platform for nuclear missiles, so the cut goes thematically from man's first weapon (the bone-club) to man's latest most advanced weapon.

As a very senior citizen, I saw this movie when it first came out when I was in my twenties, and it was on the giant, curved Cinerama screen. It was just mind-blowing. I had to go and see it again the following week. I saw the 50th anniversary release on IMAX, but because of the ratio of the original it couldn't take up all of the screen, which was not as impactful. When I re-view the film, it's always that Cinerama experience I'm re-living.

Great Reaction! It so refreshing to see a reaction youtuber that doesn't just joke all through out the movie, but actually thinks about it and makes stimulating commentary about it. Keep it up!

Your reaction is pretty much everyone's 1st reaction -- delighted and perplexed. The cut from bone to spaceship is my favorite cut and shot. Sci-fi films pre-2001 tended to suffer from insufficient special effects. 2001 is perfect. It looks as good today as it did in 68 -- an incredible achievement.

Greatest movie ever. Kubrick is on another level here. Every frame is a work of art.

HAL being shut down is one of the best sequences in cinematic history, IMO. The depth and emotion are incredible, especially when you consider how much this film has made us personify a computer.

For the "Star Child" scene at the end, I think this quote from the novel by Arthur C. Clarke sums it up pretty well: "Then he waited, marshaling his thoughts and brooding over his still untested powers. For though he was master of the world, he was not quite sure what to do next. But he would think of something."

The most spiritual experience I've had as a film watcher. You can dive into all the crazy theories and analyses, but nothing beats the existential horror and awe that this work of art makes you FEEL

This film is near-perfect. Genuinely one of the most profound films I've ever seen

I've seen this movie several times but I had the opportunity to watch it in an IMAX theater. The cinematography and sound design with the huge screen and massive sound system during the scene where HAL deactivates the crews life support systems was incredible.

This movie shows just how amazing practical effects are. Cgi will always at some point look outdated, but the fact that a 55 year old movie still completely holds up is incredible.

I saw 2001 in the theater as a double feature with Close Encounters when I was 11. By the time Dave's psychedelic transit happened - I was delirious and that tipped me over the edge. The whole movie blew my mind.

i watched this film for the first time when I was in seventh grade and it was probably the first time I had ever had an existential crisis after watching something. I started it late at night, fell asleep somewhere in the middle, and I finished it the next morning before school and I went the rest of the day awestruck. I remember going to gym class and my friends were genuinely concerned for my well-being when I just kept staring at nothing for long periods of time. I kept trying to figure out what the ending meant but I also felt strangely comforted by what I was introduced to. This film will always be special to me for that reason.

I got to see this in theaters for its 50th anniversary and it was glorious. It's definitely meant to be viewed on a big screen. I noticed so many details that I had never seen before simply because it was too small on a TV or computer screen. I also realized that "the Dawn of Man" includes both the ancient apes and the first space scenes and doesnt go to the next chapter until after they encounter the monolith on the moon.

When I first found this film, I thought 2001 was when it was made and still couldn't believe the visuals were that good. The fact the effects and visuals hold up today, is amazing

The Daisy Bell song sung by HAL was actually the first song sung by a computer in 1961.

I love how Kubrick establishes the circular control room with the jogging scene, almost inviting you to figure out how they did it. And just as the more mechanically minded have pieced it together, he has Dave climb "down" to the floor from the central column and walk 180 degrees to where Frank has been sitting, having his meal, the whole time.

Preservation of life, even in AI… especially in AI… is a powerful motivation. Loved your reaction to this, especially the third act. Can you imagine the logistics of some of these shots and sets?! All practical elements. And the sound design just grips your freakin chest! Glad you finally got to see this masterpiece.

Hey James, love your reactions. Got some cool info about how they filmed this “wormhole” sequence 27:36. The begging was Kubrick simply pointing a camera at its own monitor, same trick used for the first early intro sequences for doctor who. Also, funny you say the next camera shots “liquify the universe” as this was achieved by Kubrick when he filmed himself pouring milk in his coffee. Keep creating man👊👊💙

I saw this film presented at the university of Kentucky several years ago with a full orchestra and vocal chorus. It was awe inspiring.

For early sci-fi, set design and cinematography I recommend the 1927 movie “Metropolis”. It’s considered the first great science-fiction film.

This film reminds me of one of my all time favorites that hardly anyone knows anymore, 1979s The Black Hole. It has a fantastic cast and the movie should have easily won the Oscars for cinematography and special effects that year. I saw it in theaters when I was 11 and I still enjoy it just as much today.

With this movie, the future began

The special effects on this movie are better than CGI and it feels real .

i love this movie so much. i remember showing it to my son at 11 and having hours of conversation with him about it. it was a catalyst for discussion and was the start of movie fridays. it knew he’d like it because he had an excitement for building and architecture and spaceships. i feel the movie brought us together at a time when kids emotionally start to pull away from parents. he got such a kick out of homicidal hal and especially the space ship. he’s an engineer now and i will always treasure that time spent with him that summer bonding over movies.

Be sure to check out 2010: The Year We Make Contact. It's the sequel to this film done by a different Director. It's an incredibly underrated film and it's just as mind blowing.

The sequel, 2010 the year we make contact, is excellent. Highly recommended.

It’s a masterwork. 50 year old effects shots and model work that still looks amazing.

The scene will HAL is “put down” by Dave is heartbreaking. And it’s telling that the song HAL sings includes the lyric “I’m half crazy all for the love of you.”

The absolute silence in the Jupiter mission sequence while Frank struggles with his air supply while zipping away in space is still mind-blowing for me. What other film can you think of where the most stressful climax action sequence in the movie is completely silent? Again, I think it's there to reinforce the absolute isolation and helplessness of being in space. You can't hear Frank scream.

The thing to remember is this is all practical effects. Kubrick built giant rotating sets to make it all work. Like Barry Lyndon, Kubrick frames scenes like paintings in this movie.

The whole movie itself is a journey. A space odyssey journey. Towards the end, it gets confusing, I still have no idea what the heck just happened. lol

You were on the right track when you picked up on HAL's infallibility. HAL was programmed to always state fact without error or distortion, and then ordered to withhold the true mission from the crew. HAL could not handle the conflicting instructions.

It's amazing what he did in 1968. Could you imagine what he could have done with modern technology. His talent was on a different level

I think Dave became one with time and space by entering the monolith. Every moment existed for him at the same time. That's why he could see himself at different ages. He eventually accepted it and left his corporeal form behind and became the Star Child. You should watch 2010: The Year We Make Contact. It is a worthy sequel.

!! I’m so excited for your thoughts on this. I really believe this is his best movie, I’ll never be bored of it🖤Have a great day James ~!

I actually kind of like the sequel to this movie too, 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1982). For me, it answered a lot of the questions this movie posed, and I don't think it is a bad sequel.

This movie is a timeless masterpiece that still holds up incredibly well today.

One of the greatest films of all time. A true work of art.

Oh wow this is a classic, I think anyone that can look beyond the slow paced style can definitely appreciate this movie but definitely not for everyone

James, I really appreciated how you didn't try to go for a literal explanation of the ending, but instead talked off the top of ypur head about the themes and ideas the film is presenting. Excellent take on my all-time favourite film.

James! This is THE reaction I've been waiting for from you. It is in my top three favorite films and has changed many lives over the decades -- it has influenced thought, filmmaking, philosophies, emotions, inventions...I agree with the many critics who consider this to be the greatest motion picture ever made. That assessment took me a while to get there, as I first saw the film when I was 6 years old and the final image of the baby - known as the Star Child in the novel - scared the bejeebers out of me for years afterwards. My favorite shot would have to be any of the rotating space station with the earth in the background, or the shot of Dave in the red "brain room" of Hal disconnecting him with the reflection of the white brain "cells" reflected in his helmet. One of the publicity tag lines during one re-release of this film was: "2001 - the more you see it, the more you see in it". And the film definitely holds up to multiple viewings, studies, and interpretations, just as much if not more so than The Shining. I like that this film was chosen to highlight cinematography - an excellent choice as it has influenced so many subsequent filmmakers like Nolan and Lucas. Great reaction!

2010 is a must follow up. clears up many of the abstract concepts of this film. also had excellent cast.

First time, let's go. I always say that if I had a time machine, I'd go to 1968 to see the cinema audience reactions to it. It was so far ahead of its time, it must've been a phenomenal experience.

Several years ago my local independent theater (The Loft, Tucson, AZ) had a showing of 2001 in 70mm and it was absolutely stunning. In terms of cinematography I honestly have a hard time thinking of any contemporary movie that can top it. Interstellar comes close but still doesn't beat it.

If it's blowing minds today, just imagine audiences in theaters over 50 years ago! Crazy. Great video!

2001:A Space Odyssey and The Wizard Of Oz are my two favourite movies of…all…time. Both ‘groundbreaking’ in their own eras. Absolutely brilliant. And both well before any CGI! I loved watching your reaction whilst seeing this for the first time. I must have seen this film a couple of dozen times over the years, and I’m still flabbergasted. I watched this in the cinema originally at the age of 12. It had such a profound effect. And then 50 years later, it was shown again in the cinemas where I took my son to see it. Hopefully take my grandkids sometime in the next twenty years!

The tag line on the poster was "The Ultimate Trip." Kubrick is one of those rare directors to have created more than one masterpiece, but I think this may be his crowning achievement. Orson Welles once famously said: ""Among those whom I would call 'younger generation', Kubrick appears to me to be a giant."

I had seen the sequel 2010 first when I was a kid and when I saw the AFI's top 100 movies list from 1998, 2001 stuck out to me like a sore thumb and I had to watch it. My friend's dad did not allow me to influence us renting it from Blockbuster during a sleepover which was a bummer, but later I finally saw it on a local TV station and then dubbed it on a VHS a week or so later and then watched it obsessively at 12 years old. Kind of goes back to when I first saw The Shining and Kubrick's name rolling in the title credits somehow branded itself into my brain; for some reason, I felt drawn to his movies. Oh yeah, 2001 made me love movies like I do.

James, if you notice in act 1, the apes (early man) did not use physical tools or weapons UNTIL the monolith appeared. After one of them touched it, it sent an audible signal. Also, early man (the one who touched it) was given the knowledge to use bones as tools and weapons. In act two the same thing happened on the moon when an astronaut touched the monolith. In the 3rd act the monolith appeared to "Dave" while he was dying in bed. .... I'm being vague on purpose so as not to give you spoilers to the sequel. PLEASE watch the sequel called "2010: Odessey 2: The Year We Make Contact." It's not a Kubrick film and is done in traditional story telling format, but it explains most of the Questions raised in "2001". It was nominated for several awards, and I believe it won a Hugo award for special effects. Completely different styles of movie making, but well worth the watch for explanations. Fun fact: the practical effects Kubrick used were actually complete rotating sets. Kubrick destroyed all the sets after he finished "2001", so when they made "2010", they had to "recreate the sets" in order to make the two films match visually. Definitely check out "2010", It's not Kubrick, but it does "de-mystify" things.

I am so thrilled you saw this. 2001 is my #1 movie of all time. Writing, directing, lighting, cinematography, editing, performances, I have seen many movies draw upon this for inspiration but I have yet to see anything which transports me like this does. It is a very high concept movie but at the same time each element of the movie is simple enough to understand, I believe anyone could draw inspiration and joy from this movie. It astounds me no end how ahead of it's time this movie was. The effect this movie has on me is not unlike me seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time. Awe and amazement, reverence, wonder, and even some healthy fear of what I am seeing, what I am not seeing and how small and insignificant to any of this. The story being told by the imagery alone juxtaposed with the more surface level story being told never doesn't send me over the edge. Thank you for joining me with my favorite movie of all time.

Oh hell yeah this is one of my all time favorites! Excited to hear your thoughts on this absolutely incredible cinematic experience!

The lenses and film Kubrick used for this produced some of the best looking and most detail heavy shots I've ever seen in a film. I believe he used a super panavision 70 system. "Apollo 11", "Close encounters of the Third Kind", "West Side Story", and "Tron" are some of the other films using this system.

I saw this movie when it opened in a theatre when I was in college. It was a such a complex and amazing experience providing months of discussion and analysis. Over the years its beauty and scope remained and is still awesome. Your reaction returned me to that day and time just like Bowman who journeyed on his own odyssey. I loved hearing your own thoughts and insight. Thank you for sharing. ❤

Watching this you can spot how many films nicked their ideas from it. From the effects to how shots were framed. Imo talent doesn't age and this certainly doesn't. A film way ahead of it's time.

Thanks for reacting to 2001: A Space Odyssey, check out another Sci Fi classic Forbidden Planet (1956) it has some groundbreaking visual effects, and it is considered one of the great science fiction movies in the 1950s.

Hands down, my favorite part of this video, which I've now watched at least a half-dozen times, is the end sequence when Dave is literally observing himself age. I just love watching your brain explode over and over and over.

The thing I love about your channel man, is how much you just flat out, Love. Movies. All aspects of them. Your genuine enthusiasm for the craft and the experience is hella contagious.

Finally, a movie is being reacted to that I was NOT old enough to have seen in the theater! This movie came out in the year I was born. I'm curious how you will interpret the ending. I think it was the third time I watched it that I finally figured most of it out.

Truly one of the greatest films ever made. I remember watching it when I was around ten years old and it changed everything. Wonderful reaction as always. Would love to see you watch Barry Lyndon in the future, another one of his masterpieces.

The floating pen on the space plane was one of the simplest yet cleverest pieces of sfx. The pen was stuck to a perfectly clear piece of glass with a light adhesive, and the pane of glass was large enough to cover the camera's field of vision.

Saw the 1968 debut of this film in Cinerama at Glendale Theater in Toronto. Being a fan of Clarke's novels and Kubrick's films, I was filled with anticipation. The lights dimmed to dark in the packed house. You could almost sense the audience holding its collective breath. Then the low rumble of sound started, almost at the lowest threshold of hearing. ( It's worth noting that not many people were familiar with the Strauss composition, " Also Sprach Zarathustra. " ) The horns entered as an image of a distant planet or star appeared. The crescendo of the orchestra to the tympani entrance. We all sat enthralled, experiencing the most extraordinary introduction to a film ever conceived. I have since seen the movie over thirty times but nothing compares to the awe and wonderment of that initial viewing.

Practical effects are the best effects.

It helps if you've read the book. The first monolith accelerates the evolution of the hominids and eventually they become Men capable of journeying into space. The second monolith drawns our attention with the magnetic anomaly and sunlight causes it to point us to the third monolith. The third monolith causes Bowman to be reborn as the 'Star-Child' and invites us to join the galactic community.

The bone turning into a spaceship is the greatest quick cut I've ever seen.

Wonderful stuff and so much fun sharing it with you and seeing your reactions and hearing your insights... never change, as always, stay awesome and stay genuine.. much love

I'm so glad you're reacting to not only newer iconic movies, but also these classics like 2001, Lawrence of Arabia, Paths of Glory, M, classic westerns, etc. Too many reaction channels just focus on the iconic flicks of the 1970s-present but neglect all these classic masterpieces. A couple others I think you would enjoy are Rear Window (directed by Alfred Hitchcock) and Le Samourai. If you want to go really deep in the rabbit hole and get into silent movies, I recommend Thief of Bagdad (1924). It's on youtube too. It's very reminiscent of Aladdin ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4BKtVIi3nrM.html Also, the classic universal monster movies from the 1930s like Frankenstein, Mummy, Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula, the Invisible Man, etc. are solid.

I believe all or most of the effects were practical, there is a whole documentary on how kubrick made this movie on youtube and its is as wild as the movie, super glad you enjoyed!

My favorite explanation of the monolith is that it's meant to be a movie screen...just like it takes the people in the movie into a higher being or understanding. Kubrick is saying with this movie I'm doing the same thing...that my film is a leap in the evolution of film and boy was he right.

Remember, this was a Cinerama film (Super Panavision 70, three projectors seamlessly joined, a curved giant screen, state of the art sound). As a kid, I was lucky enough to see a brand new film print in July 1968 at the Casino Cinerama film theatre in London. It blew me away. I've never forgotten the experience. If you ever get a chance to see this film in Cinerama, don't miss it!

When I finished my BSc in Computer Science in 1992, one of the things that was in Scientific American was a story about computing with light and crystals made of semi-conductors. The scene with Dave dismantling HAL portraying rectangular prisms just blew my mind! Kubrick was so far ahead of his time!!!

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What a treat sharing your first time with this film. As blown away as you are imagine seeing this in 35mm at a theatre. In 1968. We hadn't even gone to the moon yet. So much technology was foreshadowed - i pads, AI, even humans surviving in a vacuum for a brief period of time. Yes, it is 100% practical, including the cosmic voyage. There is an underlying theme here with the food. When people are not being told the truth/reality they are eating artificial food (moon). When characters are being told the truth/learning they are eating real food (dawn of man/end room).

This film was shot entirely in 70mm, and was truly amazing in the theater. There was no CGI when this movie was made, so all effects shown are practical.

Kubrick collaborated with a prominent SciFi author of the time, Arthur C. Clarke on the script, having a novel developed in parallel to the film. While Stanley never felt that 2001 needed a sequel, Clarke did continue the story on. The second novel in the sequel, 2010, was adapted for film in the 80s, and has Clarke's ideas on why HAL did what he did. Some of your commentary is very insightful, especially the comparison to Interstellar, which I've always seen as Nolan's love letter to 2001. The choice of putting the Wormhole at Saturn in Interstellar was a nod to Kubrick's original script drafts, which placed the Monolith not at Jupiter, but on one of Saturn's moons. It was changed when the special effects team, headed by Douglas Trumbull, couldn't deliver a convincing Saturn on schedule. Trumbull kept working on the problem even after 2001 wrapped, and when he perfected it, made his own SciFi film, Silent Running, in part to be able to show off the effect. Speaking about effects, your mention of the Stargate sequence giving you the impression of falling down a large skyscraper is quite apt. Clarke's first novel took its cues from those same earlier scripts that had the Monolith show up again on one of Saturn's moons. As with the one seen in the movie in Jupiter's orbit, this one was 2km tall and was standing in the middle of a lake of frozen methane, looking very much like a skyscraper. And when Bowman tries to fly his pod over it, the "roof" folds in on itself like an optical illusion and he gets pulled inside. The influence this film has had on what followed is vast. Some filmmakers rebelled against the cold sterile nature of Stanley's spaceships, giving rise to the "Truckers in Space" aesthetic. Dan O'Bannon & John Carpenter's Dark Star begat Alien and in between the two a little movie called Star Wars had a hunk of junk called the Millennium Falcon. Meanwhile Star Trek's first silver screen outing tried to borrow from 2001's cerebral storytelling while including a kaleidoscopic special effects extravaganza as a backdrop for the later part of the film. James Cameron's Abyss, especially the extended cut, also followed this formula. And while Nolan's Interstellar is the obvious comparison from his filmography, Inception made use of the same technique of "build the whole set on a vertical carousel and bolt the camera in place to fuck with gravity at will". Because, as you said, practical effects just work. In 1968, they were still years away from even the most rudimentary CGI. Even all of HAL's screens were nothing more than short hand-made animated loops rear projected on to screens. Interestingly enough, when Apple sued Samsung trying to say they'd copied the iPad, one defense that Samsung tried was pointing out the tablet form-factor screen Frank and Dave watch over dinner, citing prior art. As for analysis, there's a whole cottage industry devoted to trying to understand 2001. One thought provoking interpretation comes kubrick2001 dotcom which is a website that is old enough to drink at bars in the US without needing Fake ID, having first gone online January 30th, 2001. There are tons of others out there too, so let me just sum up another popular theory: Take your smartphone out of your pocket but don't unlock it, just look at the black screen. Look familiar? Now take that phone and turn it 90 degrees so it is sideways. Does that orientation and aspect ratio remind you of something that Kubrick is known to have given a lot of thought to?

I feel so lucky that I was able to watched it during the 50th anniversary at no other than The Cinerama Dome on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. I was totally blown away on indica !!!

My dude!!!! Let's go, saw this for the first time a few weeks back, loved it.

I really enjoyed your reaction to this, and your insight as a filmmaker really helped me enjoy the film even more.

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"2001: A Space Odyssey": Stanley Kubrick raised the standard for the Science Fiction genre all the way to the Moon before Apollo 11. This Hard Science Fiction movie has been discussed and analyzed for decades, as there is no single answer to the questions raised. It is unfortunate that the actors portraying "Early Man" didn't get AMPAS attention. Did they think that Stanley Kubrick had troops of trained Chimps? The "Killer Ape" theory was new, and seeing one Early Man use a Femur as a club on Tapirs was amazing. The "placeholder" Classical music pieces fit the movie so well that the OST album appeared on Pop music charts. As for The Monolith, there was one behind the University of Hawaii Chemistry building. It was enigmatic, emitting a low hum. Actor Douglas Rain as the HAL 9000 computer, set the standard for the rogue/homicidal AI. Next up? "Firefly" (2002-2003) or it's (sorta) Anime ancestor, "Cowboy Bebop" (1998).

It’s astonishing to realise this came out before Apollo even landed on the Moon. In my opinion, the visual effects in this film were not even equalled until Interstellar, almost a full 50 years later - and they used *literal supercomputers*. Not Star Wars, not Alien, not even its own sequel (a good movie in its own right) hold a candle to it. And yes, you’re right - the space scenes generally aren’t green-screen (or blue-screen, as was more usual in the days of optical compositing), but simply shot on a black backdrop. As for CGI, of course, there was no such thing at the time. Even the wireframe graphics and HAL’s readouts are all hand-animated, and the incredible lightshow at the end is generated by a variety of techniques including dye tanks, optical manipulation and slit-scan photography.

Don’t know how I missed this upload but this one of my favorite movies, appreciate the reactions man

I love this movie. It bursts with symbolism that is both ubiquitous and incomprehensible. What a masterpiece!

Amazing film

Love your enthusiasm for film and film history. Great energy, seem super authentic. Earned a sub.

This is a film that demands repeat viewings. I've literally lost count of how many dozens of times I've watched it since I was a teenager in the late ' 70s when it first blew my mind. Nearly every time I watch it, I catch something visual that I'd missed or put together an idea or concept that hadn't occurred to me before. So many questions with no answers.

Brilliant intro, wow. Perfect intro for THIS movie, that's for sure! That you know all that going in means you're not going to blindsided like some reactors are with this particular movie!!!/ "Tapping into cosmic horror", yes! 22:28 - I like THAT shot, too which is straight out of a western, right?/It's been said by many, but I'll say it here: HAL is the most human character in the movie! HAL and the apes! The humans are bland and devoid of emotion./ I love how you embraced the last crazy act of this movie! I once had a New Years party that went for three super-stoned days and I had this playing the whole time with the sound off. After three days, there was about 15 people left, and they wanted to see what this movie was! So we watched it. And at the very end, you heard 15 people say in unison: "WHAT THE F**K?" :D / THANK YOU for all the visual analysis, I LEARNED stuff during this reaction. And YES, we understand how baffled you were at the end, because we all were too! Of course, that's the point. The awe and the mystery and the unknown of the universe and existence itself IS the point. Kubrick was a photographer before he was a director, so that's why his visuals are always impeccable. BRILLIANT! THANKS, JAMES!!!!!

Few, if any, movies quite like this. And while lots and lots of work went into the material, it all really started with Kubrick wondering if he could make a good sci-fi movie. (“Good” by his standards, sci-fi hadn’t had many deep, thought provoking films, mostly just shlock.)

Just finished the audiobook yesterday so this is such good timing. Stay safe, much love man, and please, open the pod bay doors Hal.

"Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye." Best villain in movie history, right there.

As Nolan makes us clear in Tenet by using "dont try to understand it, feel it" phrase, it can be applied here too. You´ve just watched a truly unique cinematic experience man.