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Review of "2001: A Space Odyssey" by David Terr
"2001: A Space Odyssey", more commonly known simply as "2001", is my all time favorite movie. I have watched it about 30 times over the years, mainly on videotape. I love it mainly for its cinematography, which still looks futuristic after nearly 40 years. I also enjoy the profound mystery of the story.
"2001" is divided into four parts. The first part, titled "The Dawn of Man", takes place millions of years ago with a tribe of ape men living in an African jungle. One day a tall rectangular gray slab (known as the Monolith in the novel) appears, mystifying the tribe. Shortly thereafter, one member of the tribe, while playing around with some bones, discovers the principle of tools, leading to the development of technology.
The second part concerns a mission to the moon in 1999 by Dr. Hayward Floyd, an American scientist investigating a mysterious encounter, which turns out to be a replica of the Monolith which had appeared on earth, this one buried 40 feet beneath the lunar surface.
The third part concerns a mission to Jupiter 18 months later aboard a long spaceship controlled by HAL, a notorious computer, who ends up going berzerk and attempting to kill all the astronauts aboard the mission. David Bowman, the last remaining crew member, manages to deactivate HAL and then learns of the true purpose of the mission, to investigate a larger version of the Monolith orbiting Jupiter.
The last part of the film, "Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite", is the most fascinating and also the most bizarre. Dave leaves the ship aboard a space pod to investigate the large monolith. He ends up getting taken on a fascinating voyage through the cosmos, ending up in a mock-up hotel room. Then he goes through several phases of aging. Finally in his death bed, he sees a smaller version of the Monolith in front of his bed. He reaches out for it and becomes the Star Child, a fetus-like apparition.
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