Here is My Movie Review of 2001 A Space Odyssey

 

Here is My Movie Review of 2001 A Space Odyssey

Now this is going to be a really different type of review. I'll still talk about the film itself but not a whole lot because I want to dive into the making of this entire film, what originally almost happened with the film and how this became the best films of all time. 

Now I talk about Stanley Kubrick now this was the director that to say that he was super strict that is saying something this director  is a perfectionist which means he whined everything to go perfectly smooth on set and he has directed such amazing and classic films like The Shining with Jack Nicholson and A Clockwork Orange which starred Malcolm McDowell. Now when it comes to this film Stanley Kubrick wanted to make a Space movie with very little dialogue to show the audience how quiet it is in space and what it is like to be in outer space. So he cast the actor Keir Dullea To play the main character David Bowman and he did a terrific job with his performance but onset it was pretty hard from him to where the spacesuit because he almost quit due to it being way too hot in the suit to the point that he felt like he was suffocating but he eventually got the scene done. Now it came to Hal 9000 the main villain in the film Stanley Kubrick originally wanted the actor Martin Balsam To do the voice but he's soon replaced him due to Martin balsam sounding way too silly so he wanted someone else to voice the artificial intelligence by giving a nice but really chilling voice so it'll show how corrupted this computer is and the actor so he cast  Douglas Rain Instead he gives one of the most iconic villain performances all  time and one of the best performances in the film. Now when it comes to the scene of the astronauts running around  in a circle Stanley Kubrick purchased a 30-ft long hamster wheel To simulate would like to walk in space so the actors had to walk in time with  that they fall over. Now the ending of the film was originally going to end with aliens but Stanley Kubrick thought that was really dumb so he decided to have the film end with David Bowman turning into the star child so the movie can be more realistic. To be honest I think this is the best movie ending of all time. I know a lot of people said that but it's true this film has had one of the most beautiful endings in film history.  Now The reason why Stanley Kubrick wanted to make this movie is because he was trying to buy outer space because he was worried that another film director would steal his idea and  he was worried that NASA had discovered alien life Because he believed that that would ruined the entire film But unfortunately the court says that Stanley Kubrick couldn't own outer space because legally he could own outer space. Now the iconic black monolith was not supposed to be black because Stanley Kubrick originally wanted it to be transparent and crystallize to resemble something otherworldly. But they had to Change it to Black because of the light glaring with the studio lights and with the actors because it ruined the illusion. Now Stanley Kubrick got mad and demanded it to be painted black so it deflected light much better. Now in order to make the Discovery One Stanley Kubrick ask NASA engineers that help him make the spaceship as realistic as possible he drew inspiration from the Apollo Communicators by making the communication in the ship resemble those in real life. Now when it comes to the space station rotating in the film that's not a special effect Stanley Kubrick actually made a 30 ft diameter model built so in order to rotate it he used a special camera rig so the model can spin around. Now after Stanley Kubrick was done making this movie instead of putting all the props in the storage room like most directors do after they're done make it film Stanley decide to burn and destroy every prop he ever used for this film because he didn't want other directors to steal the idea and make generic sci-fi films because he wanted to keep this film as perfect as possible that that shows how demanding Stanley Kubrick was as a director. So in conclusion I really enjoy this film. The story of just the astronauts traveling through space with very minimal dialogue and just music playing is probably the best thing about this entire film. Also Stanley Kubrick's directing was astonishing. You can tell that he's a very talented and masterful director who came to make the film because he wanted everything to go his way. He didn't want anything to be screwed up and because of him we got one the best sci-fi films of all time. I also like how this film had no CGI, it just relied on practical effects and the effects still hold up. Also Hal 9000 is up there with Darth Vader from the original Star Wars Trilogy as one of the best villains of all time. Also if you haven't seen this movie. Then you really should see it. You will be disappointed with this film. Also I really like how there's not much dialogue, it just uses  music to tell its whole story throughout the film. Also this film is probably up there with Moon as one of my favorite films of all time.  I give this movie a 10/10.