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Originally Posted by Stormflame I thought the book was cool. It opened doors to alot of things. But, the movie, the older one, if any more have been made, was not very good in my opinion. It was way to old and the effects lacked highly. Certain parts of the movie went on way to long as they tried to 'make' you experience the feeling that they were wanting to get across. Two thumbs down, buddy. |
Kubrick’s film version of
2001: A Space Odyssey is one of the most astonishing marriages of sound and visuals ever put to screen, putting together the two elements in a way never before done. The way he uses
silence in the film is much like how a photographer might use white space (or “dead” space) in a photograph to enhance the impact of an image or make an artistic statement. Amazingly effective. In 2001, he uses both sound and the visual nature of film in such a way so as to impart the vast loneliness of space, while also engaging in strong symbolism (the match-cut of bone to spaceship, for instance) that underscores the themes present in the story. It was a bold, bold thing.
Couple this with his much-praised use of music, the shrill collages of sound surrounding the finding of the moon monolith, and the dull, deadening hum of the spacecraft (not to mention Hal’s voice) and you have an achievement that is among cinema’s finest.
No, it’s not slam bamn golly gee look at that science fiction. And that’s a good deal of what makes it such a wonderful, important film.
(And I’m absolutely
shocked at the statement, “It was way to old and the effects lacked highly”, so much so I can’t even begin to respond.)