2001: A Space Odyssy Film Review

Initial Thoughts

            My initial thoughts about this film were really good, i had heard so many good things about the film. About how every critic thought it was a masterpiece, that it was a classic. I know that a lot of people still consider this to be one of the greatest films of all time. And I am here to tell you all that it is STUPID, the story is an un-focused mess and extremely hard to follow as it goes along, none of the plot devices are ever explained, and I don't just mean some of them, I mean 99% of them are never explained even plot devices that are essential to the "story".

there are other reasons, and I am sure you are curious as to what they are, so lets jump right into, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Story: 9 out of 25

            While granted that the section with Dave is probably the best section of the story, before you get there it for some reason starts at the beginning of time where there are just apes wandering the world. it introduces a major plot device, but neglects to tell us what it is or where it came from, which is fine so far because it is still early on. But after it is introduced, it immediately cuts to the future.

            To make a long story short, it continually shows scenes that have nothing to do with anything and in no way further the story. In addition it also continually jumps forward in time, showing a completely new setting and rack of characters, never mentioning where the characters from the previous scenes went or what happened to them.

            Hard to follow, Many useless scenes, and just an overall mess of a "story", The story is boring because its confusing, and confusing because its boring.

Characters: 9 out of 25

            The issues with the characters sort of tie in with the story and plot. For the first hour of the movie, the movie shows many characters in this period of time, and every time the story moves forward through time, instead of having those previous characters continue on and evolve off screen, they are completely stripped away, and we never hear of them again. And the worst part about it is that no one will miss them because the character development is lacking greatly. I care about these characters as much as I care about the characters from Battleship.

            The only two characters in this entire film that have any personality, are Dave and H.A.L, and since HAL is a none living computer, so technically there's just Dave. and even though he is one of the main characters, that's no excuse to dis regard every other character, in the movie.

            For the most part, every character in the film are un interesting, and barley developed at all. In addition, very few characters get very much worth while screen time.

Atmosphere: 25 out of 25

            Okay this is one thing that the movie nails. The Atmosphere of the picture is something that I will not be forgetting for a long time. even though the story is hard to follow, every shot is drawn out longer then normal, making a very uncomfortable feel all throughout. furthermore in most of the sets, there is minimal setting props, making many (if not all) of the environments look empty, and unlike other films where this would hurt it, in this case it just builds on the creepy atmosphere.

            A suspense building soundtrack along with the empty ghostly looking sets. Sets up one really disturbing film.                       

Plot: 0 out of 25

            And this is the one thing that the movie completely fails at. I mean, I couldn't believe how weak the plot devices were in this film. None of them were ever explained, even major ones that were suppose to carry the "story". Without giving away any spoilers, the biggest plot device explanation is the biggest "screw you" moment I have ever scene, period.

            In addition to the plot devices being a total loss, the plot elements are to, quite weak, sure there are some good ideas, but as i said before, none of them are ever explained, and many of them are very complex, which are used to drive the very complex story. But if the majority of the audience has no idea what the plot elements are doing, and that's one of the major things holding up the story, then it is only common sense that the audience will have no clue what the story is doing either.

            Un clear, Un focused, and just an overall mess, this is one of the worst plots I have ever reviewed on this show ever.  

And so the Final Verdict of the classic film 2001:A Space Odyssey is...

43/100

Fail

I have no idea why so many people loved and still do love this movie, everything essential about it is confusing, from the story to plot. The story is an un focused mess, and the plot are un explained mess. In addition, the terrible characters and quickly changing timeline makes for one boring confusing overall mess. Even though the Atmosphere and Soundtrack were done extremely well, that doesn't make a good movie, you CANNOT base your entire movie on two good aspects.

I am sorry if you like the film and are offended by my option, but trust me, I'm right.