2001 A Space Odyssey review 2001 A space odyssey. 2001: A space odyssey is a 1968 film by Stanley Kubrick set in the future 2001. Today it is considered to be one of the best and most influential movies ever made. 2001: A space odyssey is based in part of a novel written by Arthur C. Clarke ‘The sentinel’. In this movie, there are two main characters. The astronaut Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea) and HAL9000, a computer whose voice is played by Douglas Rain. They and other astronauts are assigned to a special mission near Jupiter because an extrange artifact was found on the moon and they want to know what that is and maybe who put it in there. But, the astronauts are not told about the real purpose of the mission and therefore in the traveling, really strange things happen to the computer which goes ‘crazy’ and put in danger the mission. Alright so far. That is what a normal person (as I was) would understand for the movie. But, if you really analyze it, you would realize that the plot is not the mission. It goes really further. Actually, it is about the human evolution through millions and millions of years. That is the reason for which in the first scenes, you could see some proto-humans surviving and the presence of a really strange monolith which alters their behavior and make them be more intelligent. Then, the other sub story begins... The plot of the movie is really hard to understand. Therefore, there are people who criticizes it and they are not wrong. That is to say, without a deep explanation, this movie would appear to be really slow and confusing. But once you go through all the details, clarifications and rewatch it you would find why it is considered to be one of the greatest films ever made. This is not a normal movie. This is a really deep and amazing one which I am sure you will love when you start to notice what the true meaning is. This is a classic that you should understand if you are a cinema fan. I recommend you to see it and then to search for a full explanation on the internet. or if you prefer, you could read the book and make your own interpretation.