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Summary: Absolutely Wonderful
Review: 2001 is an unbelievable film and is an example of science fiction's true potential, combining smart dialogue and an interesting plot with reserved action. This film is well worth the money invested. I wholeheartedly recommend it.
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Summary: poor color, ghosts around objects, many screen artifacts
Review: Very poor technical conversion to dvd. Lacks all of the power of the origional movie.
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Summary: Great film- terrible transfer
Review: The whole point of this film is its stunning visuals. It is a terrible transfer. Somebody should be VERY ashamed of what they've done to this film. Kubrick must be enraged. Don't buy it. Demand an excellent version
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Summary: True cinema, pictures without words
Review: Stanley Kubrick shows everyone what a movie looks like when you dont cheapen it with computer effects. The first true sci-fi space opera.
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Summary: Still the "Best" Science Fiction Film
Review: This film blew me away in the sixties and is still the standard by which all other Scifi. movies are measured. Only problem, the ending, if you haven't read the book?? I had read the book before I saw the movie in the 1960's. Still gets 5 stars.
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Summary: One of the greatest movies ever made
Review: Worth at least twenty stars! "2001" is a movie that simply must be seen in the widescreen format. One of Kubrick's directorial triumphs in a career full of classic work, and one of the greatest concepts in science fiction from Arthur C. Clarke, a master in the field. If you ever wanted to be truly challenged by a work of film, start here. END
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Summary: 2001 deserves better
Review: Take a look at L.A. Confidential, Boogie Nights, and Starship Troopers and then look at the crummy treatment that this glorious movie receives from MGM. Most unfortunate is a missing line of dialogue from the Dave/Hal confrontation at the end. Don't buy this disc and demand that MGM release a re-master. END
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Summary: 2001 DVD no extras
Review: Very disappointed => only a 1968 interview with A.C. Clarke & movie trailers. The trailers had negative scratches. I was hoping for a directors comments track. END
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Summary: The Father of the Sci-Fi genre
Review: This movie is obviously a classic in the sci-fi genre. The DVD version, especially in widescreen, really allows one to see the vision of Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick. This 30 year old movie still holds up to all the followers like the Star Wars series and Star Trek Hits. It is the most accurate as to the technologic environment of space, i.e. no sound in the vacuum of space, etc. This is a must-have for any videophile Sci-Fi junkie! END
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Summary: The Greatest Science Fiction Movie Thus Far
Review: 2001 may not appeal to everyone.... some of us want tidy little stories with a plot that appeals to the conscious mind. Well... eat your popcorn and watch "Independence Day". This is THE science fiction movie that appeals to the subconscious, the superconcious and the thinkers. Just like REAL space, this one will raise more questions than it answers. Just like REAL life, there is no plot... only a series of experiences.... all so magificently photographed, the movie would be better described as a "MOVING PAINTING"... and in fact, I feel that way about most of Kubrick's films, most notably "Barry Lyndon". Sit back, experience, and allow your eyes to shift into that other part of your mind... the part that cannot predict what will happen next... that part that is filled with awe, mystery, fear, lonliness, fascination, wonder, and view a universe that will never have narration to explain it all to you in neat little sentences.This film is a masterpiece to anyone who truly understands the true art of the medium... visually stunning, sonically mesmerizing, and frame after frame of magnificent beauty.
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