Film Analysis: A Space Odyssey
A Space Odyssey
2001 a space odyssey is a story about extraterrestrial life, space voyage, the future, homicidal sentient robots, and above all else a story about evolution. The monoliths are a tool created by an alien race to help assist in evolution; they are the cornerstone of evolution for humankind. It was there at the dawn of man and gave humanity an extra edge to help adapt and evolve from primates to intellectual humans that are capable of space travel. The mysterious black rectangles have been planted around our universe as mile marker for evolution and one has just been discovered on the moon. After further investigation of the strange object, it is revealed to have been buried under the moon's surface over 4 million years ago. …show more content…
Clarke simultaneously as the movie was being produced. The movie was distributed through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM for short and was first screened on April 2 1968, the total run time of the movie is 2 hours and 29 minutes. The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) rating of this movie is “G” for general audiences. I find this rating quite fitting as there is not any cursing throughout the film and only a few people die during the movie. The movie is split apart into 3 different sections each with different characters and settings. The first section takes place at the dawn of man in a hot African desert landscape and centers around a group of ape like creatures as they learn to adapt and evolve in their environment. The second section taking place on the moon as a monolith has just been discovered under the lunar surface, and the third and final scene takes place on the “discovery one” spacecraft, the first manned mission to Jupiter. The “main” protagonists even though we don't see them until an hour into the movie is Dr. Dave Bowman played by Keir Dullea, and Dr. Frank Poole an astronaut played by Gary Lockwood who are the only 2 out of the 5 passengers on the Discovery one to be awake for the voyage. Other notable characters are HAL 9000 portrayed by Douglas Rain the artificial intelligence antagonist that's always depicted as a red camera lens, Dr. Heywood Floyd the astronaut sent to the moon to investigate the strange monolith, and the femur wielding ape at the beginning of the movie played by Daniel
2001 a space odyssey is a story about extraterrestrial life, space voyage, the future, homicidal sentient robots, and above all else a story about evolution. The monoliths are a tool created by an alien race to help assist in evolution; they are the cornerstone of evolution for humankind. It was there at the dawn of man and gave humanity an extra edge to help adapt and evolve from primates to intellectual humans that are capable of space travel. The mysterious black rectangles have been planted around our universe as mile marker for evolution and one has just been discovered on the moon. After further investigation of the strange object, it is revealed to have been buried under the moon's surface over 4 million years ago. …show more content…
Clarke simultaneously as the movie was being produced. The movie was distributed through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM for short and was first screened on April 2 1968, the total run time of the movie is 2 hours and 29 minutes. The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) rating of this movie is “G” for general audiences. I find this rating quite fitting as there is not any cursing throughout the film and only a few people die during the movie. The movie is split apart into 3 different sections each with different characters and settings. The first section takes place at the dawn of man in a hot African desert landscape and centers around a group of ape like creatures as they learn to adapt and evolve in their environment. The second section taking place on the moon as a monolith has just been discovered under the lunar surface, and the third and final scene takes place on the “discovery one” spacecraft, the first manned mission to Jupiter. The “main” protagonists even though we don't see them until an hour into the movie is Dr. Dave Bowman played by Keir Dullea, and Dr. Frank Poole an astronaut played by Gary Lockwood who are the only 2 out of the 5 passengers on the Discovery one to be awake for the voyage. Other notable characters are HAL 9000 portrayed by Douglas Rain the artificial intelligence antagonist that's always depicted as a red camera lens, Dr. Heywood Floyd the astronaut sent to the moon to investigate the strange monolith, and the femur wielding ape at the beginning of the movie played by Daniel