Brooke McNulty
Mrs. Evans
English 103
December 2, 2009
Confusion
The movie “2001 A Space Odyssey” directed by Stanley Kubrick is a movie filmed in 1968. The movie starts off showing a group of apes doing various things, such as eating, jumping around, and fight with one another. Further into these scenes with the apes, a black object appears and the apes go crazy. The movie then progressed into actual people interacting. Two men go into space on a mission, and there is also a really advanced computer that speaks to them during the trip and controls everything. The movie contains a lot of music and visuals. Besides the middle of the film where people are involved, this movie had very little dialogue.
After viewing this film, I have to be honest I do not fully understand the meaning behind it. The apes, the black object, and the ending of this film were rather confusing. I am sure there is symbolism behind these random scenes but I just do not see it. The movie is very dragged out; by this I mean some of the scenes that were twenty minutes long could have been cut down to five minutes. “Watching this film demands two qualities that are sadly lacking in all but the most mature and sophisticated audiences: patience and a willingness to ponder the meaning of what's transpiring on screen. 2001 is awe inspiring, but it is most definitely not a "thrill ride." It is art, it is a statement, and it is indisputably a cinematic classic” (Berardinelli). This quote is from a written review of “2001 A Space Odyssey” by James Berardinelli. I could not agree more that patience and willingness to understand is definitely a key component when watching the film. Is it art? I think maybe this is what the director is trying to bring to the film.
The interesting part about the movie is how realistic the special effects were and the ideas the author had thought of that were not relevant during the sixties. The images of space and planets looked very realistic, along with the space units the men traveled in. I thought the special effects looked really good, especially for a time when technology was not very advanced. The idea of video chat and visual security in a few of the scenes in the film were interesting. Webcam chatting was not heard of during this period of time, and I found it odd, but interesting how it was shown in the movie that way.
Work Cited
Berardinelli, James. "Review: 2001: A Space Odyssey." Reelviews Movie Reviews. 2000. Web. 03 Dec.
2009.
You have some good ideas here, so you're on the right track.
ReplyDeleteAfter the first sentence, you might want to briefly say something about the about the film before you summarize it: What is its reputation? Has it won any awards? Can you indicate what your initial feelings are about it?
Review www.kubrick2001.com to get an explanation of the film that could help you understand it better.
Introduce quotes; don't just drop them in. You could tweak the sentence after the quote a bit and then put it in front of the quote to introduce. Then you could drop the parentheses because you've already introduced the speaker.
Figure out what your criteria are, but don't announce them: make them obvious in the way you discuss the film.
Your last statement should be some kind of judgment that is both specific and qualified (that is, you won't like/hate everything).
I forgot to mention that your summary could use improvement, not in length, but in accuracy and clarity. That's why I suggested the kubrick2001 site.
ReplyDeleteOK thank you! This is not finished what so ever! It was just what I had to post at the moment. Thanks for your advice
ReplyDeleteyou have clearly demonstrated the basic aspects of the movie and it is made clear while going reading through your draft though I found minor grammar errors.You have to also construct your thesis and make your stance clear.
ReplyDeleteI forgot to tell you that you have organize your ideas by presenting them in the conclusion as you do not have it because that way it will be clearer for the reader to understand your draft
ReplyDeleteLike I said in class I am also not really sure what the meaning of some parts of this movie mean like you have also agreed with me hehe; this is a good start but needs more work with organizing ideas and how you feel about them
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