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DVD : 2001 - A Space Odyssey [HD DVD] |
- Kubrick's masterpiece!In the beginning before man appeared, apes roamed the Earth and they discovered a mysterious black object from outer space that somehow made them intelligent. Flash-cut to the 21st century in the far future, technology has evolved and so has space travel where Astronauts and people can explore whatever place they want in the farest reach of space. Astronauts David Bowman (Keir Duella) and Frank Poole (Gary Lockwood) sets off to Jupiter on a spaceship Controlled by an artificial Intelligence machine named Hal-9000 (Voiced by Douglas Rain), whoever Hal-9000 begins to threaten our astronauts as they race to find out what is the mystery of the universe.
One of the all time greatest motion pictures of all time! Stanley Kubrick and co-writer Arthur C. Clarke has created a motion picture of epic porportions. This film has went on to become one of the most influential and inspiration motion pictures of all time! sure it's a little long and too slow for some audiences but it stimulates the mind and imagation of the viewer. It's even a philosophy about mankind and what is the meaning of life, death and rebirth through the eyes of a traveling astronaut and his struggle against machine as he seeks what the truth is. This is a true masterpiece in every sense of the word and one of the most important motion pictures ever created! it's provokes both the thoughts and eyes of the viewer with incredible special effects and a timeless yet complicated storyline with classical music. This Space Opera set a major standard in Sci-fi for years to come as it has stood the test of time.
This Blu-Ray offers spectacular sound and great picture quality! the extras are amazing too like audio commentary, four featurettes, 2001: FX and Early Conceptual artwork gallery, Audio-only bonus with a rare 1966 Kubrick interview, a documentary called "2001: The Making of a Myth", "Look: Stanley Kubrick" which has a collection of photos from his days as a camera man and the theatrical Trailer.
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- Aspect ratiosI agree with the review about correct aspect ratios. Panavision, CinemaScope and similar anamorphic processes are wider but not as sharp as 70mm which has an aspect ratio of 2:20 to 1. Ultra Panavision, another 70mm process had an aspect ratio of 2:76 to 1. Both processes were later used as the "new" single lens Cinerama films which were made after How the West Was Won which was done in the original 3-strip 35mm process. Mike Todd, who was one of the original members of the Cinerama corporation sold his interest in the company to form his own company which ultimately developed the Todd-AO 70mm process which came close to duplicating the viseral effect of Cinerama. Super Panavision was developed later to compete with Todd-AO using similar lens technology. But as most of us film buffs know...most people don't care. If anyone has seen the Blu Ray disc of How The West Was Won in the smilebox process you'll get an idea of how Cinerama was supposed to look. It would be really great if some of these 70mm films were treated with the smilebox process giving people the choice to watch the film as it was meant to be seen on a deeply curved screen. I did get to see 2001 in 70mm on a deeply curved Cinerama screen and it was amazing. It appears that the days of movie showmanship are long gone.
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- Still the class of the Sci-Fi worldFrankly, I had forgotten what a great movie this is, and the blue ray version is very, very, sharp!
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- classic sci fi...looks stunning in high defthis is an all time favorite of mine. probably up in my top 5 movies of all time. the blu ray looks amazing! for a movie as old as this one, the high def transfer looks like it was made yesterday.
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