2001: A Space Odyssey [Blu-ray]

Best sci-fi film ever First, a polite message to all those who found 2001 slow or boring. A diet of fast-paced action films does make the leap to meditative and thoughtful a little hard. It's like going from pepsi to pinot noir. But you're missing out if you don't at least try to break the fizzy habit, and this film is the one to break that habit with. It's considered a masterpiece for good reason. Obviously that doesn't mean it will be to everyone's taste, but there are many tastes worth making the effort to acquire (olives and capers for two!). So don't approach 2001 as a popcorn roller-coaster ride. The state you want to be in like that when you stare into a bonfire's flames or watch the waves on a beach. Let this film have an inner dialogue with you. How does it make you feel? Some may try this and still not like the film. But for others I guarantee you it will open this and other "slow" films into a cinematic experience that alters your film collection, and maybe your life, forever. *I deliberately haven't described the plot or transfer here, others have done that more than sufficiently. Rating: 5 (S. J. Grady, 2010-03-14) 2001: A Space Odyssey [Blu-ray] customer review

Boring! I'm an 80's kid. I purchased this movie expecting more but was sadly disapointed. In it's day, the 60's and 70's, this movie may have been extraordinary. Some of the scenes like the video chat between father and daughter were certainly ahead of it's time. Unless you're a fan of this movie, I wouldn't buy this. There are are plenty of other movies more appropriate for you depending on your age. Rating: 2 (Leonardo S. Diaz, 2010-03-14) 2001: A Space Odyssey [Blu-ray] customer review

METHODICAL ATTENTION TO DETAIL PAYS OFF 42 years after the release of Kubrick's mystical journey beyond the infinite, his near maniacal attention to detail continues to keep up with modern image technology. If it was in the frame, it mattered. Older films on Blu-Ray will continue to reveal painted wood for steel girders, and splattered set walls in the b.g for aging, plus make-up and costuming details never meant to be seen. Kubrick's 2001 on Blu-ray gives us the advantage of seeing details that the Super Panavision 70mm negative captured, but before now were never seen, or never seen well. As an example: in the space station, when Dr. Floyd is talking to the Russians, there is in the far background at the end of the space stations curve, a windowed room with people walking around. This was not visible before Blu-ray. Except for possibly 70mm theatrical situations, this detail could not have been seen on VHS or standard DVD. There are many other examples. Blu-ray works well for a perfectionist like Kubrick. I'm holding my breath on the hundreds of movies where the filmmaker filled the foreground and let the b.g. go, where, "the audience won't miss what they didn't see," was the common catch-phrase. Blu-ray is unforgiving in that matter. Many new films, and especially ones bullet-riddled with CG, will not hold up to its scrutiny. Rating: 5 (W. S. Olsen, 2010-03-13) 2001: A Space Odyssey [Blu-ray] customer review

Nostalgia Remember knowing that there was something visionary about this movie and trying to figure out exactly what it was? Remember the Apple computer ad? Rating: 5 (David N. Rich, 2010-03-11) 2001: A Space Odyssey [Blu-ray] customer review

Horse and buggy paced Scifi By the time (yawn) Hal entered the story, I had not found one likeable character in the whole movie, so Hal did'nt have a chance - I turned off the player and started thinking of how to dispose of the DVD. Shame on Arthur C. Clarke for messing in this one. Rating: 1 (Marie L. Fontana, 2010-03-07) 2001: A Space Odyssey [Blu-ray] customer review