Review – 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

The visible element of the HAL-9000 computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Definitely can’t tell that this computer is untrustworthy, no sir. I’m afraid I can’t do that, Dave. HAL-9000 computer to Dave Table of ContentsWhy 2001: A Space Odyssey?The MovieConcluding Thoughts Why 2001: A Space Odyssey? 2001: A Space Odyssey happens to be the second movie on the Letterboxd list of movies I’m using for project CineCat. As a science fiction enjoyer I have long since been aware of Arthur C. Clarke (who was one of the writers for this movie) and the famous HAL-9000 line that I quoted in the opening is one I’ve seen referenced countless times. Suffice to say, I was intrigued going into this movie, I wanted to see what about this movie made it so influential to science fiction movies that came after it. There was some trepidation as I imagined there would be some level of the Seinfeld Effect applied to this movie as someone whose experience with science fiction movies/TV shows came well after…