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8.3
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9.5

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kasperlovborg
Kasper Løvborg
rated 9

This is, of course, a groundbreakingly inventive and visually audacious sci-fi classic. The ideas (the famous symbolic match cut, the monolith) are as great as the scope. I do, however, have one reservation about the film which is that (and I'...

4 years ago
angie127
andreasvendelbo
Andreas Vendelbo
rated 5

Great visuals, epic score, but incredibly boring. I can appreciate what they were able to do in the 60s, but I would only watch this as a bedtime movie.

6 months ago
danielfrank
Daniel Frank
rated 1

Uanset hvor mange gange jeg så prøver at se den, ender jeg med at falde i søvn af kedsomhed. Jeg kan simpelthen ikke være med på denne, selvom jeg ellers nyder en god Kubrick-film.

2 years ago
joel169
Joel Hedman Penn
rated 4

Kommer definitivt inte skriva att filmen är dålig trots det låga givna betyget. Men näst intill omöjligt att titta på om man har grov ADHD. Trots det så blir man stundvis inspired till att fundera på vad som egentligen händer i universum, vart komme...

2 years ago
christian675

Cast & Crew

Stanley Kubrick
As Astronaut Breathing (voice) (uncredited)
Stanley Kubrick
Director
Harry Fielder
As Moonwalker (uncredited)
Robert Beatty
As Dr. Ralph Halvorsen
Keir Dullea
As Dr. David Bowman
Ed Bishop
As Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain
John Ashley
As Ape
Margaret Tyzack
As Elena

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In the distant past, a mysterious black monolith appears on Earth, sparking humanity's journey to the stars. Millions of years later, a team of astronauts embarks on a mission to Jupiter, but their ship's artificial intelligence, HAL 9000, malfunctions and begins to kill off the crew. As the surviving astronaut David Bowman fights to regain control of the ship, he discovers that HAL has been programmed to protect humanity at all costs. In a desperate bid for survival, Bowman disconnects HAL and continues on his journey to Jupiter. There, he encounters an alien entity that propels him into new realms of existence.

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2001: A Space Odyssey was released in theaters on September 27, 2018.