Im not advocating drug use but back in my rowdy days this flic was quite enjoyable while eating blotter or shroom tops. Circa 93.

What an awesome film, which I only saw for the first time a few weeks ago.

2001 is pure cinema... I could swear I heard my DVD player mutter something like: "thank Christ - you have delivered me..." when the disc was slotted in.

"The Dawn of Man"... sure, men in monkeysuits, but what a statement! The stunning first appearance of the monolith... the ape's first notion of "experimentation" with the bones... then their use as weapons, all leading up to the stunning jump cut of several millenia into space.

The brilliant, silent space-scenes (for there is no sound in space, kids)... the chilling turning point for HAL as it kills the crew one-by-one, and the sacrifice of the floating astronaut behind the sealed doors.

The film may be "slow", the "message" rather ill-defined... but if you can try (hard as it may be for today's young audiences) and not take the challenging experience as a jab in the ribs but rather as an idea of mankind's cosmic future... there are many rewards in this movie.

Consider the extra-terrestrial implications of the monolith, while you marvel at the cinematography.

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Unlike the majority of people who claim to like the movie. I actually do & not because of some great cosmic claim on man's destiny. It's simply a great movie to pop in have a beer & read the book. The movie goes on forever but thats part of the charm. It simply looks great. To understand the film go herehttp://www.kubrick2001.com/ That is if you've got the time. Again maybe you should get a beer & some chips. :p

The film has been utterly inspirational to all science-fiction efforts in it's wake.

I would disagree with that.

The dawn of man is good, the whole HAL thing was very good but the film overall was too far up its own arse for me to consider it a great film. I can understand why the style and feel of the film appeals to some and not others, but its not for me.

I guess I would have to say Dead Man, although I like all of em.

That is a goody. Mine would probably be Mystery Train or Down By Law. But yeh you're right there all pretty good. Haven't seen Coffee and Cigarettes yet tho I've been slacking off on the flicks that don't have axe-weilding pyschopaths in them :)

Coffee and Cigarettes is probly my least favorite, although it definitely has its moments. Mystery Train and Down by Law are what turned me on to Jim Jarmusch, so I've seen em both a whole bunch. I guess it's just that I've been into Dead Man more recently. Mystery Train and Down by Law are fuckin classics.

I saw bits and pieces of C&C on a tape that came out awhile back but can't really remember it.... I'll have to get off my ass and check it out.

I really dig Ghost Dog even tho a bunch of people hate it (don't get that at all?!) the gangster guy rappin Public Enemy makes me fuckin' laugh my ass off :D

Dead Man would've been the first film of his I saw some really quirky shit in it and the soundtrack is amazing. Easily one the best modern Westerns.
Checked out Down By Law when I was goin' thru my Tom Waits worshippin' phase and got hooked on Jarmusch's style.

He does amazing dialogue without being over the top and in your face like Tarantino.

Ghost Dog kicks major a-hole.. As mentioned before Forest is one my favorite "uderated actors".