Me? Well I'm 30, have varying tastes in music and literature and am a big gadget freek. Not been a...
Me? Well I'm 30, have varying tastes in music and literature and am a big gadget freek. Not been a member on here all that long and have just recently turned green, my proudest moment so far... until I hit blue that is. ;-)
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This is classic Sci-Fi at it's best. The sequel to 2001 - A Space Odyssey picks up the story nine years later when a mission is launched to find out what exactly went wrong with the space-ship Discovery, it's missing crew and the psychopathic computer HAL-9000.
The film picks up where 2001 left off with the spaceship Discovery in deteriorating orbit around Jupiter. Back on Earth a mission is planned to rescue the sticken ship and reactivate HAL in an attempt to discover what fate befell the crew. Heywood Floyd (Rob Schneider - Jaws) heads up the American contingent and due to circumstances beytond his control are teamed up with a Russian crew on the Leonov and their captain played by Helen Mirren.
A race against time and a rival Chinese crew adds to the tension. Can HAL be reactivated and bring the ship home? What did happen to the two man crew of the Discovery all those years ago and what has become of hero David Bowman? All these questions and more are answered in this film.
I loved reading Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey series when I was younger and the film helps to visualize the story in an all new way.
The direction of Stanley Cubrick is sadly missing in this sequel but the visual effects are still stunning none the less. The tension and the interplay between the American and Russian crews aboard the Leonov keep you hooked throughout. This does somewhat date the film though as elements of the 80's cold war (despite being long forgotten in the movie) are still present and is a good example of films of the era.
This film is suitable for all the family and opens up a world of questions about the nature of life on Earth and beyond. If you like your science fiction though provoking, intelligent and visually stunning this is the film for you.
The picture quality itself is of high quality. The aspect ratio the movie is presented in is super wide screen (2.35:1) which can make the picture look quite small on smaller televisions. If you are a fan of DVD extras you will find nothing to interest you with this release. In fact the only features present are interactive menus, scene selection and ten language options. It would have been nice to have some kind of behind the scenes information or director commentry but these kind of features are lacking. The audio is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 and from the start with it's rousing a instantly recognisable theme (Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra) is crisp and clear.
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Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith
Thanks for letting me know you've updated this. Re-rated for you.
Soho_Black 29.10.2006 13:23
I see you've posted this as a DVD review, but you've not mentioned the DVD. Are there any extras? If so, what are they and are they any good? If you add to this, or if you change it to be posted as a "Film Only" review, which can be done by accessing "edit review" above the review and changing the drop down menu under the "Which format are you reviewing?" question at the bottom, please let me know and I'll re-rate.
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