This is the natural follow up to 2010 A Space Odyssey, and goes a long way to explain some of the mysteries of the first film without at the same time being too obvious. It is quite an old film now, so I expect is has been heavily reviewed elsewhere. Just to say that Helen Mirren is great as the Russian space captain. It does not have the genre-setting iconic status of 2001, but I enjoyed it and wanted it in my collection alongside the original.
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In retrospect it's no wonder nobody could remember this film being released (at least in the UK). While 2001 could, rightly, be accused of being pretentious and, at times, a bit ponderous, it was extraordinarily gripping as a drama, beautifully made as a film and something of a breakthrough in how it represented the (then) looming era of computerisation. In contrast, 2010 is dull, plodding, unadventurous in its use of graphics and completely fails to engage despite the best efforts of some fine film actors. Definitely not recommended.
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Good film, terrible scan/transfer to DVD. They've done it in widescreen, but not proper widescreen, so it's stuck in the old fashioned 4:3 with massive letterboxing. If you try to stretch it out to fit a modern widescreen tv it results in a very low resolution picture. They could so easily have scanned this in 16:9 which would have made it watchable and more enjoyable. It's a hard film to get hold of, but even so, avoid this version and wait for it to be released properly in 16:9 or on blu-ray.
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very good cast good story
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Very good adaptation of the book...however, it does pay to have read the book first as so many things are taken for granted in the film....
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