2010: The Year We Make Contact

I've actually just watched this movie on my playstation4 , I first was given the option of renting ( which I did for £3.50 ) , I thought it was so good I bought it for £7 , yes ! £7 , I would have loved to have had this movie on my Apple TV, but the prices from Apple are ridiculously expensive, it's a shame, I would like to build a movie library on my Apple TV , but I don't own one movie, were not talking about a pound here and there but I could have 2 movies on sony or amazon for the apple pricing . C'mon apple it's not like anyone infringing on any of your patents etc etc , but you could sell a whole load of movies, if your pricing were realistic. It's a SHAME SHAME SHAME!!!!!

Fantastic film, but why so much more money than other films on iTunes? Will get it cheaper somewhere else! Completely illogical pricing compared to other films. What are you doing iTunes? You’ve lost another sale there because I can’t imagine I’m the only annoyed customer!

Despite having the wonderful Helen Mirren doing a Russian accent with permed hair, Kubrick’s option should have been written in stone and this film never made. If you love Kubrick movies and the original 2001: A Space Odyssey, this film does nothing to build on the legacy of the original movie, taking a straight up US-centric space action adventure direction.

The reason Kubrick (not "Kubrik" snuffle007) didn't want a sequel made is because he knew it was very likely another filmmaker would ruin 2001 by doing so. To know why, you need to do your research. Much has been said about the ambiguity of 2001's answer. Kubrick played the game until his death. The reason is simple and elegant. Clarke eventually explained that Kubrick believed that should we ever encounter aliens they would be so advanced we could not possibly comprehend them, much as an ant could never conceive a human or our creations. So it seemed logical to him that any film depicting an encounter between human and alien must leave the human/s and it's human audience equally baffled. In order to preserve the mystery he had created, Kubrick correctly concluded that any sequel would very likely undermine what he had done and so should not be made. To Hyam's credit, he did not make that mistake. But Kubrick was right to be cautious. 2010 may not be 2001, but it is a worthy film in its own right. But no-one should criticise Kubrick for wanting to protect his vision, certainly when they can't even spell his name right!

This fiilm has many plus points and some negative ones. Overall, the film is ok, but not as good as 2001 or the books. Great cast and acting throughout, but as mentioned before, some major points from the book have been lost which kinda ruined it for me. One point that was made by a previous reviewer about what Kubrik did, if what he said is true (that kubrik asked asked the writer to not write another and then had original props and sets destroyed) then I think that was extermely arrogant of him to do so. Just because he was the director of the first film, does not give him the right to dictate whether a sequel is made. If the writer creates a sequal that a production company wants to produce then that is up to them. This film does NOT detract from the brilliant film he directed. In my mind Kubrik didn't want another similar film made in case it was better than his. Maybe if he had been a part of the production of this film and they still had the original props and sets, maybe this film would have been better than it is. Shame on you Kubrik. Anyway, this is an ok film, not great but not terrible. Rent first is my advice.

While Auther C Clarke may be one of the greatest novelists of our time, he is not too good at helping to direct his own films. In short, a lot of the important scenes from the book are dropped. For example, the bit with the chinese spacecraft on Europa. That is a keystone in the novel yet in the film its a simple probe that gets shot back. BIG WOOP! Life and inteligence are the main parts of the novel yet they are overlooked in the face of a holywood movie. Also not enough detail that could have been conveyed is shown. What happened to the sickly grey colours of the jovian atmosphere. In its place what do we get, an american-russian war that serves no purpose in the film. I recomend it highly for anyone who wont read anything but if not READ THE NOVELS. THEY ARE A MILLION (should that be 3 million) TIMES BETTER THAN THIS RUSHED FILM. ALL THESE MESSAGES ARE YOURS - EXEPT MINE ATTEMPT NO EDDITINGS OF IT

Great idea about mankind being in space by. The decade good effects and a most wich

Kubrick did not want there to be a sequel to 2001. When Arthur C. Clarke wrote the book 2010: Odyssey Two, Kubrick called him about it and specifically requested that it not be made into a film. However, after the filming of 2001, he knew that MGM's executives would want a sequel made, so he had all the props and drawings of the props destroyed. They had to be remade from scratch for this movie, and you can tell: it's all wrong—all of the details which made 2001 so impressive are missing. The most obvious example is the typeface used for the nameplate above HAL's eyepiece: it should be Helvetica Bold, but in this movie it's some wretched condensed font which is almost like Impact. The storyline of 2010 is also nowhere near as well-executed as in 2001. For instance, in 2001, there are no scenes set on the present-day Earth, giving the film a feel of being far-out and alien itself. In 2010, there are far too many scenes on the Earth, which leads to there being too much dialogue in the film altogether as there is very little one can shoot on the Earth without using dialogue to avoid making the film dull. I could say more, but I won't. Overall, this film is a disappointment compared to the original 2001. There is little of the sense of art and wonder in this film as there is in Kubrick's movie. I would not recommend it, unless you are holding some kind of Bad Movie Night.

Fantastic film, I couldn't stop watching, but left me wanting more at the end.

If you expect a sequel to Kubrick's masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey, this is more an adaptation of the book. Still, I was very surprised at how good it was when I saw it. More of a Hollywood movie, but still an enjoyable film for all sci-fi fans.