2010: The Year We Make Contact

Pros: Excellent technology, smart, non-sensationalistic SF.
Cons: Suffers from comparisons to 2001. How can you follow Kubrick?

I love this film. It's one of the few science fiction films out there that doesn't rely on gun battles, draws on what we know now, and doesn't talk down to you either. I love that.

The really sad part is that it's supposed to be a sequel to...

Pros: 2010's cast, including Roy Scheider and Helen Mirren. Good script. Great visuals.
Cons: Real life rendered its Cold War political undertones obsolete.

In the years after the 1968 release of Stanley Kubrick's landmark science-fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey, he and collaborator Arthur C. Clarke were asked many questions about how it was conceived, how the realistic special effects ...

Pros: visually stunning, feels big and sweeping, well acted
Cons: a few superfluous characters, few extras on the DVD

Silence. This movie starts with complete silence. Slowly, very slowly the familiar strains of Thus Spake Zarathustra whirl in, dramatic bold music wired into our brains to be associated with space exploration. Then an eerily familiar voice comes...

Pros: Entertaining, interesting plot, decent visuals and cast
Cons: Very slow opening stretch, a bit disappointing in its conclusion

I don't have any particular affinity for this film.  I've seen it a few times now over the years, and was really intending on holding off reviewing it until next year, just for the synergy of it.  But, lo and behold, my 200th review snuck up on ...

Pros: The acting, the story, the special effects.
Cons: None.

Before 1968, science fiction movies, with a few exceptions (e.g., The Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet), were farces, or close to it. Then, in 1968, filmmaker Stanley Kubrick and author Arthur C. Clarke got together to turn ...

Pros: Taut action-oriented thriller
Cons: Too many fans comaring it to its predecessor

2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT is purportedly a sequel to 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Certainly, there are connections between the two. Dr. Heywood Floyd (Roy Scheider in this film incarnation) and a team of American and Russian colleagues go to the space...

Pros: Straightforward story; great effects; very scary at times; good production values.
Cons: The Cold War subplot is ridiculously preachy.

It's impossible to discuss Peter Hyams' "2010: The Year We Make Contact" without comparing it to its predecessor, Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey." This film incorporates many of the essential elements of the original, but it is not the ...

Pros: Science fiction, HAL, mystery
Cons: A little long for the few revelations in it

To understand some of the references in the movie 2010 The Year We Make Contact, you will need to see the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey h ttp://www.epinions.com/content _439082585732 . Otherwise you might not ...

Pros: Acting, writing, innovation of Cold War subplot
Cons: Humanity is no closer to actually orbiting Jupiter's moons than when this film was made

This morning, a co-worker and I were talking about the Columbia disaster, which most of us who live in north Texas (including me) actually heard with our own ears and couldn't connect with the shuttle before the media had time to report what was...

Pros: Plot, Mystery, Space, Backdrop, Elements
Cons: Judge Book by the Cover

Ever since as a youngster fan of sci-fi, I always had grown to dream of all of mystery and fantasy. I caught a glimpse of lots of sci-fi magazine and article spreading on the shelves, I have had recalled I only picked up one or two from the pile, quickly ...

Pros: Very good acting; plot; suspense; special effects
Cons: None

Let's face the reality. There will NEVER be another film like 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY for as long as we live.

That said, however, "2010", released in 1984, however different it may be from its predecessor, is still an excellent sequel to...

Pros: nada
Cons: lada

How can anyone defend this monstrosity? People say that as a sequel to "2001: a Space Odyssey" it's not that great, but on it's own it's very good. I am sure this is untrue, and I have no idea why anyone can't see that. First of all, you will greatly ...

Pros: Moves along well, clear plot
Cons: More mystery might be nice

Even though this movie has been out for several years, it is worth a rainy day viewing. The plot is simple without many twists but it is done in such a way as to make you relate to the characters. 2001 was more of a cult film than than 2010. This...

Pros: Decent effects, mystery and characters
Cons: it's NOT a "2001" type of movie.

In 1968 Stanley Kubrick released 2001: A Space Odyssey to the world. It was stunning visually and musically. An Intellectual movie, there was a great deal of underlying meaning to the film. With special effects which hold their own, even today,...

Pros: You get to see HAL and one other original crew member
Cons: Boring, slow, disappointing plot and special effects

I first went to see "2010 The Year We Make Contact" in 1984. I had high hopes for it, since it promised the return of several notable characters from 2001, including the Commander, and HAL, the evil computer who had sabotaged the...