What is your favorite movie?

There are no other words that can describe this movie besides absolutly amazing. I think the Wachowski brother are pure genius and if they had not created this movie the face of film would not be the same.

Original Sript, and excelent direted by R.Scott and visually extraordinary!!

It is just such a fantastic film about the degeneration of the life of a man when he encounters the extraordinary. It is truly a spectacular moviegoing experience. You just feel for this man’s pain and his passion as he starts carving images of a tall structure out of shaving cream and mashed potatoes, slowly pushing his family away because of his obsession. Many movies have attacked this theme, but few have done so so successfully. I literally get tingles down my spine when we get to the point when he actually makes a giant sculpture out of mud in his living room. It’s just so out-there, and yet so in place in a film with aliens. And let’s not forget that alien abduction scene, which manages to be one of the most intense that I’ve ever seen. And the awe you feel when you finally see all of those ships flying around at the end, and the amazing five-tone “song” that permeates the whole film, and John William’s achingly beautiful score- in other words, this is a truly fantastic and memorable movie that I dearly love and I think more than deserves to be called my favorite movie.

What other movie can you see over 300 times (in the movie theatre!) and still love as much as you did when you first saw it? - With all it’s apparent flaws no other movie is this fun!!!

This is just a very imaginative movie, with great action, action-packed, and simply not a dull moment.

David Cronenburg is a brilliant director. This is most likely the most interesting experimental narrative film of all time. James Woods and Debbie Harry deliver some pretty serious characters. It tackled the idea of television consumption before anything else really ever did. Cronenburg needs to be recognized!

It’s an action packed SCI-FI Masterpiece based the legendary 80s toys & animated series, ya have giant transforming robots in battle & a hot girl, Megan Fox!!!

Best use of the tools of the cinema to tell a fascinating story through visual and aural means with a minimum of dialogue.

First part is an exquisite rendition of the very important theme in the book “African Genesis”, an underappreciated non-fiction book.
The movie contains the greatest visual metaphor ever portrayed: the transition from the whirling femur bone, realized by the ape to be a great weapon, into the turning space station. The space parogram was launched after Sputnik because of its national defense (weaponry) important. D. K. Heffner

The best science-fiction movie.

1) 2001: A Space Odyssey
2) Au Hasard Balthazar
3) Seven Samurai
4) Seconds
5) 8 1/2
6) The Shining
7) The Conformist
Tokyo Story
9) Les Enfants Du Paradis
10) The Man Who Shot Libert Valance
11) The Silence
12) Umberto D
13) La Regle Du Jeu
14) Jules At Jim
15) Wild Strawberries
16) Lawrence of Arabia
17) Spellbound
18) The Hours
19) The Double Life of Veronique
20) The Best Years of Our Lives

I saw it in its first release in the 60s and several times in all its re-releases. It’s a movie that must be experienced on the biggest screen with the best print and sound to be fully appreciated. It was way ahead of its time. Unfortunately, audiences today have been de-intellectualized by Hollywood which thinks everything has to be fully explained by the narrative. 2001’s ambiguity was central to the appreciation of the film as a piece of art. It compels you to challenge your mind and your perceptions. If that is too much for the viewer, just kick back and enjoy the special effects which have been rarely equaled.

The best movie in cinematic history? Hardly. I have always had a problem with this film’s ending — which makes absolutely no sense at all — and why HAL would want to murder the crew in the first place. Both of these elements of the film are not adequately addressed or resolved.

It was never adequately explained what went wrong with HAL that he wanted to murder the entire crew. What was he going to do when he got to Jupiter? He has no physical body to leave the ship, so what was he going to do when he got there? Even if it was a malfunction in his “reason” circuits, why was this never addressed and pointed out as the plot went along? All that the two crewmen intimated was that they thought HAL was malfunctioning, but they never addressed or resolved exactly what it was in HAL’s circuitry that was going wrong. They left it up in the air and unresolved.

The ending was ridiculous and made absolutely no sense at all and looks as though it was lifted from an entirely different movie. What did it all mean? The “star” trails that streak by inside the black monolith in orbit around Jupiter, the strange psychedelic lights whizzing by as Bowman flies over some weird landscape, Bowman in his spacesuit entering the dining room seeing himself as an old man, Bowman on his death bed and finally Bowman as an embryo floating in space. It all seems to be so odd and disjointed from the rest of the movie that was so realistic and of the “hard” science fiction genre in tone and plot. The ending, on the other hand, was so abstract and “Twilight Zone-esque” that it really doesn’t fit. From all I have read and seen about this vague, open-ended ending of the movie, the filmmakers (Kubrick and Clarke) deliberately left the ending unresolved. To me, this is a major cop-out. Why make a movie where you leave the ending to be a mish-mash that makes no specific point? In the end, the movie says NOTHING. It leaves it to the viewer to fill in an ending that he THINKS it was about. No, this movie falls apart in the end and all that beautiful mystery leading up to the climax, falls apart and falls flat. A totally dissatisfying way to end an otherwise interesting movie.

tHE FESH APPROACH TO SCIENCE FICTION. IT HELD UP PRETTY WELL WITH KEEPING UP WITH ORIGINAL STORY. THE CINEMATOGRAPHY WAS MARVELOUS, AND THE MUSIC WAS SUPERB.

The most beautiful film on the list. A work of art.

The fact that 2001 still hasn’t cracked the top 10 of AFI’s list is a real travesty. Kubrick is a true genius of cinema, and 2001 is clearly his greatest film. Kubrick ranks with Kurosawa and Welles as one of the greatest directors ever. What makes 2001 so great is that it is open to many different interpretations. John Lennon once compared it to a religious experience. So much is conveyed in the film without dialogue such as the nature of consciousness, human nature, and the struggle for survival across millenia. The direction, cinematography and soundtrack are flawless. If there is a year 3001, I am confident people will still consider this one of the the true greats of cinema.

Still the most “cinematic” movie in the history of cinema, “2001″ asks deep questions about humanity’s relationship to the universe, and poses vague and thought-provoking answers, leaving much to the viewer’s imagination and intellect. Absolutely uncompromising in its execution, and still visually spectacular in spite of the primitive (by today’s standards) tools used in its creation, this film stands apart. An utterly unique experience – try saying that twice about any hollywood-financed picture.

The first time I watched this two and a half hour film with only 40 minutes of dialogue, I found myself in almost a trance throughout its duration. With brilliant shots, beautiful direction, and a flawless soundtrack, 2001 is one of the most incredible films ever created. Although it is difficult to get through when you first watch it, afterwards you have literally hours upon hours of things to think about from it.

Perfect genius of Stanley Kubrick. The Total Master.

It just seems like a movie that never should have been made. I guess that’s what happens when a great artist earns the trust of studio executives, or maybe I just don’t know the film’s history.

Besides that, Kubrik may be the only director I can think of who could take a great book and turn it into a great movie. Also, with the exception of David Lynch, I’ve never known another director who could terrify me instead of just startling me.

The only true masterpiece

I watched this film on my 20th birthday, and have never felt so excited at the cinema. I’m now 50. Behind me was a small boy, perhaps no more than 10 who had to tell me to be queit in the final scenes. Have never felt so involved, before or since with a film, than that night. Simply, the best.

The original Star Wars trilogy was a major catalyst in my life when I was growing up, and when I was young I liked Return Of The Jedi the best. Even now when I watch it I still get that beautiful feeling of nostalgia. The great final space battle, the intense action on Endor and the poignant battle between Luke, Vader and The Emperor. And when the final credits begin rolling the feeling of true gratitude at the greatness of the trilogy and this film comes over me.

A great reflection of an epic battle between good and evil as the galaxy’s greatest heroes guided by the light side of the Force challenge the most vile villians in the galaxy who are consumed by the influence of the Dark Side of the Force.

These movies are meaningful to be as they are deep in story with a lot of heart and imagination that was never seen before and will probably never be seen again. The characters in these movies whether good or evil relate to mankind’s greatest desires for peace, power, friendship, and freedom. Ultimately I have always been interested in stories that involve all the things that are dear to me and without a doubt these movies take the cake. Thank you George Lucas for such an epic saga that changed the face of cinema for years to come.
By: Brad Chapman

The film is a masterwork on every level.

The film is a masterwork on every level. It is a film about progress and evolution, both technologically and physically. It speaks of how, the more we progress as Mankind we do so up to a point to where we are forced to begin again at some higher level. Almost every shot holds meaning and is expertly layed out and executed. It is a brilliant, philosophically and visually stimulating film that can be watched mulitiple times and each time I watch it, paralleling Man’s evolution in the film itself, I find deeper meaning in what the film is saying to us all. The true masterwork of American cinema and, without question or rival, my favorite film of all time.
By: Anthony Francis

E.T. is incredible, a story of love, friendship, humor, and supernatural forces..a tale of an ordinary boy having an extraordinary experience.

I saw this movie when I was six years old and my father had died. I connected very strongly to the characters, their dynamics and relationships, the humor…everything felt like it did at the time! Elliott played by Henry Thomas was absolutely astonishing…just the most amazing performance. It felt so real to me, the backdrop of the family drama with E.T. who brought adventure, mystery, excitement, friendship, and love all together. I loved this movie for portraying Elliot as a grown-up in many ways. I can’t ever watch this movie without crying. It’s a good cry though. It makes you feel alive.
By: Jan Manon

Humankind’s first encounter with an alien civilisation
Movies can be judged by their enduring influence, and CE3K–and Star Wars–forever changed the landscape of fantasy films; it was like replacing your old black & white TV with a color model! Close Encounters is still a cinamatically stunning, wondrous movie experience.
BY: David Bishop

First of all, let me pose the question; why is this film only on here 3 times? Have we become so obsessed with Lord of the Rings (great movie) and Brokeback Mountain (O.K movie) that we’ve forgotten the classics? Now that I’ve got that out of my system, I’ll get down to business. E.T was made not only for children, but also for anybody of any age who has felt loneliness and the need for a friend. Most already know the story, but for the younger ones who haven’t seen it; kid who dad has split, cosmic botanist accidentally ditched by his family become pals. Face it, anyone who didn’t see this film when growing up DID NOT HAVE A CHILDHOOD.

It’s a horse opera in space. What could be better.

This movie was way ahead of it’s time and set the new standard for sci-fi movies. It captured what we imagine is the loneliness and isolation of deep space very realistically.