Kellee Grahn
Space Odyssey Review
First Draft
The Space Odyssey was very confusing to me. I’m not really into science fiction movies like that so it was hard for me to follow it. It was known to be one of the greatest films ever made when it came out. I also have to consider the time period that it was made. They didn’t have all the special effects that we do, so for that time period, I think the viewers were impressed. I liked seeing how they thought the future was going to be. It was interested to see what they thought was going to happen in 2001.
In the beginning, it went kin of slow. The movie showed a bunch of apes and deserted land. The apes go from being just regular monkeys with barely any food to almost human like creatures. The one ape figures out how to use a bone as a tool and I think that was symbolizing the dawn of man. Dr. Floyd is one of the main characters. He goes up into space in a elaborate space ship. I don’t think that is how space shuttles look these days, but again, that was what they thought in 1968. I was really confused when he was in the all white building because I didn’t know if he was in space or on earth. Nobody was floating around or anything, but when he looked out the window, he saw space. That part was not clear to me. Floyd’s mission is to go examine an artifact on the moon. When they arrive on the moon, they see a tall column-like object. It looks like the same object that was discovered by the apes in the very beginning of the movie.
Dave, Frank and Hal are two men going on a mission to Jupiter. They discover that the antenna that lets them get in reach with the people on earth is going to break. This part was really hard for me to follow. I was very confused the whole time. Dave and Frank want to replace the unit but if they did they would have to deactivate Hal. Hal sees them talking about deactivating him. He ends up being deactivated.
The end was really weird. The column-like object shows up again, but there is a creature in it that I didn’t understand what it meant. I think they were trying to say that there was life on Jupiter. If I interpreted it right, that’s what they were trying to tell the viewers. My favorite part about the whole movie was how they though the future was going to be like. It was really interesting what they thought. I think I would have liked it better in 1968, because me and all of my peers have been exposed to so many special effects. It would have been a lot better if I didn’t know what the future was going to be like because I have lived through 2001 and I do not think that space was like that and I know that so far, no extraterrestrial life has been found on Jupiter.
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The white building was part of a space station. Apparently they had some kind of technology there to get rid of the weightlessness aspect of space.
ReplyDeleteOne of the criterion for you seems to be that a film must be easy to follow. With that in mind, you need to review the movie again and also read about it. You are not able to articulate the plot very well as you weren't able to follow the story line. Try to understand the film better so you can go back and discuss what you thought was happening versus what was really happening in the film--you can do this through a combination of taking another look yourself and reading other summaries of the plot.
The year 2001 was probably an arbitrary choice. We still don't know what the future holds.
Be sure to read some of the other drafts posted to help you understand the film better.
hey kellee,
ReplyDeletealright, so your first draft confused me a little bit. you started explaining what happened in the movie, and added some of your opinions but i think you strayed a little a couple of times. i think you should go over some more summaries that other people have written to help you undertand the plot clearer..
..you have some punctuation and spelling errors throughout your paper that need to be fixed as well.
overall, i got that you were confused by the film and you mentioned some certain parts thats yu were confusd at but i think you should go into better detail.
you also might want to use quotes frm other peoples reviews to help expain that you are not the only one who was conused by the film!
:)
Kelllleeee babyy!
ReplyDeleteokay so i think that your first draft is a little rough to be honest. No offense! but i think that if you would put more quotes or scenes from the movie then you would be better off! as audrey said i understood that you were confused about the film, as well as i was! i like that you put in your favorite part of the movie even though you showed that you did not like it and that it was confusing. I do like that you had a lot of words already and have a general direction of how you want your paper to turn out! i think you have a really good start!
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