Log Entry #7: 10/10/10

For the past three days we have been watching Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, which I thought was quite a challenge to understand and bare. During the movie there were some instances where nothing would be going on; no dialogue, only color displays of figures in space. With these instances occurring,  It made me become quite uninterested, and I had to continuously tell myself to stay attentive. Consequently, It made me conclude this movie as one of the worst movies I have seen in the past couple years. I understood what was going on up until the lights show when Dave was going through the different atmospheres of Jupiter. I honestly thought there was no reason for the light show to go on for an astounding 15 whole minutes. I could understand one to two minutes of the color display, but 15 is ridiculous. As those 15 minutes of brilliant colors came to an end, Dave all of a sudden was in a modern looking room and then he progressively got older, and then became a star child looking at earth. Once we were done with the movie, it was left with not knowing what was happening and in need for a explanation of the ending. With Mr. Inloes explaining how he perceived the ending, it became much clearer (the notion that aliens guide us and help us grow as a race). In conclusion, I began to actually appreciate the significance of the movie and would defiantly see it again.