I think we can all agree that Stanley Kubrick ’s mindbending space opera 2001 is a classic , even if we ’re a little divided on whether it ’s a chef-d’oeuvre . Not so with 2010 , the 1984 sequel ( also based on an Arthur C. Clarke novel ) feature Roy Scheider as the gentleman’s gentleman with a plan and Helen Mirren ( Helen ! ) as the captain of a Soviet ship send to feel the giant monolith among the Jovian moons that the Discovery ship find out at the end of 2001 . Most of 2010 is literally just a “ let ’s revisit 2001 but with TV motion picture production value and a bad voiceover from Scheider ” mess .
There ’s the cool monolith , there ’s the scary reboot of HAL , and there ’s tension between the Russian and U.S. crews as the two country inch towards war in Honduras . But then , just as war is declare , a whole bunch of monoliths start making Jupiter collapse ( ooohhh , special effects budget in full effect ! ) . So the two crews run off from the esploding Jupiter as fast as they can and . . . well , this fall out . condition out the snip . I have literally never seen a more asstacular finish in my life . Are those discussion literally drift in the sky ? Ohh , and the cheesy voiceover . So wonderfully awful ! Plus the last line — “ I intend we will be friends . ” Really ? Not if the aliens watch this film , we wo n’t . [ 2010via IMDB ]
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