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Movie Title:	2010 / 2010: The Year We Make Contact
Format:	Movie
IMDB:	IMDB Page
Date:	7 Dec 1984
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Genre:	Science Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
Rating:	7.0 Rate
Collection:	Seen It Wishlist
Community:	3 Have Seen


Director	Peter Hyams
Selected Cast	Roy Scheider as Dr. Heywood Floyd
	John Lithgow as Dr. Walter Curnow
	Helen Mirren as Tanya Kirbuk
	Bob Balaban as Dr. R. Chandra
	Keir Dullea as Dave Bowman
	Madolyn Smith Osborne as Caroline Floyd
	Dana Elcar as Dimitri Moisevitch
	Taliesin Jaffe as Christopher Floyd
	James McEachin as Victor Milson
Writer	Arthur C. Clarke

Notes

sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey

On DVD & Blu-ray

DVD

2010: The Year We Make Contact - Warner Home Video - UK - 2000

DVD

2010: The Year We Make Contact - Warner Home Video - USA - 2000

Reviews and Comments


Twistin 13th Mar 2016		Rated 7/10 The heredity is most certainly in place, but many don't like to connect this sequel to the original 2001: A Space Odyssey for a number of (valid) reasons. No, it doesn't feel like the original in any way -- mostly because Stanley Kubrick steals the ownership of the stories he adapts. For example, in 2001, the film was completely Kubrick's vision and not Clarke's. He did the same with A Clockwork Orange (much to the chagrin of Anthony Burgess) and with The Shining (much to the chagrin of Stephen King). Whether hijacking a story is a good practice for filmmaking remains open to debate, but the fact of the matter is, that is the way Kubrick made films. The original was not a space opera, as the cliché goes, but a space ballet, submerged in mysterious optics which fascinated audiences from 1968 to present. For that reason, it became one of the great films that will be forever referenced. A sequel? Certainly the ending left viewers perplexed and longing for some explanations. The possibility of a satisfactory expansion is the core appeal. 2010 begins with the disadvantage of existing in a decade that was rife with shiny sci-fi packages inspired by Steven Spielberg. That means that deep, complex explorations are reduced to teen level Classics Illustrated fare. It's certainly easy enough to digest for even the least sophisticated audience, coupled with the feel-good adventure motif that drove so many boxoffice hits in this era. Speaking of era, 2010 was also released at the peak of cold war hysteria as the world sat on pins & needles anticipating a global nuclear conflict between the USA and the USSR. Hollywood exploited this paranoia frequently, which was not an expressly bad idea, since writers experienced great results exploring the unthinkable scenario. It's rather clumsily implemented here, however, resulting in a pedestrian ending. If you like your sci-fi lite and uncomplicated, this is above average for it's 80's ilk, but if you seek mathematically abstract and complex enigmas, you'll likely be disappointed. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?


zabadak 15th Mar 2016		Dokey! :thumbsup:



Twistin 15th Mar 2016		I said highjacking "a" story, and that was a generalization (following mention of two additional film adaptations) - it was not intended as a declaration that he did so to any of the films specifically, just a metaphor about the control a director may have over source material. For example, the visual pace and the way the music is married to those images. Preemptive strike: Likewise, my comment, Kubrick steals the ownership of the stories he adapts should not be misconstrued. I won't bother to explain (or defend) that one, but it's not derogatory. (After all, what pops in your head when someone says "A Clockwork Orange"? The book?)



zabadak 14th Mar 2016		I enjoyed it (Mirren's Russian accent notwithstanding). :laugh: As for the comment about hijacking the original movie, I don't understand that. I read, in the book The Lost Worlds Of 2001, that the film and book of that were made in conjunction, so each had input into the other. Of course, the film was Kurbick's. :erk:

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