2001 - A Space Odyssey

The first time I saw 2001, I came out having no idea what the film was about. Of course this was probably due to the fact that I was only ten years old. Nevertheless, after watching this movie over the break I still felt like I didn't have much idea what the film was about. Luckily, some of the articles we were assigned gave some insight into making the film clearer. I have come to conclude that 2001 is indeed the story of an odyssey. 2001 forces us to believe that human evolution and technology is the result of a monolith that has mysteriously appeared on earth. When our ape primates discovered it they evolved into beings being able to use tools. A bone suddenly became a proper whacking tool and was used for war among other things. The second time the monolith is discovered it leads the humans to realizing that the creators of the monolith originated from Jupiter. As a result, they send a crew of scientist as well as a very advance machine to seek it out. Unfortunately, the machine Hal becomes aware and hopes to obtain the final monolith for his own kind.

2001 is a race between Hal and Dave. Ultimately, Dave wins but nonetheless we see man and machine, once partners in production, competing to hopefully overcome the other.