'2001: A Space Odyssey'

When you hear the word "filmmaking" one must consider "2001: A Space Odyssey." I believe it ot be one of the purest forms of film.

It's not about the writing or the actors or even the director or anything else. It's a story that is exemplified by some of the greatest visuals created by man.

It is nectar to the eye. The shots of the African wilderness to the beautiful space shots. As much as Beethoven's music was destined to be replayed and recorded billions of times, Stanley Kubrick's "2001" was meant to be recorded on film and mass produced for the big screen or television.

All of this without really mentioning the meaning behind the film. The ideas of evolution, thought, primal vs. rational, wrong vs. right. How all of this spanned four million years from a tribe of raw pre-human apes to a sophisticated super computer that essentially begged for its life and, as it died, almost whispered that it could "feel."

A mesmerizing film.