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To understand the movie, one only needs to read the book on which it is based. Clarke's book makes a lot of the movie (like the meaning of the apes and the endi
by thatcherc 8y ago
To understand the movie, one only needs to read the book on which it is based. Clarke's book makes a lot of the movie (like the meaning of the apes and the ending) unambiguously clear.
I think the similarities brought up in the post are interesting but over-interpreted here. Plus, there are many other parts of the Odyssey that don't show up in 2001. The only compelling connection here is the cyclops, but without that the film can still be perfectly adequately understood.
- soneil 8y agoThe book was actually written concurrently - one isn't based on the other. They are both vaguely based on an earlier short story of his, Sentinel, but it doesn't really help much. Agreed that the book clears a lot up though. I mean, I totally didn't get the monkey thing without it. For me, the book is a great story, and the film is pure eye candy. And if they could mate the two, it'd be 8 days long.