2010: The Year We Make Contact [Blu-ray]
Starring: Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban, Keir DulleaDirector: Peter Hyams
Studio: Warner
MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Format: Color
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release: April 7th 2009
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DVD Review
A new time, a new odyssey, a new chance to confront enigmas arising from the daring Jupiter mission of 2001. Crew members aboard the Leonov will rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery. And their fate will rest on the silicon shoulders of the computer they reawaken, HAL-9000. Based on Arthur C. Clarkes 2001: A Space Odyssey sequel, director Peter Hyams spellbinder nominated for 5 Academy Awards* stars Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Oscar winner** Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban and Keir Dullea.
User Reviews
Poor Blu-ray Transfer - Rating: 1/5
Was the film quality really that poor? Why make a Blu-ray version when it ends up looking, at best, like VHS? I think WB should have looked at some sort of restoration before atempting a Blu-ray release of this film. It really does look bad. The sound is not much better. Very disapointed. (As I was when I got home with the last USA release of this film on DVD that said, "Enhanced for Widescreen TVs" but it WAS NOT!) Wish I had rented this one before making the purchase. Don't make the same mistake I did. The one star rating is my opinion about the transfer to Blu-ray, not the movie itself.
Bad blu ray transfer - Rating: 1/5
I had seen a few reviews pertaining to 2010, but dismissed some customer comments about the blu ray quality. The sad part is it's true. This is by far the worst blu ray I have ever purchased. The strange part is that I had this movie on my HD DVR and the HD quality was good, but the blu ray transfer is horrible. I'll just try to unload it at a pawn shop and try to salvage something out of it. I have been fortunate in my blu ray purchases, this it the first mistake I made.
Better than 2001: A Space Oddesy - Rating: 5/5
Sorry, but it is. I know the sci fi egg heads talk about what a work of art 2001 is. I personally found it disjointed, and I'm sorry, but flashy images and makeup does not make a good movie. Sci fi needs action and adventure to be successful. Once it becomes elete, it no longer is a movie, instead it becomes a unique piced of art only appreciated by the select few who find it interesting. But if you want a successful movie that sells tickets to the general public, sci fi and non sci fans alike, you have to have adventure and a story that can be followed without being constantly derailed by having to think hard on what you just saw. This movie has the action and adventure. It has good actors and characters, and a suspensful story that you can watch, see an honest beginning, and follow it to the end, in a straight line to it's completion. Gene Roddenberry marketed Star Trek as "Wagon Train" to the stars. Wagon Train was a good, old fashioned, adventure story. You didn't have to ponder why they were on horses going where they were going. This movie is Wagon Train. Sit back, get the popcorn and enjoy a fantastic trip to the moons of Jupiter. Don't worry, you won't have to look for some deep meaning, it's obvious. Enjoy.
A Good Space Movie - Rating: 4/5
This movie follows up to Kubrick's classic "2001 Space Odyssey". The movie brings the story behind the mad HAL-9000 computer, the monoliths, and the astronaut Dave to a more understandable conclusion than in "2001". The cinematography is nearly as beautiful and accurate as the original.
My only real complaint is that the "Star Child" is left entirely unexplained despite its prominence at the end of "2001 Space Odyssey".
I give this movie a very solid 4 stars. I think the only real limitation is that imposed by Arthur Clark's story and the obvious comparison to Kubrick's original, but intentionally confusing masterpiece.
Chazzz
Very well done - Rating: 4/5
I thought that the Blu-Ray version was very well done. The most important part of the movie is right at the beginning, a text-only summary of some of the key plot elements from 2001. That text is far more readable in the Blu-Ray version than in any other, and that text is critical to understanding the beginning of the movie, especially if you haven't seen 2001. That's not the time to be making a popcorn run...
