Floyd's trip to the moon. Then the viewer is told it is 18 months later, and now we are about Discovery One on a voyage to Saturn. Bowman then goes though the pillar thing to begin the "Star Gate" sequence, a psychedelic trip to the end of time with metaphysical undertones. I believe that Kubrick divided 2001 intentionally into four parts to make it stand out from the rest of his films...
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It seems to me that 2001 is an allegory for the progress of mankind as a species. It seems to be a visual representation of the metaphysical wanderings of Carl Jung, who discussed humanity as having three stages of evolution. The theory (as I understand it) is that sometime in the past we had 44 chromosomes and we were more animalistic...
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Special Effects in 2001: A Space Odyssey Most memorable is the opening sequence that includes very few visuals of planets and empty space, but the soundtrack has the inspirational Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss blasting, so that it was not the visual aspect that catches the viewer's attention, but the musical one...	3 / 755
2001 A Space Odyssey Analysis Therefore, even though HAL 9000 is a computer, he possesses many humanlike characteristics. The discussion about science leads into the second point of monoliths and technology...	4 / 915
2001 A space odyssey Audiences, critics, and filmmakers consistently rank the film among the 100 best ever made. Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert has stated that if asked which films would still be familiar to audiences 200 years from now, he would select 2001, The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, and Star Wars as his first choices...	3 / 566
Comparrison Donnie Darko, 2001: A Space Odyssey As a result of the school being flooded, it is cancelled. Donnie is then able to meet Gretchen who gives him the confidence and happiness he needs to finally go back in time and sacrifice himself...	4 / 1033