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camarillobrillo · 3670 days ago · link · · parent · post: 2001: A Space Odyssey - Discussion Thread.
The ending is perfect. The movie is one big sexcapade. The ship is a phallus. Bowman is the sperm. The monolith an egg. Bowman, much like the apes before him, reaches the monolith on Jupiter and is transformed into the Star Child. The psychedelic wormhole represents the act itself and the vast knowledge being passed to him by the monolith. The whole white room sequence is an allegory for life and death. The human race is old and has reached it's peak. Bowman, reborn as the Star Child, is the next step in evolution.