If you can't understand it nor make sense of it, yet it's revered as a classic...by golly it must be GREAT!

Rating: Null/10 (29 November 2001)

Give me a break. Why is this film considered a classic? I mean there is a completley unidentifiable plot, a ton of visuals that are ultimatley meaningless and music that was misplaced to begin with(Such an epic theme for a slow motion shot of an ape bashing the bones of a dead animal?).
This is a classic example of films which are artsy, no one understands them or can make sense of them...so it must be good, right? Where does that logic come from, I wonder? I rented it 3 times, the first 2 I never got through the first 30 minutes. The 3rd time I made myself sit through it. I had to throw my shirt in the wash because of the drool stains! I mean it touches on some plot points(Alien life, the mystery of evolution...least it seems that was the idea) and them just trails off...REPEATEDLY.
I cannot comment of Kubrick, I have seen several of his other films, non of which I enjoyed with the exception of "The Shining", which was still boring to an extent.
I keep reading reviews that start out like "Greatest movie ever made", "A masterpiece of cinema". OK, I have no idea how one can come to this conclusion. But please explain what this film is about...You can't! Can you?! Any good film needs a plot, this movie is horribly lacking.
I know I will get blasted for this, but if you want a movie which brings up simular type views and uses a simular style in film making, see "Mission to Mars". It is much more enlightening and features great actors like Gary Senise and Tim Robbins.
I can't argue with the fans(sheep) of this film, because I don't know what they see in it or why. I consider myself a smart person, I like long epic style films that don't have to move at the pace of "The Matrix" to be good. I don't even ask for a satisfactory ending, I just want to know that some thought was put into a film.