Perhaps it's better I never find out the purpose of this film.

Rating: Null/10 (28 June 2001)

"Why?" Is the question I've been asking myself, having seen this film twice a couple of years ago. Why is there a big monolith appearing around the solar system?, Why is that guy flying through those psychedelic tunnels? Why is there a baby inside a bubble floating in space?, I'll never know.
What I think is going on is that the film makers obviously had a whole new ability to create 'futuristic' scenes, as was probably the case in 1968, and they just wanted to show people what they could do with their new-fangled technologies, because, for the life of me I can't understand the general message of this film.
Nevertheless this is still one of my favourite films that I have ever seen, and even though it is way before my time, I love it as much as any Sci-fi film they have made since. I especially enjoy this one scene where the camera is set on empty space, it is completely silent, but in the distance is that long spaceship, and it's getting closer, and closer, and closer, for a good minute of film, and then it continues to glide past the camera in perfectly silence. How can something as basic as that stay in my mind forever?. It's timeless!
This film still excites me every time I see it, even though it could be classed as one of the most boring, slow, drawn out films of all time!
Kubrick! What have you done to me?