Should have won the oscar for boredom

Rating: 1/10 (27 March 2019)

I know I'm 50 years too late on this review. I wasted $5 buying this movie on DVD in an FYE's bargain bin because I had always heard high praise of Stanley Kubrick and this movie. I don't know where I heard that praise. I wish I did so that I could always do *exactly opposite* whatever those critics recommend. This has got to be the movie industry's most boring movie ever; hands down. From the opening scene where the mysterious monolith is discovered by early man until HAL locks Dr Bowman out of the space station, it's about as exciting as watching paint dry. Nothing much actually happens! Literally. The movie is 2:29 and the viewer who fortunately owns this on DVD can fast-forward the first 1:45 and not miss anything. How did this movie ever deserve praise, an 8.3 IMDB rating, or an Oscar?