Potential that's overrated.

Rating: 3/10 (13 January 2020)

The name of this movie and its iconic-ness forced me to watch it... and when I did, I was let down. I'll talk positives first. For its time, the effects were groundbreaking. The cinematography's good, the dialogue, like all older films, is interesting to listen to. Just like A Clockwork Orange. And HAL, the antagonist so to speak, is easily the best part of this film. If the film was completely devoted to a story about surviving HAL, this would be one of the greatest films of all-time. IMDb user Doylenf's review probably sums how I feel about this movie the best. Another way I put it, is how some art, which can be seen as masterpieces by the "professionals," is really just a toddler's finger painting.