its all a bit weird

Rating: 8/10 (27 November 2001)

You don't need me to go over it all again, the Blue Danube, the monkeys, the embryo, the singing computer. It all comes together so well in its strange little way. The first time you see 2001 you come out confused, remembering the way the music and the images fused together, how space travel comes out as a cross between biblical allegory and psychedelic trip, but you want to go back and see it again. Yes, it can be slow in places. Yes, the ending is open to interpretation and probably makes no sense. But the very fact you remember it must make it a good piece of work.