Beautiful, enigmatic entertainment.

Rating: 10/10 (29 July 2001)

Quite possibly the best sci-fi film ever, 2001 is a lovely, poignant, strange, brilliant, gloriously made film of a great story. I'm sure a lot of people dislike this film because of its almost completely visual story-telling technique that leaves a lot people in a strange, curious stupor. A word of advice: READ THE BOOK if you don't know what the heck is going on. Anyway, the film is thought-provoking, ambitious, and enigmatic throughout. The effects still very much hold up today, Kubrick's choice of music throughout the film is awesome, and the set design and artsy-craftsy camera work still boggles the mind. There are some films that try to explain to much. That just gets on my nerves. 2001 has so much faith in the audience that it doesn't tell you what the heck is going on the screen. It leaves some work for the viewers to do. And I just love that.......................
10/10 (what else?)