Splendid Film

Rating: Null/10 (7 November 2004)

I watched the movie when I was a child. I didn't remember much about the movie from that age except for the music. As a musician, I was nearly in tears throughout the film. As for those people who scorn the film for lack of the general entertaining factors, I hate to say it, but you most likely have allowed yourself to be overcome with simplicity. The film is not trying to impress movie critics. The objective is to stir the imaginations of the viewers, and shed light on the possibilities of what goes on beyond our tiny little telescopes here on Earth. A million people could give a million different interpretations of what the movie meant. However, the one interpretation of "it didn't mean anything" or "was a waste of time", are pretty pathetic overviews. It is imaginations like those of Mr. Kubrik's, that have changed the way we live forever. For instance, the the general invention of the light bulb, electric conductivity AND, the operation of computers. Let's hope the world never has to know a human race where at least some of the population won't fail to dream beyond our atmosphere.