Extremely overrated

Rating: 2/10 (29 January 2019)

Over the years I've heard many people saying that this is the greatest sci-fi movie ever made. But in my opinion this movie is nowhere near as great as it's said to be and every time I state this opinion people start telling me that I'm stupid and that I just don't get it. I'm quite sure that this isn't the problem, it's just that the movie is slow in an extremely boring way. I really enjoy slow movies, I'm a big fan of Tarkovsky and he is the director with the slowest movies out there. But 2001: A Space Odyssey is no Tarkovsky, it is just an awful and boring slow movie.
I have to admit that the visuals are great considering that this movie was made in 1968 and I actually think that this is the reason why it got so popular. But if you take away the awesome visual effects there's nothing left.
2001: A Space Odyssey is an extremely overrated and boring movie. And by stating that this movie is bad I don't mean to say that Kubric is a bad director, I actually enjoy some of his works but doing slow movies is jusy not his thing.