The Most Influential Sci-Fi Film of All Time

Rating: Null/10 (12 October 1999)

This is simply the most important science fiction film of all time. (Coming from a seventeen year old, I would think that that would be something of a shock).
I watched this film as part of a unit my science fiction class in school was doing. Now, I had seen parts of it before, and honestly, I found it VERY boring. But I decided to look at it with an open mind this time. I'm glad I did.
This film poses so many questions to the viewer and encourages you to expand your mind. I was so intrigued by it. The whole idea of the monolith, and the evolution of humanity. I was just so enthralled with the ideas presented.
Granted, there are long stretches of boredom, such as the scene with the apes at the begining, as well as when the antenna was being fixed. The scene with the monkeys is very important, I now realize. It was meant to show evolution and how we came to get our most human tendancy-violence. The latter scene I believed was used to show to the viewer how laborious and deleberate space travel is really like.
On top of the deep plot, the terrific special effects (for the time) as well as the INCREDIBLE music add to the atmosphere and bring out emotion.
This is simply one of the greatest film ever made, period. Certainly better than Citizen Kane. Kubrick was a genius and I came to appreciate it more after seeing this film than any of his others. May the memory of this great director live on forever, well beyond 2001.