Not bad, just overrated

Rating: 5/10 (6 January 2002)

In my opinion this is a movie worth watching. However, I would say it is highly overrated. In 1968, the visual effects where probably stunning, and they are still today not bad! The music fits very well and you get the impression that alot of work is put into this movie!
In my opinion however, it is highly overrated! The movie is far to long; it needs not be two and a half hour in order to tell the story. Each sequence is just far too long! Even if it's beautiful, you get tired of watching an austronaut spinning around in space for 10 minutes and you don't need a five minute display of the spacecraft drifting through space, no matter how good the accompanying music and the visual effects are.
5/10