One of Kubrick's better films

Rating: Null/10 (4 February 2003)

I watched this movie thinking that I was going to hate it. Boy, was I wrong. 2001 was one of the most visually stunning films I have ever seen, especially for the time period it was made in, and better than the tiresome special effects they use today. I've always enjoyed Stanley Kubrick's work, but 2001 is definitely one of his better triumphs. I don't even mind that it is sort of a slow movie; the great background music and semi-tense mood of it all makes 2001 work. One of my favorite movies, Dark Star, has a similar plotline, and I never realized that it spoofed 2001, since I hadn't seen it before the first time I saw Dark Star, which made watching 2001 even more interesting. Anyway, I think that 2001 is an ingenius film--some stuff is sort of confusing, but that does not detract from the film. It is a feast for the eyes and the ears; just hearing HAL is sort of creepy.