mind bending

Rating: 7/10 (3 September 2009)

this is one interesting movie.it's hard to follow,doesn't appear to make sense,and has very limited dialogue.i found the first half fairly slow,but it picks up after that.the space scenes are very spectacular,and very realistic,as in the incomplete stillness of it.there is no sound at all in space,and that is conveyed very well here.the music is simply fantastic.i did say that the movie is hard to follow,and i suspect on subsequent viewing,this would be less so,as for it not making sense,i get the feeling it isn't necessarily supposed to.and the quiet scenes without dialogue are very compelling.there is a real air of mystery around the whole thing,and i did like that aspect.this must have been quite an ambitious undertaking and it shows.i do plan on watching it again soon,to see what i have missed and what i can discover.for me,2001: A Space Odyssey is a 7/10