Books are not meant to become movies

Rating: 5/10 (27 December 2001)

Plainly put this movie was not impressive at all. It tries so much to stick to the book that it fails miserably as a movie. It is filled with endless music and slow motion space walking. That maybe good to convey the actual situation in space but a lot of useful movie time is wasted, that could be used to convey the gist of the book.