what did i just watched!!

Rating: 2/10 (4 May 2014)

OK I went into this super excited. I LOVE just about every space movie ever made and this looked right up my ally. I've had dozens of friend recommend I read the book, and I still plan to. but somewhere along the lines someone seriously mess this movie up. the two out of ten I gave this movie is purely for visual effects. I couldn't believe this movie was made in the 60's. Im going to break the entire movie down in one paragraph. you start by watching a black screen forever with a obnoxious symphony playing for no apparent reason( brace yourself cause they never stop playing) then you get ten minutes of monkeys. A metal slab appears and they touch it and gain the ability to hit things with bones. Then man finds another on the moon. Its sending a signal to Jupiter so they fly out there to see whats going on. on the way the computer kills all but one person and when that person get to Jupiter he sees another metal slab that apparently gives him acid and he trips for 15 minutes and then watches himself grow old. The a giant fetus returns to earth to...... actually there is no way to tell whats happening at the end cause it never explains anything. THE END!!