Utter Tripe

Rating: 1/10 (31 May 2002)

2001 is a film about nothing. While it may be visually stunning and well directed, it is still about nothing. There is no story, nothing happens. It is 140 minutes of...nothing. We see lots of pretty colors that draw us in, but 2001 is nothing more than a bad acid trip of a calamity that should never have made it past the halls of some pretentious film school. Many argue that Kubrick is a master of his craft and he was indeed a good director, but his films always lacked anything interesting. All of the good directing in the world doesn't make a film. It just helps a solid film become a better film. In the case of 2001, nothing could've saved it and it is far and away the worst thing I have ever attempted to watch.