This Film Inspired My Love Of Science Fiction Movies!

Rating: 10/10 (7 July 2009)

After 40 years this film stands alone in a class by itself as the most profound science fiction movie I've ever seen. This movie is for people who love to think and ponder the meaning of things like technology and space travel and whether there is other intelligent life in the vastness of space. It's like a great cognac to be savoured by those who appreciate a sophisticated, thoughtful exploration of mankind's attempt to discover the unknown. Technically the science is perfect. Visually the film is stunning with special effects that were way ahead of its time. The story is haunting and has an ominous message about the dangers of venturing into the great beyond. This is Stanley Kubrick's true masterpiece of science fiction. His blending of the docking spaceships with the classical music of J. Strauss's Blue Danube was a pure stroke of genius. To those critics who have described this film as boring or incomprehensible, may I suggest a good dose of Transformers or Independence Day? Those kind of fodder films have lots of flashy effects and explosions to satisfy the simplest of tastes and minds!