Music And Science Fiction

Rating: Null/10 (8 September 2016)

A strange object is found on the moon.
See it on the big screen! To all you young people reading this review, don't watch this movie on whatever portable device you use to watch movies with, that type of screening is all wrong for a grand VISUAL epic like this. See it on a large screen with the lights in the room switched off. Also, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a lot slower than any other sci-fi flick ever made...so don't expect explosions and smart ass characters. Once you understand that, you will like it.
To me at least, music is a vital element to film, no sci-fi movie is totally complete without a good musical score, so obviously I am very happy with 2001 as the score is indeed one of the characters of the film.
Has there ever been another 2001? Try watching the first season of the 1970s sci-fi series Space 1999, mainly the pilot titled: Breakaway. I can't confirm this fact, but I think someone told me that the two productions were so alike that Kubrick was considering legal action against the British producer of the series, Gerry Anderson.