So what?

Rating: 6/10 (28 September 2001)

Not having seen this film until 2001; I'm compelled to enquire as to what is the big deal? We all know Stanley Kubrick was a weird man in many ways, but this film is just decidedly average.
Other than some of the visual effects which are spectacular, and the fact that it was OK in parts aboard the spaceship, the rest of it was rather boring and nothing special.
The video is true to the film ... down to the point of the 10 minute blacked out section in the middle with music playing and a title in the screen saying "Intermission"!
That's taking realism a little far.