Hugely influential sci fi masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (14 December 2018)

I first saw this film on t.v. one evening when I was around 8 years old, I didn't like it, I wanted action and scary aliens and bad ass robots rather than just a boring computer 'Voice'!
However the visuals stuck with me for years.
Then I saw it again when I was around 18 years old and it's been in my personal top 10 films ever since!
I finally got it, I finally understood why it avoids sci fi cliches.
Despite it being one of my favourite films I do understand why it is regarded as boring with nothing really happening, it's a film you have to watch while being on the right wavelength for it.
It's the concepts and hypnotic atmosphere that make it a truly great film, rather than action etc.
When I'm on the right wavelength I am transported to the 'infinite and beyond' , and because nothing is explained it leaves me spellbound until at the end of the film I snap back into the 'here and now' and I think to myself... 'WOW!! that really is one of the greatest films ever made' !
In my opinion if a film can leave that much of an impression, even after seeing it hundreds of times then it has truly succeeded!