Disappointed to say the least.

Rating: 7/10 (29 December 2012)

I have never heard anyone say anything bad about this, having never seen it or even looked into what it was about I picked up the limited edition steel book, being excited to see it. Well the movie was very unexciting, it left me wondering about many things, mainly what the ending meant. This movie isn't bad, but it is very strange. It has long drawn out scenes where nothing is happening, and you are just looking at space ships floating around. The effects were incredible, even knowing how they did some of the stuff, it still was great to see. There are some great moments of suspense, and the atmosphere is great at some points, like when the scientist's are approaching the monolith, but the scene ends right when it gets good, and never shows you what happened. I liked the scenes with HAL, but you probably already know about that. This film has a lot of good ideas but they are over shadowed by how boring and pointless the film is at times. I would probably enjoy this film more if it were re-cut, but that won't happen. It's an interesting film, but I don't consider to be one of the best films ever made, like many others do.