It was all I could do to stay awake

Rating: 1/10 (15 November 2004)

I'd heard that 2001 was a good movie, so walking past it at the library one day I figured I'd give it a shot. Having been raised on Star Wars and Trek I figured it was right up my alley... I couldn't have been more wrong.
My main beef was the lack of content and the crypticness of it. I mean, who wants to watch a space ship slowly pass in front of the camera for an entire minute? Who wants to watch a bunch of people in monkey suits dance around a singing brick? I didn't even get where this movie was going until I read a summary online.
I have to give it to the people of 1968 to pull off a feat such as this, but that's about the only good thing about 2001. What good is special effects if there is no story to tell? Thank heavens people like George Lucas came along!