Cinematic Marvel

Rating: 8/10 (5 March 2019)

"2001: A Space Odyssey" is a cinematic wonder. I'm not old enough to have seen this movie in theaters but I have availed myself of many films from the 50's and 60's and this movie just shattered barriers. It is light years ahead of anything at that time. It was light on dialog but what it eschewed of dialog it compensated with visual stimuli. There wasn't a single word uttered for the first 30 minutes nor the last 30 minutes thereby leaving a lot open for interpretation. I can't say that I was a fan of the two extremes of the film but I loved the middle. That's not to say I was looking for a plot to be spoon fed to me, it's just that some artsy filmography I like and some I don't. The middle of the film however-dealing with AI in the early days before we referred to it as AI-was groundbreaking, trendsetting, and astounding. "2001: A Space Odyssey" is without doubt a classic of the highest order.