"Open the Pod Bay doors, Hal".

Rating: 10/10 (5 July 2013)

"2001: A Space Odyssey" was always going to be a classic, even if you factor out its considerable quality. Whether you think it's a better Movie than most is irrelevant; rather, it's a different way of creating a Movie. "2001: A Space Odyssey" justifies its formidable reputation on originality alone. You think that the journey to Jupiter goes on for too long? Name a Movie that would dare to even attempt it! Mr. Stanley Kubrick creates an entirely new field of Film, and no-one else has even managed to enter it yet, forget toppling "2001..." from its perch. Though the HAL episode and the fancy Space-Age Gizmos lend the Film a primal appeal, "2001..." is at heart a very deep Movie. It raises all manner of questions that unspoken moral codes dictate shouldn't be raised in Movies. I'm convinced that it would be a lifetime's work to read into every aspect of "2001...", and it makes me wonder: could a human really get this much depth into a plot? Was it just luck, endless profundity borne out of spontaneous creation? Or did Kubrick thoroughly, meticulously, Religiously plunder every depth, develop every point, craft each and every aspect of this Film to levels of transcendentalism that would make a Philosopher blush? Frankly, Kubrick's notoriety makes the latter quite plausible.
But I digress. I'm going off on a tangent, tripping over myself to praise this Film, and that does it no justice. As I tried to show, it's perfectly crafted, honed down to utmost perfection, in itself. With such perfectionism readily available in store, online, anywhere, why read a review? The ultimate proof of "2001..."'s brilliance is "2001...", and that's the mark of a true classic.