This movie is in a class all by itself

Rating: 10/10 (21 February 2020)

2001: A Space Odyssey is more than just a film. It is its own branch of philosophy. It's a critique on our place and significance in the universe. It makes us ask ourselves, "What is a man?" Is he truly God's greatest creation or is he just a tiny hopeless organism in one of infinite inhabited planets? That's what makes this film a landmark in motion picture history. And the special effects are absolutely astonishing. Many people criticize it for being slow, poorly edited and boring, thinking that playing it at 2X speed would improve it, and, in a way, they're right. But I think it was deliberately made that way, so that one can take the imagery and the feeling more. It's a quiet, enigmatic journey that sails from the dawn of man to the apparent peak of man.