Completely Mindblowing

Rating: 10/10 (21 November 2002)

This film, is utterly and completely incredible. People who say otherwise should never have thought of watching it in the first place.
It's not a film for everyone. Due to the quite complicated plot (made more understandable by reading the book), and long sequences of no sound and only music. Not that I am complaining about these things.
People ask, "Why no sound in the space scenes?" Answer: "Why would there be?", if people just had the smallest knowledge of space, this film would become a lot more accessible to them. Enriching their lives and minds.
The SFX blew me away, this film was made in 1968. You wouldn't think that to watch it. Everything looks real. The way in which some of the scenes must have been shot is unreal. *SPOILER* (kinda) When we see Dave running round and round in the spacecraft, seeming to defy to gravity. *END SPOILER*
Being only a teenager, when I heard this film had a classical soundtrack, I was almost put off. I have never been so wrong in my life. The music only adds to the enjoyment of the film.
I have also heard people say: "There's not enough dialogue or action." This film is not about dialogue or action, although *SPOILER* When HAL kills Frank, it got my heart racing more than anything I have seen in film *END SPOILER*
So, this film does not age, and never will. It is the most realistic look at life in space there has ever been, and probably ever will be. And anyone making a sci-fi film should always be thinking: "How can I make this more like 2001?"