The greatest movie ever written

Rating: 9/10 (5 September 1998)

I found 2001 exhilarating the first time I watched it, awe-inspiring the second and (having read the novel), understandable on the third. Even though there is so little dialogue, there is much story to make it worth watching again. I've probably seen it about ten times. HAL, for me, is the most marvelous paranoid android: "I saw your lips moving" was the best line, and Dave's total above-humanity approach is an amazing piece of acting. By far, the stars of 2001 are its episodic nature and stunning set-piece visuals (the PanAm flight, the jog, inside HAL's brain, inside Dave's brain ) make it. Read the novel and watch the film to be fully gripped.