A visual and auditive spectacle

Rating: 10/10 (4 April 2017)

This movie is just beautiful. Stanley really shows he is a genius in the way that he sets up his shots. All of his shots are beautiful, I cant stress it enough. The camera work is marvelous and really helps you understand character motivations (specially HAL 9000, who is just a computerized voice). The colours used in this film are also beautiful. Every shot feels alive and genius.
The score is amazing. It has some of the most famous classical music ever put to film, and it really helps set up the mood for certain scenes and really gives you the chills.
The special effects are amazing for the 60's, I would even say they look very similar to the effects of Star Wars. It really amazes you how they did certain shots.
Of course, the real juice in this movie is the symbolism and themes. This movie is packed with themes about humans, technology, instinct, and existence itself. I saw this movie about 3 days prior to writing this review, just to make sure I understood the themes, I had to ponder for quite a bit and really analyze the film, and it still left me with questions. Actually, the movie is made to raise more questions than it answers.
I would say, that this movie is a thought time if you are not a complete film fanatic. The pace is very slow, for you to be able to appreciate every shot, and most of the parts would make people that are not really interested in film as an art form, pretty boring. But if you appreciate film as an art and love a good film with deep themes... this is the right one for you.