Zom Lassic's 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY review

Rating: 1/10 (1 May 2017)

I understand this film has its fans, but for me, 2001: A Space Odyssey is an incredibly overrated pile of nonsense. I mean seriously, if you can understand this stupid movie, you deserve an award. It makes absolutely no sense what so ever. And to believe, that this ridiculously, over long boring celebration of classic music, and colorful scenery, is actually considered to be, a science fiction classic masterpiece. Are you serious? This is definitely not at all a masterpiece. This is arrogance at its full potential. It appears that the fans of this trash, just goes along with the flow of popularity, or they're just too afraid of criticizing a great Director like Stanley Kubrick. I'm a huge fan of Kubrick's work, but I'm sorry, this is without a doubt, his worst movie ever. I believe while Kubrick was doing this film, he must of thought, he was greatest thing on the face of the earth, that he could do anything, and people would think it's great no matter what. That's arrogance people, many Directors go through this at some period of their career, that maybe is the problem with putting some of these people on a pedestal, it sometimes goes their head. 2001 is simply a crazy over the top, annoying waste of time, that is confusing, and yes, undeniably boring. Everyone's always talking about how spectacular the visual effects are, give me a break. The only thing that is groundbreaking about this film, is that people actually sat through it, without committing suicide. And enough with H.A.L. 9000, the most annoying voice of all time. I'm also sick of people saying that this has strong performances. From who? Everyone's talking so low, you can't even hear them. From beginning to end, this so called classic, becomes so utterly frustrating, you'll want to break the movie in half. The stupid fake looking monkeys, the long, and I mean long, shots of ships docking or moving, the music that makes you want to go to sleep, and the endless ending that goes on forever, that basically leads to even more confusion, all of this put together, makes for a very awful, dull adventure of utter stupidity. And what was the whole space baby thing thing about? What's the point? People will just tell you, that it's all about beauty, what in the world does that mean? For the love of God, where's the story? Can I simply have a story to deal with, to follow, is that asking too much? So take my advice, don't listen to the hype, stay as far as you can from 2001: A Space Odyssey, which is again, not a masterpiece.