Mysterious, beautiful and profound!

Rating: 10/10 (19 February 2002)

2001:A Space Odyssey is my favourite movie. Flat-out STUNNING visuals, (the best cinematography in any film i've ever seen), a profound, implicit and deep theme that ties the movie together and has you thinking on it for years after. The visual effects are comparable to those of movies today, which shows the pain staking efforts Kubrik and crew must have put into them. The musical score pulls you along the length of the story which is told more so with visuals and music than dialogue. Those who find it boring must get stuck on the surface (not to mention have a lack of knowledge of photography) because once you start seeing the depth of the message, plot and theme the pacing of the movie is almost too fast as you need plenty of time to try to wrap yourself around some of these concepts, and thats coming from somebody who studies quantam physics!!! Not only is this the definitive Sci-fi, this is the definitive drama, suspense and above all the defining moment for cinematography in movie history. Watch it, and try to understand.