Kubrick is a confused genius

Rating: 1/10 (5 November 1999)

Well, after watching this movie, several thoughts struck me, none of them very good. This movie thins down to about 30 minutes of acting and storyline. The rest of the movie is lot of artist filler. I mean, how can Kubrick get away with 15 minutes of screen-saver tunnel graphics in the middle of a movie is beyond me. This movie is interrupted by slow, drawn out scenes that serve no purpose in either aesthetic value or emphasis on a thought or idea. I found it incredibly hard to patient wait for the slow scenes to end, like the half hour of apes, the 15 minutes of watching the little pod move around in space. I just don't connect with any meaning there.... This movie had unbelievable potential, and should have had more focus on storyline and less on the visual equivalent of watching paint dry.