Masterpiece is the apt word to associate with 2001 A Space Odyssey

Rating: Null/10 (24 October 2018)

In my opinion the greatest film of all time even surpassing the likes of Citizen Kane and Vertigo. 2001 is filled with visuals that will awe and frighten simultaneously and its thematic depth is of such immensity that even today 50 years later pages upon pages can be written on it. The film is based on Author C Clarke's novel but Kubrick makes the material his own. Divided into three distinct segment which encompass time since the dawn of man to the far future 2001 is a meditative experience which squashes all the expectations and clichÃ©s one sees in a narrative film. Kubrick's legendary status was already confirmed before he even thought of making a sci-fi movie but such is the reputation of this film that it towers over every film of even his oeuvre. Unmissable science fiction film, easily in the top 3 greatest films that have ever been made.