The film you love, but hate to watch

Rating: 5/10 (22 January 2005)

It seems to be trendy to have lovely things to say about Stanley Kubrick's Space Odessy. Like A Clockwork Orange, this is one of his films that I just cannot tolerate to watch.
The story is beautiful, and the directing style is inspired and true genius at work. There, I said it. But the musical score seems to be the star, and frankly, it's nerve-wracking, unintelligent classical droning just totally put me off this film. It's a migraine generating cacophony which sincerely has your hand twitching involuntarily towards the remote.
It does have a beautiful story, if you can wade through the noise to discover it. It does have wonderful performances, if you can hang in there that long. It does have some innovative ideas in the genre of science fiction, if you aren't brain dead by the time you get to them.
Personally, I don't want to have to work that hard to enjoy a movie, no matter how good, it ultimately is.
Based on content, it rates a 9.8/10.
Based on musical score, it rates a 0.5/10.
Based on performances, it receives a 7.8/10.
Based on the watchability factor, it rates a 3.2/10.
That's a combined average of 5.325/10 from...
the Fiend :.