It's 2012 and only 12 men have walked on the moon!

Rating: 10/10 (17 May 2012)

I must confess i couldn't understand the movie the first time i watched it except for the hegemony of one group of monkeys equipped with bones of dead animals over the other. So i decided to read the book written by Arthur C.Clarke and watch the movie again. The movie is far ahead of its time. Arthur C.Clarke envisaged a space mission to Jupiter and settlements on Moon when man hadn't even landed on moon in reality(Neil Armstrong landed a year later). I clearly understood what the story was and was awed by his imagination and foresight. Kubrick has taken the standards of making movies to a new level with exemplary visual effects. And yes, the movie has a wonderful background score filled with energy- the movie starts with 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' and then 'Blue Danube' at beginning of the second scenario; these are the tracks that get 'loop'ed in your mind. The story may not be conveyed by the movie but i suggest those who really loved the film(for other reasons) to read this wonderful book by Arthur C.Clarke.
Perhaps i'd lose an argument with a hardcore Star Wars fan over whether this movie is the greatest sci-fi ever made, as AFI rated it, but i loved this movie as much as i loved Star Wars. It might sound like a sacrilege to call 2001:A Space Odyssey a better sci-fi movie than Metropolis but Kubrick's effort to bring the unimaginable (in the near-future even in 2012) to the screen with the highest standards of perfection is laudable.