One of the greatest movies of all time.

Rating: 10/10 (31 August 2018)

4/4 ESSENTIAL
I recently bought a movie ticket to see 2001: A Space Odyssey to celebrate it's 50th birthday. It was quite an experience, and it was my first time seeing the movie in IMAX. To say the very least, this viewing definitely incentivized me to review the movie. There is no other movie quite like Stanley Kubrick's 2001, and I can guarantee that there never will be.
This is one of the few movies that deserves a viewing even if you have no remote interest in the plot. Kubrick directs a film that has a significant emphasis on the visuals and musical score, and it does so with his signature deliberation. The movie succeeds in being like a moving painting, you feel like you're in the presence of a movie that transcends the screen. This is somewhat of a lost art in modern day films.
As far as the story, it's fairly simple: Astronauts find a monolith on the lunar surface of one of Jupiter's moons. Assisted by a super-computer by the name of HAL-9000, they set off on a space odyssey. While the plot doesn't present itself as anything remotely complex, this movie has a deeper message. The plot is simply the surface-level gateway to a metaphor that digs far below the surface. That's all I feel obligated to say about that.
To say that I thoroughly enjoyed myself screening 2001: A Space Odyssey would be an understatement. It is a treat both in an visual and intellectual way, and none short of a true masterpiece.