A film of its time

Rating: 4/10 (27 May 2001)

Viewing the film in Cinerama at Pictureville in Bradford West Yorkshire in the year 2001 was something to look forward to after only having seen the film on TV many years ago.
I should have stuck to my memories, as the excellent new print and brilliant cinema could not compensate for a self indulgent and very dated film. I had forgotten just how boring it was and the magic of watching models rotate slowly to nice music has gone.
The entry to Jupiter really dated the film in the 1960's and reminded me of the trip sequence in "Easy Rider". The opening ape sequence was reminiscent of "Planet of The Apes" though both films appeared in the same year so who borrowed what I know not.
Having seen "The Dish" a few days previously, the magic and mystique of outer space does exist for me, but sadly not from this film so rooted in the 1960's