It's literally stupid!

Rating: 2/10 (22 September 2019)

It's a total wast of 2 hours of my life. I understand that it was released in 1968 and special effects are quite great, but that's it. I thought the story would be good when I read the reviews but I was immensely disappointed. I don't know if people in 1968 liked it's story or not, forme it wasn't worth it.
Apart from that, the movie is just too slow. It would've been a 60 minute short if it was 2019, I don't know. I get that it was intentional and Kubrick wanted to show the loneliness and stuff, and someone said something about art and philosophy (I mean what?) but it's really unnecessary. I thought the ending would be good, but it wasn't. There are so many science fiction movies who have so much of a better story that 2001. I don't know what the people in 1968 thought but to me it's the most highly overrated film ever.
The 2 stars are for the special effects in 1968.