not good at all

Rating: 4/10 (2 April 2002)

Let me explain a few things. I love science fiction. I love the works of Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov etc etc. I love movies and I don't mind long or slow movies. And I'm a great fan of Kubrick. Movies like A Clockwork Orange and The Shining are brilliant. But 2001: A Space Odyssey is truly a bad movie. Why? It has no point. It has no story. It is badly directed. All this movie does is show off Kubrick's ability to create nice 'pictures'. Sure, the effects are nice, and some scenes inside the spacecraft are brilliantly made. But all this movie has are tons of effects and NO STORY, NO POINT. I like metaphors and I'm not stupid, but I don't see the point of this film. This is a film about special effects. Don't waste your time watching this movie. Instead buy 'Rama' or 'Childhood's End' (yes, these are books) and read them. Now THAT's science fiction.