How to appreciate watching 2001

Rating: Null/10 (29 November 2001)

To help those people who have problems watching and enjoying 2001 :
1. PROBLEM : You find the sequence you are watching uneventful. SOLUTION : Rewind the cassette and watch it again. Every sequence is full of detail, but it is carefully revealed, as you would experience it if were you really there.
2. PROBLEM : The space sequences are boring. SOLUTION : Turn off the lights. Put yourself into the frame. No other medium can give you the same sensation of being in space and the experience is probably as close as you will ever get to being there.
3. PROBLEM : The film is too slow. SOLUTION : This is perhaps because you have experienced n other films which never give you the chance to look and understand what you are seeing. 2001 is a film that shows you things, but you need to be in a receptive frame of mind to watch it. Reflect that maybe you were not in the right frame of mind to watch it today, and save the film for another day.
4. PROBLEM : There is no story SOLUTION : Don't look for a story. It's a discovery, and we discover the mystery of this film at the same pace as the participants. It helps if you haven't read the book before watching the film.
5. PROBLEM : I don't understand the story SOLUTION : Read the book
Watch this film twice, if you like it more the second time, watch it again. This is a film that will grow and grow - and the number of films that can do that are very very rare indeed...
Good luck