2001: A Space Odyssey, the cryptic sci-fi masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (25 December 2016)

Many sci-fi stories have been written and filmed throughout history. This genre is often used for depicting society in a distant future, making use of imagination to describe technologies that our minds couldn't even believe of it becoming real. But all of these sci-fi works are different from this one.
2001: A Space Odyssey is a confusing journey at first, and for most part of it's viewers it can be a very frustrating one. This frustration coming from the need for an explanation, the spectator's anxiety for every single question to be answered within it's ending, but instead it leads to even more uncertainty. What most of it's viewers don't understand is that being cryptic is a part of the movie, that's what makes it a masterpiece. If all of these questions that are lifted during it's running time were meant to be answered, then by no doubt they would be. As long as you don't try to fully understand it, you're going to still be amazed by it, as Kubrick himself stated: "If you understand 2001 completely, we failed. We wanted to raise far more questions than we answered."
Followed by a brilliant usage of special effects, an unforgettable score, and a masterful photography, Kubrick created of the most iconic movies of all time. With it's legacy being much bigger than what anyone could have ever possibly imagined.