2nd best Sci-Fi movie of all times - here's why!

Rating: 10/10 (30 December 2014)

Once upon a time, Stanley Kubrick animated his genius mind to bloom "2001: A Space Odyssey".
Poetry, imagery, philosophy, and realism meets surrealism, granted it the title of best sci-fi movie of all times. It was, and is still above all standards. This movie was already providing accurate answers to basic equations, such as the singularity (HAL-1 symbolizing IBM). But moreover, what made it a total success was beyond answers, it was in the many questions it raised, through its symbolism and dream-like artistic features.
What is the most important: questions or answers? Imho it's questions. You cannot answer something that is not asked, or its just data for nothing. But you can ask a question and eventually get an answer. Or another answer. Or another...
Until now no movie had been able to provide valid answers to roughly half the questions raised by "2001: A Space Odyssey". Even "Contact" (a solid 9/10) missed these.
But now we have "Interstellar". Poetry, imagery, philosophy, and realism meets surrealism. Though we have more realism here, more science - singularity is closer and we have improved our knowledge - and dream-like sequences that are less psychedelic but more digital artistry. 1968 days are over.
In a prolific genre, "Interstellar" is THE one that manages to provide a lot of answers to "2001" questions. Still, Christopher Nolan is not Stanley Kubrick, just because they differ. It doesn't mean that one is better than the other. Both share one thing: Kubrick was, and Nolan is, both, Hollywood masterminds.
That's why "Interstellar" corresponds to today's Hollywood standards, and not those of 1968.
Still, in providing answers to "2001", and though raising other questions, "Interstellar" comes only second after, which is still worth the view, both in theaters and on DVD/BD when they will hit the shelves. I mean, several views, of course.
Second to "2001", now then, that's a performance!