During the lengthy voyage, the onboard HAL 9000 computer apparently malfunctions, and in order to protect itself from being shut down, it successfully kills everyone except David Bowman, who deactivates the computer. Bowman goes out in a one-man craft to investigate the 3rd monolith in orbit around Jupiter. This monolith acts as a stargate which hurls Bowman across the universe to the Alien homeworld. Bowman spends the rest of his life in some earth-like rooms, where he is basically a zoo exhibit for the Aliens. As he nears death, the aliens transform him into a new type of being and return him to Earth.
Many people consider it one of the best films of all time.
Many others find it incredibly boring and utterly incomprehensible. Although you can see that the characters are speaking to each other, you can't hear them because the soundtrack only contains music. When visiting Dr. Floyd, the pilot tries to find out any information about what's going on at Clavius, but Dr. Floyd says he can not talk about it. Images The Aries-IB heads for the Moon. A stewardess brings the pilot and co-pilot their food.