With its long drawn out scenes of simple space activity, this creates the impression of space as a ballet. It also explores the themes of the book well, and with notable visual effects throughout this is a visual feast. But the long scenes drag in places.

What can I say about a film which is often considered the greatest ever made? 2001 was a breakthrough in technology, theme and content and is quite possible the finest science fiction movie ever made. To think that this movie inspired everything from Star Wars to Alien and Close Encounters.... science fiction owes a huge debt to Stanley Kubrick and 2001. If you haven't already then please go and watch this film. You won't notice the almost 3-hour runtime I can assure you that much.

This movie has been my favorite sci-fi movie from the moment I first watched it! I gave it a 9 mainly because the performances could've been better. Sure, they're the less important thing about the film. Sure, there's not a lot of them. But they still could be a bit better. But the themes and effects overshadow them, making this the quintessential movie for all movie lovers (and not the ones who gave this masterpiece 1 star saying that it was mindless and meaningless; the REAL movie lovers out there)

This psychedelic space journey features breathtaking visuals that can't even be matched by today's technology, and hypnotic scenes of no dialogue and only visual storytelling that went completely overlooked upon its release, and are still very impressive to this day. A remarkable achievement.